KFXN (AM)

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KFXN
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul
Frequency 690 kHz
BrandingHmong Radio AM 690
Programming
Format Commercial; World Ethnic, Hmong language
Ownership
Owner
  • Kongsue Xiong
  • (Asian American Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
April 5, 1962
Former call signs
KTCR (1962–1984)
KTCJ (1984–1997)
KXBR (1997–1998)
Call sign meaning
derived from former sister station KFAN
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 10141
Class D
Power 1,700 watts day
5 watts night
Links
Public license information
Website hmongradioam690.com

KFXN (690 AM; "Hmong Radio AM 690") is a radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving the Twin Cities area.[ citation needed ] The station is owned by Kongsue Xiong, through licensee Asian American Broadcasting, LLC.[ citation needed ]

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On July 21, 2010, former owner Clear Channel Communications announced it would donate the station through the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC)-Clear Channel Ownership Diversity Initiative. In September 2011, the station switched to an ethnic-based format catering to the local Hmong-American community. [2]

KFXN is essentially a daytime-only station, broadcasting at 1700 watts, though it does have a five watt signal during nighttime hours with very limited reach. This is to protect CKGM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The transmitter and single tower antenna is located in New Hope on Winnetka Avenue north of 36th Avenue. This has been the only transmitter location for the station since it signed on the air on April 5, 1962. In August 2009, KTTB (96.3 FM) relocated its transmission facilities from Watertown to the KFXN site. Originally the station had used a 3 tower antenna array to shape the then 500 watt signal to protect the Canadian clear channel station as well as a now defunct KUSD station located in Vermillion South Dakota. In 2020 the center tower of the KFXN array collapsed, severing the transmission lines feeding the other 2 towers. The station operated with a Special Temporary Authorization from the FCC to operate non directional from the east tower at a reduced power of 120 watts.Engineering studies were conducted and the station was able to increase power and go to a non directional single tower pattern while protecting the signal of CKGM, the predominant Canadian Clear Channel. [3]

History

The station signed on in 1962 with the KTCR call sign, and a country music format. In 1968, new owner Al Tedesco purchased a companion FM station, KWFM, renaming it KTCR-FM.

In 1983, both stations were sold to John and Kathleen Parker, who gave the stations a makeover. The FM was changed to an adult album alternative/new-age music format as KTCZ-FM, and KTCR became jazz as KTCJ to complement 'Cities 97'. The AM's jazz format lasted several years and the station was among the early market adopters of AM stereo, but eventually ceded to a simulcast with KTCZ-FM. On April 17, 1997, KTCJ, the sole remaining AM simulcasting an FM in the market, switched to classic country music. The call letters were changed to KXBR ("The Bear") that December.

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Former Score 690 logo

In December 1998, KXBR dropped country and became KFXN, a counterpart to sports-formatted sister KFAN 1130. The station was branded as "Score 690" airing a complementary sports talk format, which consisted mostly of syndicated shows from Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio, as well as Jim Rome's nationally syndicated program, and repeats of KFAN's local shows. With its 2011 divestiture of KFXN and resulting format change by the new owner, Clear Channel moved the sports format of "The Score" to the HD2 subchannel of KTCZ-FM.

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Previous logo

The station was sold by MMTC to Asian American Broadcasting, LLC in a transaction that was consummated on May 5, 2014. The purchase price for the station was $255,000.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KFXN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "New Hmong radio station bumps 'The Score' - StarTribune.com". Star Tribune .
  3. ↑ https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=10141

https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=10141

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