KUXL (defunct)

KYCR was a religion-oriented radio station. In the 1960s and 1970s, playing gospel and R&B music, prior to becoming full-time religious.

In the mid-1960s, the station was operated by Marvin Kosofsky, who hired Bob Smith (a.k.a. Wolfman Jack), who relocated from Del Rio, Texas, to run the station. Also at KUXL at this time were Art Hoehn (a.k.a. Fat Daddy Washington) and former KDWB personality Ralph Hull (a.k.a. Preacher Paul Anthony and The Nazz). It was this trio of broadcasters who took control of "border blaster" station XERB 1090, in Baja California, in 1965. They operated the "Big X" from Minneapolis initially, then relocated to Southern California in 1966.

The call letters of KUXL changed to KYCR in 1988.

Until 2007, the station was a time-shifted version of WWTC, calling itself "The Patriot II". The format was then changed to a general talk format with its own identity, simply known as "AM 1570: The New Talk of the Twin Cities". In April 2007, KYCR removed conservative talk-show host Don Imus from the lineup for racist statements made about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Unfortunately he had been on KYCR for a very short time after a prolonged 8+year absence from the TC airwaves.

External links

* [http://www.radiotapes.com Radiotapes.com] Featuring historic airchecks and videos from Twin Cities radio stations including a video of KUXL from 1986.