KMSU
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KMSU is a public radio station
operated by Minnesota State University, Mankato
in Mankato, Minnesota
that carries a mixed news
, talk
, and music
format. A repeater station, KMSK (91.3 FM), serves the city of Austin
. A translator station, K220AQ (91.9 FM), serves the city of Fairmont
, and another, K220AR (also on 91.9 FM), serves the city of Albert Lea
. It is part of Minnesota
's Independent Public Radio
network. The "Maverick" moniker comes from the university's athletic team name.
James "Gully" Gullickson is the station manager, program director
, and the host of Minnesota Mid Day. Karen Wright is the operations director, and the host of Minnesota Morning. KMSU has a variety of shows including a Saturday night show called The Five Count which somehow seems to be the most popular show on the station. The station also features a late-night avant-garde
electronic music
program titled True Punks Do Electro. The show is hosted by various and anonymous DJs from the Mankato area. News programming that airs daily on the station,The Southern Minnesota News Project, is put together by journalism students at the connected University, Minnesota State Mankato.
One of the station's most popular programs is Shuffle Function
, broadcast Monday through Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central. (A primetime version, Shuffle Function Unbound, airs Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. Central.) The show is hosted by music geeks Shyboy Tim and Shelley.
KMSU is also widely known for the blues programming provided by volunteer radio host, Mark Halverson, who plays a variety of music provided by blues musicians from across the world. Mark began broadcasting the original "Blues Before Monday" show (Sunday, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.) in the early 80's; his current co-host for this program is "Maverick Slim", otherwise known as Gary Campbell. "Marky Maverick" also produces KMSU's "Noon Blues Break" Monday through Friday and he began "Blue Monday" (Monday, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.) in 1998.
Radio station
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operated by Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...
in Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...
that carries a mixed news
News
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, talk
Talk radio
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, and music
Music
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format. A repeater station, KMSK (91.3 FM), serves the city of Austin
Austin, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile...
. A translator station, K220AQ (91.9 FM), serves the city of Fairmont
Fairmont, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,889 people and 2,962 families residing in the city. The population density was 747.5 people per square mile . There were 5,036 housing units at an average density of 345.7 per square mile...
, and another, K220AR (also on 91.9 FM), serves the city of Albert Lea
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea is a city in and the county seat of Freeborn County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 18,016 at the 2010 census....
. It is part of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
's Independent Public Radio
Independent Public Radio
Independent Public Radio is a public radio network in Minnesota. It is the second-largest public radio organization in the state, after Minnesota Public Radio...
network. The "Maverick" moniker comes from the university's athletic team name.
James "Gully" Gullickson is the station manager, program director
Program director
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, and the host of Minnesota Mid Day. Karen Wright is the operations director, and the host of Minnesota Morning. KMSU has a variety of shows including a Saturday night show called The Five Count which somehow seems to be the most popular show on the station. The station also features a late-night avant-garde
Avant-garde
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electronic music
Electronic music
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program titled True Punks Do Electro. The show is hosted by various and anonymous DJs from the Mankato area. News programming that airs daily on the station,The Southern Minnesota News Project, is put together by journalism students at the connected University, Minnesota State Mankato.
One of the station's most popular programs is Shuffle Function
Shuffle Function
Shuffle Function is a radio show aired weekday mornings from 6am to 8am on KMSU, playing a variety of music to a general audience....
, broadcast Monday through Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central. (A primetime version, Shuffle Function Unbound, airs Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. Central.) The show is hosted by music geeks Shyboy Tim and Shelley.
KMSU is also widely known for the blues programming provided by volunteer radio host, Mark Halverson, who plays a variety of music provided by blues musicians from across the world. Mark began broadcasting the original "Blues Before Monday" show (Sunday, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.) in the early 80's; his current co-host for this program is "Maverick Slim", otherwise known as Gary Campbell. "Marky Maverick" also produces KMSU's "Noon Blues Break" Monday through Friday and he began "Blue Monday" (Monday, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.) in 1998.