Post by Jeremiah Kubiak on Jan 13, 2007 4:26:06 GMT -5
KXXR (93X, 93.7 FM) is a hard rock radio station broadcasting to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is owned by Disney, which also owns KQRS, KDIZ and Drive 105. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota.
History
WAYL originally broadcast on 96.1 FM. By the 1960s, WAYL was operating with a "beautiful music" format at 93.7. In the late 1980s, it became classic hits KLXK, with WAYL and it's format moving to 980 AM. KLXK was clearly influenced by another young station, WKLH in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. KLXK enjoyed modest success, but rival KQRS had retooled their format to include a large amount of classic rock product, and also had the top-rated morning show in the market. KLXK eventually decided to attack KQRS from another front. In 1990, 93.7 flipped to hard rock with the call sign KRXX ("93X"). Their co-owned AM station, KMZZ, aired the syndicated Z-Rock network for a time, then switched to a locally-based automated heavy metal format ("Mega Rock 980") before eventually simulcasting 93X.
Former 93.7 The Edge logoCap Cities/ABC, the owner of rival KQRS-FM, took control of 93X pending purchase (but not KMZZ, which was sold separately later) from Entercom on February 4, 1994. The selling price was $20 million, then a record for highest amount ever paid for a radio station in the market. Two days later, 93X began playing "It's The End of The World" by R.E.M. and repeated it over and over throughout the weekend. Confused listeners flocked in droves to the KRXX studios in Eagan that Saturday to see what was going on. Some listeners thought the DJ's were being held hostage and reportedly, more than 50 calls regarding KRXX were logged to 911. Finally, on Sunday at 8pm, 93.7 began simulcasting KQRS' weekly alternative rock show, "Over the Edge", leading the way for "93.7, The Edge", which billed itself as "Minnesota's New Music Alternative" The new KEGE-FM call letters were soon registered for the new station. The move to create The Edge was due to the growing popularity of modern rock format nationwide, and to thwart Cargill Communications' pending plans to roll out the format on the new Rev 105. The Edge came on the air almost two years after KJJO switched to country music, and it did what KJ104 couldn't - it became a massive ratings success. At one point, KEGE had the highest overall Arbitron market ratings of any modern rock station in the country.
A station-sponsored annual concert known as the EdgeFest (later 93XFest) debuted soon after, and took place annually in Somerset, Wisconsin. It was so popular that even Rev 105 gave away tickets for it (though not mentioning the "Edgefest" name). When KEGE went back to being 93X and the "Edge" name was retired in the Twin Cities, the festival briefly continued as "Edgefest" and was later rechristened 93XFest. The annual festival in Somerset continued until 2004, when "93X Riverfest" replaced it.
Following the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that relaxed ownership restrictions, ABC purchased KEGE's rival, "Rev 105" in March 1997 and immediately began broadcasting hard rock on that station as "X105". Later that year, the two stations did a format swap of sorts, and 93.7 returned to being known as 93X, with new call letters KXXR, with The Edge moving over to the 105 frequencies and rechristened "Zone 105". Over time, this station became today's "Drive 105".
In the mornings, Weasel, Josh and Nick host the Half Assed Morning Show. Features of the Half Assed Morning Show include sports by Randy Shaver and the 'stupid news'.
List of Station DJ's Past and Present
93X
Remy Maxwell
Weasel
Nick Borne
Tijuana Josh
Tawn Mastrey
Patrick
Pablo
Jesse
Dead Eric
Nick Davis
Ryan Castle
Andy Ditter
TJ
Mike Odell
Nadine/Alex
Mongo
Jill
Special Ed
John Morris
Mike Hunter
KT
Zuech
"Street Bitch"
Ryan/Citizen X
Julie
A.J.
T-Bone
Jillian
Drew
Rudy
The EDGE
Cane
Crazy Cabbie(Lee Mroszak)
Andy Savage
Lisa Miller
Weasel
Josh
Polychronopolis
Jay Roberts
Deanna Kelly
Kremer
Altar Boy
Wendy Wilson
KT
Nick Danger
Peter Johns
History
WAYL originally broadcast on 96.1 FM. By the 1960s, WAYL was operating with a "beautiful music" format at 93.7. In the late 1980s, it became classic hits KLXK, with WAYL and it's format moving to 980 AM. KLXK was clearly influenced by another young station, WKLH in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. KLXK enjoyed modest success, but rival KQRS had retooled their format to include a large amount of classic rock product, and also had the top-rated morning show in the market. KLXK eventually decided to attack KQRS from another front. In 1990, 93.7 flipped to hard rock with the call sign KRXX ("93X"). Their co-owned AM station, KMZZ, aired the syndicated Z-Rock network for a time, then switched to a locally-based automated heavy metal format ("Mega Rock 980") before eventually simulcasting 93X.
Former 93.7 The Edge logoCap Cities/ABC, the owner of rival KQRS-FM, took control of 93X pending purchase (but not KMZZ, which was sold separately later) from Entercom on February 4, 1994. The selling price was $20 million, then a record for highest amount ever paid for a radio station in the market. Two days later, 93X began playing "It's The End of The World" by R.E.M. and repeated it over and over throughout the weekend. Confused listeners flocked in droves to the KRXX studios in Eagan that Saturday to see what was going on. Some listeners thought the DJ's were being held hostage and reportedly, more than 50 calls regarding KRXX were logged to 911. Finally, on Sunday at 8pm, 93.7 began simulcasting KQRS' weekly alternative rock show, "Over the Edge", leading the way for "93.7, The Edge", which billed itself as "Minnesota's New Music Alternative" The new KEGE-FM call letters were soon registered for the new station. The move to create The Edge was due to the growing popularity of modern rock format nationwide, and to thwart Cargill Communications' pending plans to roll out the format on the new Rev 105. The Edge came on the air almost two years after KJJO switched to country music, and it did what KJ104 couldn't - it became a massive ratings success. At one point, KEGE had the highest overall Arbitron market ratings of any modern rock station in the country.
A station-sponsored annual concert known as the EdgeFest (later 93XFest) debuted soon after, and took place annually in Somerset, Wisconsin. It was so popular that even Rev 105 gave away tickets for it (though not mentioning the "Edgefest" name). When KEGE went back to being 93X and the "Edge" name was retired in the Twin Cities, the festival briefly continued as "Edgefest" and was later rechristened 93XFest. The annual festival in Somerset continued until 2004, when "93X Riverfest" replaced it.
Following the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that relaxed ownership restrictions, ABC purchased KEGE's rival, "Rev 105" in March 1997 and immediately began broadcasting hard rock on that station as "X105". Later that year, the two stations did a format swap of sorts, and 93.7 returned to being known as 93X, with new call letters KXXR, with The Edge moving over to the 105 frequencies and rechristened "Zone 105". Over time, this station became today's "Drive 105".
In the mornings, Weasel, Josh and Nick host the Half Assed Morning Show. Features of the Half Assed Morning Show include sports by Randy Shaver and the 'stupid news'.
List of Station DJ's Past and Present
93X
Remy Maxwell
Weasel
Nick Borne
Tijuana Josh
Tawn Mastrey
Patrick
Pablo
Jesse
Dead Eric
Nick Davis
Ryan Castle
Andy Ditter
TJ
Mike Odell
Nadine/Alex
Mongo
Jill
Special Ed
John Morris
Mike Hunter
KT
Zuech
"Street Bitch"
Ryan/Citizen X
Julie
A.J.
T-Bone
Jillian
Drew
Rudy
The EDGE
Cane
Crazy Cabbie(Lee Mroszak)
Andy Savage
Lisa Miller
Weasel
Josh
Polychronopolis
Jay Roberts
Deanna Kelly
Kremer
Altar Boy
Wendy Wilson
KT
Nick Danger
Peter Johns