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46-418: KTWN may refer to: KTWN-LD , a defunct low-power television station (channel 18) formerly licensed to serve Little Rock, Arkansas, United States KMWA , a radio station (96.3 FM) licensed to serve Edina, Minnesota, United States, which held the call sign KTWN-FM from 2012 to 2017 KGLB , a radio station (1310 AM) licensed to serve Glencoe, Minnesota, which held

92-644: A continuous loop of baseball highlights and promos as a "soft launch" in the weeks before its formal debut on January 1, 2009. Canada's Sun News Network employed an on-screen countdown clock graphic in the hours before its April 18, 2011, launch. Since 2017, one of ESPN 's networks has stunted as " ESPN8: The Ocho " on or near August 8 (8/8), carrying a marathon of programming featuring sporting events and competitions that are either obscure or unconventional, such as chess boxing , disc golf , dodgeball , esports , Highland games , kabaddi , lawn mower racing , mini-golf , and roller derby . The stunt pays tribute to

138-424: A larger coverage area. This comes as they have registered the domains Go953.com, Go953MN.com and GoNorthMN.com. Instead, a current-based rhythmic contemporary format, under the "Go 95.3" moniker, launched on that frequency at 3 p.m. on January 5, one year to the minute after KTWN launched the "Go" format. Soon after that station's launch, Northern Lights would rebrand as Go Media (though Northern Lights would remain

184-517: A major relaunch of the station (and its fledgling news department) on February 5. Nick Jr. Too , a sister to the British Nick Jr. channel, has occasionally aired long-term marathons of Peppa Pig , during which it has branded as "Nick Jr. Peppa". In a similar manner, Sky Sports has also temporarily rebranded some of its channels to devote them specifically to certain major events, such as The Ashes series in cricket (Sky Sports Ashes),

230-554: A month after the station's launch, the station added a full-time airstaff. The initial lineup of airstaff included Barb Abney, Brian "BT" Turner, Jason Nagel, and the duo of Thorn and Linnea Mohn. On April 6, 2015, the station launched GoTV, an in-booth music and video content streaming source. With the Pohlads' purchase of KNOF in September 2015, KTWN-FM was speculated to move to the newly acquired frequency, in order to take advantage of

276-470: A number of their own April Fools' programming stunts , such as promoting a television premiere of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters before its theatrical release (but displaying it in a comically-small window over regularly-scheduled programming), airings of the cult Tommy Wiseau film The Room , episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Rick and Morty redubbed by children and edited to be family-friendly ("Adult Swim Junior"),

322-642: A one-off revival of Cartoon Network's former action and anime block Toonami (which later relaunched under the auspices of Adult Swim), an airing of Toonami with programs in their original Japanese audio with subtitles (including Masaaki Yuasa 's 2004 experimental film Mind Game ) rather than an English dub, and preceding an announced season 2 premiere of Smiling Friends with live action remakes of season 1 episodes using puppets . The stunts have sometimes included unannounced previews and premieres of new and existing series, such as additional episodes of Perfect Hair Forever after its supposed series finale,

368-418: A permanent format. In some cases (sometimes referred to as a "wheel of formats"), a station may cycle between multiple formats during the stunt until the new, permanent format launches. The popular practice of radio stations playing all-Christmas music during the lead-up to (and occasionally the week after) Christmas Day has sometimes been used by stations as a transition period between formats. However,

414-587: A reporter in Nielsen BDS ' Rhythmic Airplay Panel as well as on Mediabase 's Rhythmic Chart because of its rhythmic direction and playlist, and therefore did not meet the criteria to be included on their mainstream Top 40/CHR reporting panels. On December 29, 2011, Northern Lights announced that KHTC would drop the rhythmic format and "Now" branding on January 1, 2012, and shift to a modern adult contemporary format, branded as "96.3 K-Twin." At Midnight on January 1 (after " In Paris " by Jay-Z and Kanye West ),

460-493: Is also a former "Now" jock, and KARE news personality Eric Perkins. With the flip to "K-Twin", the station changed its call sign to KTWN-FM, which mirrored the calls on Northern Lights' country-formatted AM station in Glencoe . The calls and "K-Twin" branding were originally used by what is now KQQL from 1968 to 1983. By the spring of 2012, KTWN-FM evolved to a straightforward hot adult contemporary format, playing hits from

506-434: Is normally played. Stunting is typically used to generate publicity and audience attention for upcoming changes to a station's programming, such as new branding , format , or as a soft launch for a newly-established station. Occasionally, a stunt may be purely intended as publicity or a protest, and not actually result in a major programming change. Stunts often involve a loop of a single song, or an interim format (such as

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552-638: The Educational Media Foundation for $ 2.45 million. With the announcement of the sale, the stations immediately dismissed all on-air staff and shifted to a jockless presentation, which it continued with until the sale officially closed. However, this would cause some problems with operation during said time; by the start of 2021, the station's online stream would abruptly stop operation and never start back up again, and there would be long stretches of only music, with little to no liners or identification, and some songs occasionally being played again after

598-485: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 15, 1991 . In August 1993 , the station signed on as KARP, playing a wide mix of classic rock , oldies , country music and farm reports. The station's transmitter was initially located west of Le Sueur . To increase the value of the station, KARP's owners decided to seek FCC permission to increase power and move their transmitter closer to

644-624: The Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. The transmitter was moved farther north and east to a location south of Hutchinson , and power was increased from 50,000 watts to 100,000 watts, giving the station a city-grade signal over much of the west metro area. The move also resulted in WJMC-FM (96.3) in Rice Lake, Wisconsin downgrading from 100 kW to 50 kW, changing its frequency to 96.1 FM, and moving its transmitter north. The actions were approved by

690-476: The National Football League playoffs and Super Bowl LIII . At least three networks have used stunting-type events prior to their formal launches: G4 , for example, aired a 7 day long game of Pong before its formal debut on April 24, 2002. This stunt would later be referenced by the network's sign-off December 31, 2014, as well as in the video announcing its 2021 return. MLB Network aired

736-730: The PDC World Darts Championship (Sky Sports Darts; in 2015, this used the Sky Sports F1 channel, since Formula One was in its off-season), and golf's Open Championship (Sky Sports The Open). In January 2019, Sky Sports Action was temporarily renamed "Sky Sports USA", with programming focusing on the National Basketball Association (coinciding with the playing of the NBA Global Games series in London ), and

782-819: The 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today. The station was trying to fill a void left by KSTP-FM , which had moved closer towards Top 40 (CHR) . On August 15, 2012, the Minnesota Twins announced KTWN-FM would be the team's new radio flagship, starting with the 2013 season. By October 2013, KTWN-FM transformed again, shifting away from Hot AC into more of a gold-based AAA direction with the addition of artists such as The Beatles , Neil Young , The Rolling Stones , The Who , and Led Zeppelin . However, KTWN-FM occasionally threw in some 1990s songs from bands like Blues Traveler , Dave Matthews Band , Counting Crows , and Gin Blossoms . During its entire existence as "K-Twin", ratings for

828-564: The FCC in September 1999 . In February 2000 , KARP was purchased by a group consisting of local investors Kandu Communications and Cincinnati, Ohio -based Blue Chip Broadcasting, with the aim of bringing a full-power quasi- urban -formatted music FM station to Minnesota for the first time. The station moved its transmitter to a new site near Watertown later that month. The transfer in ownership to Blue Chip Broadcasting took place just after noon on May 18, 2000. The station played all requests during

874-531: The HD2 sub-channel flipped to the St. Louis -based “Boost Radio” format of Christian pop/hip hop (which is relayed on translator W225AP (92.9 FM)). HD3 As of September 9, 2020, the station's HD3 sub-channel was simulcasting Hmong news, talk, and music formatted WIXK . This comes after Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC's acquisition of previous KFAI translator K294AM (106.7 FM). With the sale to EMF being consummated on April 12, 2021,

920-456: The HD3 sub-channel went silent; K294AM, which relayed KQGO-HD3, continues to simulcast WIXK, and switched its relay to KEEY -HD3. In 2021, KMWA-HD3 became K-LOVE . Stunting (broadcasting) Stunting is a type of publicity stunt in radio broadcasting , where a station—abruptly and often without advance announcement—begins to air content that is seemingly uncharacteristic compared to what

966-522: The Modern AC era also competed against Cities 97 , which shared many of the titles played. Another noticeable emphasis of "K-Twin" was its connections with Twin Cities listeners and its employment of local personalities, including a morning show (which debuted on January 4) that featured Tone E. Fly, a KDWB alum and a former "B96" and "96.3 Now" jock, former Miss Minnesota International contestant Danni Star who

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1012-596: The Screwy Squirrel cartoon "Happy-Go-Nutty" for 12 hours straight. Numerous complaints were received about this particular event, generally fielded by Cartoon Network's cable providers , who had been left in the dark about the stunt. Later April Fools' Day stunts on Cartoon Network have included an 11 hour Cow and Chicken marathon in place of a scheduled Chowder marathon on April 1, 2009, and 14 hours of programming edited to have googly eyes on April 1, 2017. Cartoon Network's late-night block Adult Swim has held

1058-658: The air and flipped to the contemporary worship music network Air 1 under the new callsign KMWA. KMWA broadcasts in HD Radio (digital). In addition to the HD1 channel, which mirrors the KMWA analog signal, KMWA has one other HD sub-channel. HD2 96.3-HD2 carried a simulcast of KBHL in Osakis ("PraiseLive"), which was previously heard in the Twin Cities on KNOF before Go Media's acquisition of

1104-405: The call sign KTWN from 2011 to 2012 KQQL , a radio station (107.9 FM) licensed to serve Anoka, Minnesota, which held the call sign KTWN-FM from 1968 to 1983 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

1150-423: The discography of a specific artist, Christmas music , or a novel theme that would not be viable as a permanent format), which may sometimes include hints towards the station's new format or branding. To a lesser extent, stunting has also been seen on television, most commonly in conjunction with April Fools' Day , or to emphasize a major programming event being held by a channel. A station may stunt by repeating

1196-522: The ensuing format change can still occur before the end of the holiday season. Christmas music is sometimes used as a more blatant stunt format outside of the holiday season (in a similar spirit to ironic " Christmas in July " promotions). Cartoon Network has broadcast its share of stunts over the years, many on April Fools' Day . On April 1, 1997, the network aired a stunt where it had purportedly been taken over by Screwy Squirrel , and subsequently broadcast

1242-424: The family of Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad , announced the purchase of KTTB from Radio One for $ 28 million ( USD ). The deal was approved by the FCC on August 20, 2007. Northern Lights had already stated that it would keep the station's staff and format intact. In September 2008, Northern Lights Broadcasting filed an application to change KTTB's city of license from Glencoe to Edina (the city in which

1288-407: The first playing ended. The FCC officially approved the sale on March 26, 2021, and was consummated on April 12. At 9:06 a.m. on April 13, after playing " Trouble's Coming " by Royal Blood , then the first seconds of " All About You " by The Knocks and Foster The People , the signal was abruptly cut off and the station temporarily went silent; around 11 a.m. that day, the station returned to

1334-562: The first song on "Now" was Miley Cyrus ' " Party in the U.S.A. ". The move put KHTC in an even closer rivalry to mainstream Top 40 (CHR) station KDWB-FM . According to radio promos, the station also featured Commercial-Free Mondays. While they were moving closer towards KDWB's format, KHTC's Program Director Sam Elliott insisted that "96.3 Now" would continue to have a Rhythmic flavor, will be more "Dance-oriented" than KDWB, will not play any songs that are too "Disney Pop" , and will not add any pop/rock artists (like Nickelback ). KHTC remained

1380-401: The first song played. In May 2001, Blue Chip sold the station to Radio One , a company that specializes in urban formats. However, Radio One allowed KTTB to maintain its rhythmic -formatted playlist (although the station leaned towards urban and played some urban exclusive songs that most rhythmic stations normally didn't play). On June 14, 2007 , Northern Lights Broadcasting, owned by

1426-419: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTWN&oldid=1028135347 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KMWA The frequency was originally licensed as KQXA by

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1472-712: The morning hours, with goodbyes from the DJs and other staff. Morning hosts John Carrigan and John Mons gave a final farewell, followed by " Happy Trails ." They also announced that the KARP call sign and format would be moving to KKJR (106.9 FM) in Hutchinson , on June 1. Following KARP's departure from 96.3 FM, the station began stunting , repeating a short list of songs from Twin Cities artists Prince , Morris Day , The Time , and Alexander O'Neal . The new "B96" (KTTB) debuted at 6 p.m. on May 31, 2000 , with Da Brat 's " What'chu Like " being

1518-528: The name of the stations' official licensee). On January 1, 2017, KTWN-FM changed its call letters to KQGO to match the "Go" branding. In July 2020, morning show hosts Ben Holsen and Dana Wessel were let go from KQGO due to the financial impact resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic . They were replaced by Jordan Alamat, KQGO's music director and night show host at the time. On December 1, 2020, Go Media announced that they would sell KQGO and KZGO (the former KNOF) to

1564-452: The same song, playlist, or other content on a continuous loop: Occasionally a station dropping an old format will stunt with a transitional format, either containing hints towards the new format (such as songs referencing its new branding, and artists who may be included in the eventual format), or having little to do with it. This can include songs based on specific themes (such as a single musician), or novelties that would not be viable as

1610-505: The station flipped to alternative rock as Go 96.3 , launching with 10,000 songs in a row, starting with " Long Way Down " by Robert DeLong . The station continued to be the home affiliate for the Twins until the 2017 season, when Twins broadcasts returned to WCCO . (The Twins had previously been on WCCO radio since their first season in Minnesota in 1961 until the end of the 2006 season.) About

1656-418: The station in 2016. With the sale to EMF being consummated on April 12, 2021, the "PraiseLive" programming moved back to 95.3 FM (the former KNOF, with those call letters returning to that frequency the same day as the sale consummation); the HD2 sub-channel and 95.3 FM simulcasted the programming for a few days before changing to a transitional looping message redirecting listeners to the new frequency. On May 3,

1702-409: The station lost coverage in the nearby smaller markets of Mankato and St. Cloud , where it also had significant listenership. At Noon on January 6, 2010, Northern Lights rebranded the station as "96.3 Now" and changed call letters to KHTC, officially dropping the urban lean at the station, while retaining the rhythmic format. The final song on "B96" was " Say My Name " by Destiny's Child , while

1748-411: The station officially flipped to the new format, with " Misery " by Minneapolis band Soul Asylum being the first song being played, followed by " Beautiful Day " by U2 and " Learn to Fly " by Foo Fighters . The "K-Twin" playlist featured, according to Northern Lights' preview of the change, "today’s guitar based, pop alternative music" and similar, gold-based hits from 1985 onward. "K-Twin", though it

1794-443: The station were anemic, usually below a 2 share of the market (with an average of a 1.7 share per ratings period). With the hybrid mix of baseball and music, the station stayed steady at a mere 1.0 share over the past three monthly ratings periods of 2014. In addition, the station has had a constant turnover in airstaff since launch, such as 96.3 veteran Tony Fly being let go in mid-2012. In December 2014, morning host Eric Perkins (who

1840-459: The station's studios were located), move its transmitter to the tower in St. Louis Park used by AM stations WWTC and KYCR , and decrease its power (from 100,000 to 24,000 watts) and antenna height. Northern Lights purchased 1310 AM KRBI in St. Peter in late July, and changed its call sign to KGLB. It plans to change KGLB's city of license to Glencoe (which has no other radio stations licensed to it) to maintain local service to Glencoe. The deal

1886-481: The station, such as " Jammin' " by Bob Marley . The artist roster on "K-Twin" featured acts ranging from Bon Jovi and U2 to Adele and Green Day , along with songs and artists that, according to Northern Lights, "aren't currently being played in the (Twin Cities) market." It leaned in a much older direction versus KSTP; however, as of April 2012 , the station was listed on the Nielsen BDS hot AC panel. The station in

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1932-420: The third season premiere of Rick and Morty , and an unannounced world premiere of the first episode of FLCL ' s third season before its second season had even premiered in the U.S. yet. For 35 days in early-1998, Birmingham, Alabama 's CBS affiliate WBMG —which had recently been acquired by Media General —stunted during some of the timeslots of its local newscasts with a clock counting down to

1978-448: The transition of the brand. At Midnight on January 1, 2015, 3 years to the hour after "K-Twin" debuted, after playing a set of songs with the word "go" in the title, as well as a block of "end"-themed songs (culminating with " Closing Time " by Minneapolis band Semisonic ), KTWN-FM began stunting with a Siri -like text-to-speech voice quoting various movie and pop culture quotes, as well as a countdown to 3 p.m. on January 5. At that time,

2024-486: Was described as a modern adult contemporary format with an alternative rock lean, was classified as adult top 40 because of rhythmic content (such as Bruno Mars ' " It Will Rain ") and non-alternative classic hits (such as Def Leppard 's " Pour Some Sugar on Me "), and to differ itself from Hot AC rival KSTP-FM (that station reports to the Mediabase/BDS hot AC panels). Even some 1970s staples could be found on

2070-400: Was not approved, but Northern Lights' application to change KTTB's city of license to Edina, move the transmitter to New Hope , and decrease its power (from 100,000 to 19,000 watts) was approved, and KTTB began transmitting from New Hope on August 20, 2009. The move strengthened KTTB's signal in urbanized portions of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The lower power, however, meant

2116-413: Was the final airstaff member remaining from the station's initial launch) and afternoon host Curt Copeland left the station, as rumors abounded that 96.3 was about to undergo a major overhaul of its format, as nine new web domains were registered for the station. Morning show co-hosts Mark Rider and Rena Sarigianopoulos remained in place. The station enlisted Minneapolis branding agency Fellow to assist in

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