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Radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
KALY-LP
(101.7
FM
) is a
low-power
broadcast
radio station
licensed to
Minneapolis, Minnesota
.
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The station broadcasts from a tower in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis, near
I-35W
, shared with
KRSM-LP
.
History
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The station signed on September 24, 2015, with the primary audience intended to be Minnesota's
Somali-American
population. It was one of several
LPFM
stations to sign on in Minnesota in 2015. The others included
WEQY-LP
in
St. Paul
, and the early stages of
WFNU-LP
, also in St. Paul. KALY's mission was to bridge the gap between those who spoke English, and those who spoke
Somali
. The station worked with
KFAI
to help train volunteers.
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The station also received assistance from the
Prometheus Radio Project
, based in Philadelphia.
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It was among over a thousand LPFMs to sign on thanks to the FCC's new class of stations.
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The station was the first in the United States to broadcast programming of its type 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 3,000 people were surveyed before the station came to air, regarding their preferences for a radio station. KALY's 7 miles (11 km) to 10 miles (16 km) range affords it a potential listenership of 200,000 people. It is likely the station can be heard beyond that, due to the line of sight nature of
FM broadcasting
. Because the station streams, it has listeners around the world.
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KALY is not the only station in Minnesota that caters to the Somali-American population.
KZYS-LP
in
St. Cloud
also features programming directed toward the Somalian population there.
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