KTIS (900 AM) is a

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based in

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, owned and operated by University of Northwestern - St Paul. It is a non-profit, listener-supported radio station relying on donations from the local community throughout the year. KTIS's studios are located on Snelling Avenue in

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, while its transmitter is located in the Hazel Park neighborhood of Oakdale. The station broadcasts throughout the midwest. KTIS is the flagship station of Faith Radio, a

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whose programming features mainly

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, with programs such as ''Susie Larson Live with Susie Larson''; ''

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''; ''Family Life Today with Dave and Anne Wilson''; ''Insight for Living with

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''; ''Living on the Edge with

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''; '' In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley''; and others. Programming is nearly 100 percent satellite deliverable and produced by

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History

KTIS and

KTIS-FM KTIS-FM (98.5 MHz) is a Christian adult contemporary music formatted radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota owned and operated by Northwestern Media, a ministry of the University of Northwestern - St. Paul. The station's studios are ...

(98.5) were founded in 1949 by Rev.

Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. (; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American Evangelism, evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and Civil rights movement, civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring liv ...

when he was president of the University of Northwestern - St Paul. On February 6, 2015, KTIS began simulcasting on FM translator K214DF (90.7 FM), which is better received in the western (Minneapolis) suburbs, via the HD2 channel of sister station KTIS-FM. The station added a second translator on W248CU (97.5 FM), which is better received in the eastern (St. Paul) suburbs, in June 2017, though there is significant overlap with 90.7. The second translator, licensed to Minneapolis but transmitting from St. Paul, forced a low-powered FM KPPS-LP to apply for an emergency increase in power from 50 watts to 100 watts due to interference. KPPS-LP already had an application to move to 88.9 FM however, so the request to increase power was denied by the FCC. In addition, the translator on 97.5 FM is on the same frequency as

KNXR KNXR (97.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Rochester, Minnesota. It broadcasts a classic hits radio format and is owned by John Linder and Lynn Ketelsen, through Blooming Prairie Farm Radio, Inc. The radio studios and offices are on ...

licensed to Rochester, causing some complaints from listeners in the south metro who could no longer hear the station. This is not the first time KNXR has been interfered with via a licensed broadcast station.

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University of Northwestern - St Paul , Northwestern Media
* ( Guide to reading History Cards) Christian radio stations in Minnesota Radio stations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Radio stations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Minnesota Northwestern Media {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub