KLCI (106.1 FM , "Total Country BOB-FM") is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area of Minnesota , United States, that broadcasts a country music format. It is licensed to suburban Elk River, Minnesota and serves the Twin Cities as a rimshot signal . BOB-FM's 106.1 transmitter is in Albertville, Minnesota and its studios are in Ramsey, Minnesota .
7-581: BOB-FM's playlist focuses on a wide variety of country music. The station has a playlist of country music mainly focusing on the 1980s & 1990s, with some newer country music sprinkled in. KLCI brands itself as "TOTAL Country BOB-FM." KLCI signed on air as WQPM-FM in December of 1974, simulcasting sister WQPM , and broadcasting with 3,000 watts from a tower next to Highway 169 in Princeton , its initial city of license. The station's nickname, "BOB-FM", came from
14-499: A former Twin Cities country station, BOB 100 , which changed formats in 1997 to an all-rock format with Howard Stern in the Morning. KLCI picked up the nickname and referred to itself as "The New BOB". The station was previously known as Q-106 (WQPM-FM), with the same country format. In 1992 WQPM-FM changed frequencies from 106.3 to 106.1 and went from 3,000 watts to a 5,000 watt signal off of
21-490: Is a radio station airing a classic country format. Licensed to Princeton, Minnesota , United States, the station serves the St. Cloud area. The station is currently owned by Dennis and Lucas Carpenter, through licensee Milestone Radio LLC. Radio station KPCS 89.7 licensed to Princeton, shares its tower with WQPM. WQPM signed on June 28, 1967. It was initially licensed for 500 watts, but upgraded to 1,000 watts in 1968. In
28-424: The 1980s, WQPM AM was simulcast on FM at 106.3 (now KLCI on 106.1). WQPM-FM at the time, was licensed for 3,000 watts, covering much the same area as its AM counterpart. The format at the time was much the same as it is today. On September 13, 2018, WQPM changed formats from The Big Q (oldies) to classic hits, branded as "Killer Bee Radio". On December 21, 2019, the station began stunting. On January 1, 2020,
35-716: The number-two morning show in the Twin Cities area at KTIS-FM . Since 2006, BOB-FM has been flagship station of Minnesota Lynx . BOB-FM programming can be heard on KLCI/106.1; KDDG /105.5 in Albany/St.Cloud, Minnesota ; WQPM /1300 in Princeton ; WLKX-FM /95.9 in Forest Lake ; and KBGY /107.5 in Faribault, Minnesota (covering Southern Minnesota). 45°14′20″N 93°41′13″W / 45.239°N 93.687°W / 45.239; -93.687 WQPM WQPM (1300 AM )
42-541: The station returned to The Big Q , playing oldies music once again. It was at the time a simulcast of WLKX-FM in Forest Lake . On February 13, 2022, WQPM changed its format from oldies to a simulcast of classic country-formatted KLCI 106.1 FM Elk River, branded as "Total Country Bob FM". Big Q Radio, however, continues streaming oldies on the internet: Big Q Live , as well as on KDDG & KLCI 105.5 & 106.1 HD3. Sister station WLKX in Forest Lake also joined
49-526: The then-KXLI Tower (now KPXM Tower ). The first song played on 106.1 was the 1992 number one hit single There Ain’t Nothing Wrong With The Radio by Aaron Tippin. The 5,000 watt signal was upgraded to 9,100 watts when its facilities moved from Big Lake to Albertville. The station's city of license went from Princeton to Elk River in October 2001. In 2007, BOB 106 signed the long-time Twin Cities morning duo of Chuck & Jon (Chuck Knapp and Jon Engen) who had been
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