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( October 2015 ) KQQL City Anoka, Minnesota Broadcast area Minneapolis - St. Paul Branding Kool 108 Slogan Minnesota 's Greatest Hits Minnesota 's Greatest Christmas ( Nov. - Dec. ) Frequency 107.9 FM ( MHz ) ( also on HD Radio ) 107.9 HD2 : Alternative `` ALT 93.3 '' 107.9 HD3 : Dance `` 96.7 Pride Radio '' Translator ( s ) 93.3 W227BF ( Shoreview, relays HD2 ) 96.7 K244FE ( Calhoun Beach, relays HD3 ) First air date August 1, 1968 ( as KTWN - FM ) Format Classic hits Christmas music ( Nov. - Dec. ) ERP 100,000 watts HAAT 333 m ( 1,093 ft ) Class Facility ID 54457 Callsign meaning Play on the word `` Cool '' Former callsigns KTWN - FM ( 1968 - 1983 ) KGBB ( 1983 - 1984 ) KMGW ( 1984 - 1986 ) KMGK ( 1986 - 1988 ) Owner iHeartMedia, Inc. ( AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC ) Sister stations K244FE, K273BH, KDWB - FM, KEEY - FM, KFXN - FM, KQQL, KTLK, KTCZ - FM, W227BF Webcast Listen Live Listen Live ( HD2 ) Listen Live ( HD3 ) Website kool108.iheart.com alt933.iheart.com ( HD2 ) 967prideradio.iheart.com ( HD3 ) KQQL ( 107.9 FM, `` Kool 108 '' ) is a classic hits music formatted radio station serving the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, licensed to the suburb of Anoka. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and primarily plays rock and pop music from the 1970s and 1980s. Its studios are in St. Louis Park, and its transmitter is in Oak Grove. They are also known as `` The Twin Cities ' Christmas Superstation '' and play Christmas music from the Friday of the week before Thanksgiving at 5 PM through midnight on Christmas Day, competing with 102.9 Lite FM until KMNB switched formats to country in December 2011 and ended its Christmas music tradition. In 2008, KQQL started the Christmas music earlier than ever, on the weekend of November 15. This is suspected of being a response to Lite FM switching earlier in the week. KQQL also airs classic American Top 40 from the 1970s and 1980s hosted by Casey Kasem. It is one of a handful of stations in the state to broadcast digital radio using iBiquity 's HD Radio format. Contents 1 History 2 HD Radio 3 References 4 External links History In the 1970s, the station was known as KTWN - FM. It cycled through several formats, including beautiful music, a short stint with classical music beginning September 1, 1974, then a full - service MOR format, focusing on the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. From 1978 to 1983, they carried a jazz format. At the time, the station was operated by Jack Moore, who had previously run WAYL, the market 's leading beautiful music station. The station was sold and the new owners immediately switched to a lite AC / oldies hybrid on September 24, 1983 as KGBB ( `` B108 '' ). Later, the station became `` Magic 108 '' with the call letters KMGW ( later KMGK ). The station 's signal limitations were a hindrance as they faced competition from the larger WLTE and KS95. Finally, the station was reborn as KQQL ( Kool 108 ) in September 1988, became the first true FM oldies station in the Twin Cities area. This followed several days of stunting, playing various versions of `` Louie, Louie '' nonstop. The oldies format originally spanned the era of the late 1950s through the 1960s. By 2000, they had gravitated toward hits of the 1960s and 1970s ( with the occasional early 1980s song thrown in ). For a brief time, they were the FM flagship for Minnesota Vikings football ( simulcasting with KFAN ). The format was tweaked again in 2006, to an oldies / classic hits hybrid, positioning themselves as `` Super Hits of the 60s & 70s '', though they include some 1980s hits also. Kool 108 also began airing classic American Top 40 from the 1970s hosted by Casey Kasem. The station started playing less 1980s music starting in September 2007 in response to creation of Love 105. For a short time, Kool 108 also aired classic 1980s American Top 40 shows, but the station dropped the AT40 ' 80s broadcasts after they cut back on playing ' 80s music. On April 28, 2009, KQQL released all of their on - air personalities, including morning host Lois Mae and radio icon Dan Donovan. Disk jockeys on KQQL were voicetracked from other Clear Channel stations, with news coming from KOA In Denver, CO. However, in mid-2010, KQQL hired new on - air personalities including radio veteran and KARE 11 reporter Lee Valsvik. On December 27, 2009, the station tweaked to a classic hits format and dropped most 1960s titles, and added some 1990s titles, while emphasizing on 1970s and 1980s music. Direct competition with Cumulus Media 's WGVX ( Love 105 ) ended when it switched formats to lite rock in early 2012. At this time AT40 : The 80s returned, and Dick Bartley 's Classic Countdown was added onto the lineup, where it remains to this day. HD radio See also : W227BF and K244FE On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that KQQL 's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on hit music from the 1980s. The HD2 station, called Kool 1 - 0 - 80s, showcased every song to ever hit the Top 40 in the 80s. During summer 2011, the HD2 subchannel changed programming to a simulcast of AM radio station KFXN ( ' The Score ' ). On September 8, 2011, the `` Score '' sports format began airing exclusively on KQQL - HD2 as their former signal ( 690 AM ) was flipped to Asian programming. In August 2012, the HD2 subchannel was changed back to Kool 1 - 0 - 80s, now iHeartRadio 's `` My 80s '', with the same 1980s hits format it had before. On May 23, 2014, KQQL - HD2 changed their format to urban adult contemporary and began simulcasting on FM translator W227BF / 93.3, licensed to Shoreview. Soon after, it started stunting with several types of music, changing every few days. On June 13, 2014, KQQL - HD2 changed their format to modern rock, branded as `` ALT 93.3 ''. As of October 2, 2014, KQQL 's Kool 1 - 0 - 80s format is being broadcast on KQQL 's HD3 channel and on translator W244CS / 96.7 in the Southeast metro. It would later be dropped for `` Pride Radio. '' On June 12, 2015 KQQL - HD3 and W244CS changed their format to dance, branded as `` 96.7 Pride Radio ''. References Jump up ^ Billboard - Google Boeken Jump up ^ http://www.radiotapes.com/documents/MinneapolisStarKTWN8-14-1974.pdf Jump up ^ http://www.radiotapes.com/documents/KWTN.pdf Jump up ^ 93.3 Minneapolis Changes Jump up ^ ALT 93.3 Debuts in Minneapolis Jump up ^ ( 1 ) External links Kool 108 website Query the FCC 's FM station database for KQQL Radio - Locator information on KQQL Query Nielsen Audio 's FM station database for KQQL Query the FCC 's FM station database for W227BF Radio - Locator information on W227BF Query the FCC 's FM station database for W244FE Radio - Locator information on W244FE KTWN Online Radiotapes.com Featuring historic airchecks of KTWN - FM, B108 and KQQL - FM along with other Twin Cities radio stations. Rick Burnett 's TwinCitiesRadioAirchecks.com Old recordings and photos of KTWN and other Twin Cities radio stations. Radio stations in the Minneapolis -- Saint Paul market by AM frequency 630 690 740 770 830 1 900 920 950 980 1030 1080 1130 1220 1280 1330 1400 1440 1470 1500 1 1530 1570 1590 1600 by FM frequency 88.1 88.5 88.7 ( River Falls ) 88.7 ( Cambridge ) 89.3 89.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 ( Albertville ) 92.1 ( St. Paul ) 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 ( St. Louis Park ) 97.5 ( St. Paul ) 97.7 97.9 98.1 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.7 105.1 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 ( night / day ) 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.500 162.550 by callsign K214DF K218DK K221ES K239CJ K244FE K249ED K260BA K273BH K278BP KALY - LP KBEM KBGY KCMP KDIZ KDWB KDXL KEC65 KEEY KEFE - LP KENL - LP KFAI KFXN KFXN - FM KKMS KLBB KLCI KMNB KMNV KMOJ KNOW KPCS KPNP KPPS - LP KQGO KQQL KQRS - FM KQSP KRJJ KSJN KSTP 1 KSTP - FM KTCZ KTIS KTIS - FM KTLK KTMY KTNF KUOM KXXR KYCR KYMN KZGO KZJK W221BS W225AP W227BF W235CT W264BR W280DF WAJC WCCO 1 WCTS WDGY WEQY - LP WFNU - LP WGVX / WRXP / WWWM WIXK WLKX WLOL WMCN WNG676 WREY WRFW WUSG - LP WWTC Defunct KMAP ( AM ) WLOL ( defunct ) WYOO Satellite radio local traffic / weather XM Channel 219 Sirius Channel n / a Nearby radio markets Austin -- Albert Lea Duluth -- Superior Eau Claire Mankato -- New Ulm -- St. Peter Rice Lake -- Spooner Rochester St. Cloud Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota 1 = Clear - channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. Classic Hits radio stations in Minnesota By frequency 1170 93.9 94.7 94.7 96.1 96.7 101.1 101.7 105.9 106.5 106.9 107.9 By callsign KARZ KCLH KKRC KLDJ KLFN KOWZ KQHT KQQL KRIV - FM KWNG KZRV WMOZ By city Caledonia Cloquet Crookston Duluth Granite Falls Minneapolis Red Wing Sartell Springfield Sunburg Waseca Winona See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news / talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota See also Oldies Classic Hits iHeartMedia Corporate officers Bob Pittman ( Chairman / CEO ) Board of directors Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B.J. `` Red '' McCombs J.C. Watts John H. Williams Radio stations List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia Radio networks Evolution Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network Miscellaneous Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services Coordinates : 45 ° 20 ′ 20 '' N 93 ° 23 ′ 28 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 45.339 ° N 93.391 ° W ﻿ / 45.339 ; - 93.391 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KQQL&oldid=813650178 '' Categories : HD Radio stations Classic hits radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Minnesota Radio stations established in 1968 1968 establishments in Minnesota IHeartMedia radio stations Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles that may contain original research from October 2015 All articles that may contain original research Articles needing additional references from October 2015 All articles needing additional references Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from April 2014 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011 Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 December 2017, at 15 : 03. 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Question: when does christmas music start on kool 108
Answer: Friday of the week before Thanksgiving at 5 PM through midnight on Christmas Day