and another radio station format flip...

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:35:18.000Z

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LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:38:07.000Z

96.3 FM which was for several years known as B96...hip-hop/R&B. Flipped to adult top 40 two years ago.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:39:30.000Z

this is when the Pohlad family purchased the signal from an independant owner.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:42:44.000Z

Pohlads (aka Northern Lights broadcasting) spent a small fortune to move the towers from Glencoe to New Hope. Took the signal from 100,000

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LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:43:58.000Z

watts in the west to under 20,000 watts in the middle of the twin citiies.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:44:58.000Z

they've been calling themselves 96.3 Now and going head to head with KDWB.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:46:08.000Z

word on the street was that 96.3 never beat the legendary KDWB in it's two year attempt to steal listeners.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:47:46.000Z

so a couple of weeks ago it was noticed that the Pohlads applied with FCC to grab legendary call letters known in the twin cities as KTWN.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:49:05.000Z

yesterday they softly launched a new format (after what is being called one of the most expensive radio researchs done) in the twin cities.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:51:52.000Z

96.3 K-TWN, "Your Town, Your Friends, Your Hits".

LSJ says

2012-01-03T00:53:03.000Z

something to note...the Pohlads would also like to have some known baseball team on FM as well. Hmmm.

FFiend asks

2012-01-03T15:03:37.000Z

Who is the Programming Director? Anybody local with personality/good taste or is it just Arbitron-ratings driven?

LSJ says

2012-01-03T18:43:08.000Z

Good question. I do know that the station general manager continues to be Steve Woodbury. He is a long time minneapolis radio manager.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T18:44:15.000Z

I've been listening a little bit here and there...very interesting format. One of the promos for the new station bluntly mentions other...

LSJ says

2012-01-03T18:44:24.000Z

radio stations and why they suck.

LSJ says

2012-01-03T18:45:17.000Z

Funny...that was always a radio no-no...never ever mention another radio station's call letters or frequency.

LSJ says

2012-01-04T18:11:56.000Z

listened to the new morning show...debut this morning. Tone Fly & Eric Perkins from KARE 11. yikes. that'll need to develop.

LSJ says

2012-01-04T18:30:46.000Z

listened last evening to/from White Bear Lake (30 min each way)...it would be safe to compare K-Twin to Jack FM. With DJs..

SvenRichard says

2012-01-04T22:06:44.000Z

but the whole point of Jack is to not have to pay annoying people to introduce songs

SvenRichard says

2012-01-04T22:07:33.000Z

ST#U and play the songs

SvenRichard says

2012-01-04T22:12:29.000Z

I have most of my radio presets set up so I have 2 similar stations on each button. That way if they start talking, I can switch faster