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KCMP (89.3 FM), also known as 89.3 The Current, is a radio station owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that broadcasts a AAA 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 translators around the state. 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. The station was launched by St. Olaf College on October 1, 1967〔http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1968/B%201%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201968.pdf page B-89〕 as a sister to WCAL 770 AM, one of the first radio stations in the state. WCAL-FM was operated by St. Olaf for over 37 years and was known as "Classical 89.3" later in its history, playing 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. CT. The station had an immediate impact, and after just three months was voted "Best Radio Station" by readers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BEST RADIO STATION Minneapolis 2005 - KFAI )〕 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 its first two years. =="The Current" service== The modern "third service" for MPR (the organization already operates "news and information" and classical music networks) programs a wide range of music. The KCMP "anti-format" was announced in mid-December 2004, along with the station's new program director Steve Nelson and music director Thorn Skroch. According to the Unofficial Current Playlist Archive, over 4,000 different songs have been played from around 2,000 different artists. The station lineup consisted of ''The Morning Show'', a long-running program of eclectic music and humor that had been hosted by Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole on MPR's classical music stations for many years. The show aired statewide on MPR's classical music network, but was deemed a more natural fit in the Twin Cities area on KCMP. Somewhat confusingly, the KMSE translator in Rochester switches between classical music in the morning and The Current for the rest of the day, a compromise reached because the signal range of KMSE is much smaller than MPR's KLSE-FM classical music transmitter in Rochester. After more than 25 years, ''The Morning Show'' had its final broadcast on December 11, 2008. In May 2008, Keith had announced he would retire from MPR by the end of the year; Connelly plans to continue working with MPR and develop new programming. Their final show was broadcast live at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, MN. In place of ''The Morning Show'', The Current now provides music programming more consistent with the format of the rest of the station.〔 Accessed February 1, 2009〕 Weekend programming includes ''American Routes'' and a local music program simply called "The Local Show", which airs at 6 p.m. on Sundays. Additional staff members were hired in the weeks following December's announcement. Some, like Nelson, were already at Minnesota Public Radio. Steve Seel, for instance, had been a host on MPR's classical music service. Others, including Mary Lucia and Mark Wheat, were new to MPR, but already had long relationships with the region. Talent came from Minnesota stations such as KVSC and KFAI, but probably the biggest influences were the University of Minnesota's KUOM (770 Radio K) and 1990s station REV-105. Thorn and Nelson had worked at Radio K in its early days, and remained on the station's advisory board until they were hired for "The Current" (they resigned from the board to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest). Mark Wheat was a well-known voice of Radio K, since he was the outlet's program coach and one of the most frequently-heard DJs for six years. Lucia had worked with Nelson and Thorn at REV-105, and continued as an on-air host with Thorn at the short-lived REV successor Zone 105. She remained one of the most-respected area DJs. The name of "The Current" is meant to be evocative of several things, ranging from the flow of area rivers like the Mississippi to the "electric" nature of the local music scene in Minnesota. The call sign KCMP had no special significance besides rhyming with "eighty-nine three." The station's first day of broadcasting was well received by local music lovers. About 250 messages were left on the KCMP weblog, and the station was inundated with more than 1,500 e-mails. The vast majority were positive or constructively critical messages. A power outage had knocked out power on the previous weekend, and continued in the early hours (the MPR building continued to operate on a backup electrical generator, but subject to the glitches inherent in switching between utility power and a local generator), so some of the music selections were thematically related to those troubles (the most explicit example would be "Hello? Is This Thing On?" by !!!). Hem also visited the station that weekend and had their appearance recorded for broadcast the first afternoon. The local group Spaghetti Western String Co. was featured live in the evening from MPR's Studio M. Spaghetti Western String Co. had previously been featured on shows aired by other MPR stations during 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KCMP」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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