KCMP, also known as 89.3 The Current, is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts an eclectic music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists. Licensed to serve Northfield, Minnesota, the station's transmitter is located nearly halfway between that city and Saint Paul, allowing the 97,600 watt station to reach most of the Twin Cities metropolitan area plus areas south and east.

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  • KCMP, also known as 89.3 The Current, is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts an eclectic music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists. Licensed to serve Northfield, Minnesota, the station's transmitter is located nearly halfway between that city and Saint Paul, allowing the 97,600 watt station to reach most of the Twin Cities metropolitan area plus areas south and east. KCMP is rebroadcast on KMSE in Rochester at 88.7 MHz and on translator W248AS in Hinckley at 97.5 MHz. The station broadcasts worldwide via Internet radio streams in the MP3 and Windows Media Audio formats, and is carried on a digital subchannel of KPCC 89.3 FM in Pasadena, California. Licensed as WCAL at 770 AM (in a time-share agreement with the University Of Minnesota) on May 6, 1922, the station was operated by St. Olaf College in Northfield for 82 years. It was known as "Classical 89.3" for the last decades and played what many considered to be "alternative" classical music along with a variety of sacred music and religious programming. MPR acquired the station in November 2004 during a drawn-out controversy and launched the new format on January 24, 2005, changing the call sign in the process. "Shhh" by the local hip-hop group Atmosphere was the first song to air under the KCMP banner at 9 a.m.. The station had an immediate impact, and after just three months was voted "Best Radio Station" by readers of the local City Pages alternative weekly newspaper. However, a March 2008 City Pages article criticized The Current for repetitious programming and losing touch with the format that endeared listeners during the first two broadcast years.
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  • KCMP, also known as 89.3 The Current, is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts an eclectic music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists. Licensed to serve Northfield, Minnesota, the station's transmitter is located nearly halfway between that city and Saint Paul, allowing the 97,600 watt station to reach most of the Twin Cities metropolitan area plus areas south and east.
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