KYCR (AM)
| City | Golden Valley, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Branding | Twin Cities Business Radio |
| Frequency | 1440 kHz |
| First air date | May 1948 (as KEYD) |
| Format | Business Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 35504 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°59′20″N 93°21′6″W / 44.98889°N 93.35167°WCoordinates: 44°59′20″N 93°21′6″W / 44.98889°N 93.35167°W |
| Callsign meaning | Former callsign of sister station KDIZ (K Your Christian Radio) |
| Former callsigns | KEYD (1948-1956) KEVE (1956-1964) KQRS (1964-1982) KGLD (1982-1984) KQRS (1984-1996) KDIZ (1996-2015) |
| Affiliations | Wall Street Business Network |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group (Common Ground Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KDIZ, KKMS, WWTC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | twincitiesbusinessradio.com |
KYCR (1440 AM) is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is owned by Salem Media Group, and is carrying a business radio format.
KYCR's studios are located in Eagan, while its transmitter is located in Golden Valley.
The original call letters were KEYD and the station played country music for many years. The station was launched in May 1948 by former management and advertisers of WDGY, who had become disenchanted with the owners of that station over the discontinuance of religious programming. Family Broadcasting basically started the station as a new home for the spurned WDGY programming. KEYD got a sister TV station in 1955, KEYD-TV 9 (now KMSP-TV), and the two stations were co-owned by Family Broadcasting until mid-1956. The original KEYD radio studios were located in downtown Minneapolis on 9th Street off of Hennepin Avenue practically next to the Orpheum Theater (see photo link below). According to the 1955 Broadcasting Yearbook, both the AM and TV stations were co-located in the Foshay Tower by the end of 1955.
The call sign was changed to KEVE in June 1956 and the studios moved to the station's transmitter and antenna site at 917 Lilac Drive in Golden Valley. During that time, the station played country music. KEVE-FM (92.5 FM) signed on September 1, 1962, and by October 1963, it was given the call letters KADM to match its AM sister as the pair became known as "Adam and Eve in the Valley"; the city of license for the two stations is the suburb of Golden Valley. A gradual shift from country music to a mix of classical music, show tunes and adult standards began in 1960 and was completed on both stations by March 1963. On December 1, 1964, the call letters for both stations became KQRS for "Quality Radio Stations".
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