KMFY (96.9 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

licensed to

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids is a city in, and the county seat of, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,126 at the 2020 census. The city is named for the long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit of practi ...

. KMFY covers the counties of Itasca, Aitkin, Cass and western St. Louis, and broadcasts an

Adult Contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

music format with a mix of local weather, sports, local news, and community events.

History

The station has been an adult contemporary music station ever since its start as KXGR. The station itself was later sold to Bill and Carla Kirwin in 1989 by Mike and Mary Ives. It was briefly renamed KFMY-FM but became KMFY-FM within a few weeks in December 1989. In 2001, the station was sold to Mike and Cindy Iaizzo who renamed it Itasca Broadcasting. In 2012, KMFY-FM was sold to Jim and Colleen Lamke, who renamed it Lamke Broadcasting. Effective November 1, 2021, Lamke Broadcasting announced it had sold KMFY including its sister stations

KBAJ KBAJ (105.5 FM, "J105 The Thunder") is a classic rock radio station licensed to Deer River, Minnesota, and is owned by Scott Hennen and Steven Hallstrom, through licensee Rapids Radio LLC. The radio station went on-air in 1999. Originally owned ...

and

KOZY Kozy (Wymysorys language, Wymysorys: ''Zajwyśdiüf'') is a large village with a population of 12,457 (2013) within Bielsko County, located in the historical and geographical south-west region of Lesser Poland, between Kęty and Bielsko-Bia� ...

including FM translator K226CV 93.1 to Steve Hallstrom and Scott Hennen, through their licensee Rapids Radio LLC. KMFY is a sister station to

and

. Sometime in 2023, KMFY removed all music from 1980’s, a majority of 1990’s, and 2000’s music from its main playlist, making it lean more towards a Hot AC station. KMFY plays 80’s music on Friday nights with the syndicated Backtrax USA 80’s Edition. KMFY is affiliated with ABC News, Local Radio Networks, Minnesota News Network, Weatherology Weather Center, Vikings Radio Network, and Westwood One. As of 2024 KMFY returned a majority of its 80's music back into its main playlist.

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