The Educational Media Foundation is switching another one of its Twin Cities metro area signals to the “K-Love” Contemporary Christian network.
K249ED/97.7 had carried EMF’s “Air1” Worship network, which began airing on KMWA/96.3 (Edina-Minneapolis) earlier this year. As of Sunday K249ED and its originating station, iHeartMedia’s KTCZ-HD2, we’re running an announcement advising listeners to tune to 96.3 and that “K-Love” would be coming to 97.7.
Transmitting from the KQQL tower in Nowthen with 250 Watts at 303m above average terrain, K249ED provides a strong signal to the northern suburbs and also stops on car radio scans in many parts of the metro.
EMF’s K221ES/92.1, serving the northwest metro, also switched from “Air-1” to “K-Love” earlier this year. Both K221ES and K249ED are licensed to Albertville.
“K-Love” is also heard on K260BA/99.9 (Coon Rapids) transmitting from downtown Minneapolis, KMKL/90.3 (North Branch) in the far northeast metro, K288GR/105.5 (Bayport) in the east metro, and the HD3 signal of iHeart’s KFXN-FM/100.3.
K249ED’s change could clear the way for KTCZ-HD2 to carry other programming unless it reverts to “Air1” once K249ED switches to “K-Love.”