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| RelaysKQQL-HD2,Anoka | |
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| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 93.3MHz |
| Branding | Twin Cities' BIN 93.3 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Black-oriented news |
| Affiliations | Black Information Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 13,2014 |
Call sign meaning | (serially assigned) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 140133 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 99watts |
| HAAT | 229 m (751 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°58′34.0″N93°16′21.0″W / 44.976111°N 93.272500°W /44.976111; -93.272500 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | https://twincities.binnews.com |
W227BF (93.3FM) is atranslator broadcastingBlack Information Network programming from theHD2 subcarrier ofiHeartMedia'sKQQL.Licensed toShoreview, Minnesota, it serves theMinneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area inside theI-494/I-694beltway. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. All the offices and studios are located inSt. Louis Park and the transmitter is atop theIDS Center in downtownMinneapolis.
On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that KQQL's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on hit music from the 1980s. The HD2 station, calledKool 1-0-80s, showcased every song to ever hit the Top 40 in the 1980s.[citation needed]
During summer 2011, the HD2 subchannel changed programming to a simulcast of AM radio stationKFXN ('The Score'). On September 8, 2011, the "Score" sports format began airing exclusively on KQQL-HD2 as their former signal (690 AM) was flipped to Asian programming.[citation needed]
In August 2012, the HD2 subchannel was changed back to Kool 1-0-80s, nowiHeartRadio's "My 80s", with the same 1980s hits format it had before.[citation needed]
On May 23, 2014, KQQL-HD2 changed their format tourban adult contemporary and began simulcasting on FM translator W227BF (93.3 FM), licensed to Shoreview.[2] Soon after, it started stunting with several types of music, changing every few days.
On June 13, 2014, KQQL-HD2 changed their format tomodern rock, branded as "ALT 93.3".[2] The format competed against locally ownedKQGO "GO 96.3" as well asMinnesota Public Radio'snon-commercialadult album alternativeKCMP "89.3 The Current."
KQQL'sKool 1-0-80s format eventually moved to KQQL's HD3 channel, in addition to translator W244CS (96.7) in the Southeast metro.[3] On June 12, 2015 KQQL-HD3 and W244CS changed their format to anLGBT-oriented dance format, branded as "96.7 Pride Radio."[citation needed]
On April 18, 2018, theSt. Paul Saints announced that “ALT” would be their new radio home for the 2018 season.[4]
Effective May 30, 2019,Educational Media Foundation sold W227BF and five other translators toiHeartMedia, which already supplied programming to the translators, in exchange forWEKL,WSFF,WSNZ, andWLRX.
On June 29, 2020, fifteen iHeart stations in markets with large African American populations, including W227BF/KQQL-HD2, beganstunting with African American speeches, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our side of the story is about to be told," with a new format slated to launch on June 30.[5][6] That day, W227BF/KQQL-HD2, along with the other fourteen stations, became the launch stations for theBlack Information Network, an African American-orientedall-news network.[7]