KMKO-FM

KMKO-FM
City	Lake Crystal, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Mankato, Minnesota
Branding	95.7 The Rock Station
Frequency	95.7 FM (MHz)
Translator(s)	101.7 K269EC (Mankato)
First air date	September 29, 2005 (as KQYK)
Format	Commercial; Active Rock
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	164294
Former callsigns	KQYK (2005-2012)
Owner	Digity, LLC (Digity 3E License, LLC)
Sister stations	KEEZ, KYSM-FM, KRBI-FM
Webcast	Stream
Website	95.7 The Rock Station

KMKO-FM (95.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, broadcasting to the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs an active rock format.

The station is rebroadcast in Mankato on translator K269EC 101.7 FM, which provides a stronger signal in the downtown area.

History

The station went on the air as KQYK on September 29, 2005, with a country format as "The Eagle".^[1] On September 26, 2007, the station flipped to active rock as "95.7 The Blaze," with a format and logo similar to that of sister station KIBZ in Lincoln, Nebraska. On February 1, 2012, KQYK changed their call sign to KMKO-FM. On February 20th, 2012, at 11am, KMKO-FM switched to a news/talk format, as Fake It by Seether faded into The Jim Rome Show.^[2] The station flipped back to Active Rock as "95-7 The Rock Station" on December 6, 2012. ^[3]

KMKO-FM is owned by Digity, LLC, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC, with sister stations KEEZ, KYSM-FM and KRBI-FM.

Previous logo

References

↑ Broadcasting News-September 2005
↑ "Three Eagles Goes News/Talk In Mankato, MN". Radio Insight. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
↑ "YourMidwestMedia.com - 95.7 Mankato flipping back to rock". Retrieved 7 December 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KMKO

Radio-Locator information on KMKO

Radio stations in the Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter, Minnesota market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.5 91.5 93.1 93.5 94.1 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.7 99.1 100.5 100.9 101.7 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.5 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.1 107.3 107.5

By AM frequency	860 920 1230 1310 1420

By callsign	K206DI K228XN K235BH K237ET K269EC K270DZ K274AL K286AW K296ER KATO-FM KBGY KDHL KDOG KEEZ-FM KFMC-FM KFSP KGAC KGLB KHRS KJLY KJTS KMKO-FM KMSU KNGA KNUJ KNUJ-FM KOWZ-FM KRBI-FM KTOE KXAC KXLP KYSM-FM

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