Radio KS95 (KSTP)

KSTP-FM is a radio station with studios in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is one of the flagship stations of Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation, which also owns several other TV stations across the United States and some other properties.Entrance to the KSTP studios on University Avenue in St. Paul, MinnesotaTwin Cities stations were experimenting with frequency-modulated transmissions in the late 1930s. KSTP engineers had started running W9XUP at 29.95 MHz by 1938. This "ultra-short-wave" station continued regular broadcasts until at least 1944. Other Twin Cities stations also experimented with FM, but not as extensively. WCCO operated a low-power station, but it apparently went off the air quickly. WTCN's FM transmission stayed around longer, but remained intermittent.In the early 1970s, KSTP-AM became the fourth area station to switch over to a pop music format, competing with the AM signals of WDGY, KDWB, and WYOO. By the end of the decade, most music stations had begun broadcasting on the modern FM band.KSTP-FM's studios are located at the western edge of St. Paul, just a few steps away from neighboring Minneapolis. There is a large transmitter tower behind the station, though it is not directly used for broadcasts today. Instead, the station broadcasts from the Telefarm paired tower setup in Shoreview (shared with KSTP-TV, WCCO-TV, KARE, and WUCW).The station dropped 1980s music in July 2010 and imaging was changed from "80s, 90s and today" to "90s, 2k and today."Former KS95 logo.Older KS95 logo.