KQRS-FM
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| City | Golden Valley, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Branding | 92 KQRS |
| Slogan | Minnesota's Classic Rock |
| Frequency | 92.5 FM (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | September 1, 1962 (as KEVE-FM) |
| Format | Commercial; Classic rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 35505 |
| Callsign meaning | K Quality Radio Station |
| Former callsigns | KEVE-FM (1962-1963) KADM (1963-1964) |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | KXXR, WGVX, WGVZ, WRXP |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live via iHeart |
| Website | 92kqrs.com |
KQRS-FM (92.5 FM, KQ92 or 92 KQRS) is a radio station in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota broadcasting a classic rock music format. The station is licensed to suburban Golden Valley, transmits from the KMSP-TV tower in Shoreview, and is owned by Cumulus Media, with studios located in Southeast Minneapolis in the Como district.
The original call letters were KEVE-FM and the station was co-owned with sister AM station KEVE-AM. KEVE-AM's history predates the FM by 14 years; it launched in May, 1948 and was owned by Family Broadcasting until mid-1956 and was known until at least then as KEYD, co-owned with KEYD-TV 9 (now KMSP-TV and launched by Family Broadcasting in January, 1955). The KEYD Radio studios were located in downtown Minneapolis on 9th Street off of Hennepin Avenue practically next to the Orpheum Theater (see 1953 photo link below). Calls were changed to KADM to complement its AM sister (as in "Adam and Eve") in October 1963. On December 1, 1964, the call letters for both radio stations became KQRS and the two stations changed from country music to a classical music format. The KEVE-AM studios had, by 1957, moved to its transmitter site in Golden Valley at 917 Lilac Drive, set back from Minnesota State Highway 100. This location was the first studio and transmitter site for the station.
The KQRS call sign stayed with the AM until 1982, when it switched to an oldies format as KGLD before returning to the simulcast and the KQRS calls less than two years later. In 1996, the AM was again split from the FM to become one of the first affiliates of Radio Disney, a format targeting children (see KDIZ). Both stations were owned by Disney at the time. In early 2001, KQRS and KDIZ (along with sister stations 93X and 105.1/105.3/105.7) moved to studios and offices at 2000 Elm Street SE in Minneapolis, near the University of Minnesota campus.
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