KSNR

KSNR

City	Fisher, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Grand Forks/Thief River Falls
Branding	100.3 Cat Country
Slogan	Grand Forks' #1 for New Country
Frequency	100.3 FM (MHz)
First air date	1976
Format	Commercial; Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	172 meters
Class	C1
Former callsigns	KOSN (1976-1983), KSNR (1983-present)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KJKJ, KKXL, KKXL-FM, KQHT, KSNR
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.thecatfm.com/

KSNR (100.3 FM, "100.3 Cat Country") is a radio station broadcasting a country format. Licensed to Fisher, Minnesota, it serves the Grand Forks, North Dakota area. It first began broadcasting in 1983. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

KSNR also broadcasts University of North Dakota men's and women's basketball home games, while sister station KQHT broadcasts University of North Dakota men's ice hockey and football games as the flagship station, and sister station KKXL-AM broadcasts University of North Dakota women's ice hockey. 100.3 Cat Country competes with Leighton Broadcasting's 97 KYCK.

History

The station began life at 99.3 FM as KOSN in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in 1976. KOSN broadcast only 3,000 watts. The station changed call letters to KSNR in 1983 as it flipped to an oldies format, concentrating on 50s and 60s "Golden Oldies" format. After upgrading to 100,000 watts at 100.3 FM in 1987, the station attracted listeners in Grand Forks, North Dakota, since the signal could be heard on most radios and KSNR was the only oldies station in the area.

former Kool 100.3 logo

KSNR later became "Kool 100.3", and began playing 1970s era music, and moved its studios to Grand Forks after being sold. KSNR also played Christmas music from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas Day annually until the format change in 2005. In 2000, Clear Channel Communications bought out KSNR and several other stations, and the format was changed to play 1960s and 1970s era music. It also became the flagship station for University of North Dakota basketball play-by-play broadcasts.

former Cat Country logo from 2005-2016

Kool 100.3 switched to country music as "Cat Country" in October, 2005, competing with Leighton Broadcasting's heritage country station, 97 KYCK and classic country station KNOX-FM "Rooster 94.7". In 2006, co-owned classic hits (a mixture of oldies and classic rock formats) station KQHT "96.1 The Fox" began shifting towards to an oldies format.

In 2005, KSNR changed its city of license from Thief River Falls to Fisher, which would allow it to move its transmitter tower closer to Grand Forks in the future.

In the fall of 2012, all local personalities were removed from Cat Country in favor of Bobby Bones Show in the morning and Premium Choice radio personalities in all other dayparts. The previous local morning show was moved to sister station KQHT (96.1 The Fox), which carries an updated classic hits version of the former "Kool 100.3" oldies format. In 2016, Cat Country brought back some local personalities previously heard on the station.

External links

100.3 Cat Country website

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Radio-Locator information on KSNR

Radio stations in the Grand Forks, ND–MN market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.9 94.1 94.7 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.1 99.3 100.3 101.3 102.7 104.3 104.9 105.5 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	1230 1260 1310 1370 1440 1520 1590

By callsign	K237ER K239BG K285BG K300BG KEQQ-LP KFJM KGFK KJKJ KKDQ KKXL KKXL-FM KMAV-FM KMSR KNOX KNTN KOBT-LP KQHT KQMN KROX KSNR KSRQ KTRF KTRF-FM KUND-FM KWTL KYCK KZGF KZLT-FM

Nearby radio markets Bemidji Bismarck Devils Lake Fargo–Moorhead Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Jamestown–Valley City Langdon Winnipeg See also List of radio stations in North Dakota

Cat Country branded radio stations in the United States

Current	KATC-FM (Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado) KKMV (Twin Falls, Idaho) KSLY-FM (San Luis Obispo, California) KSNR (Grand Forks, North Dakota) WCTK (New Bedford, Massachusetts/Providence, Rhode Island) WCTO (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) WJEN (Killington, Vermont) WKKT (Charlotte, North Carolina) WKTT (Salisbury, Maryland) WLCY-FM (Indiana, Pennsylvania) WPUR (Atlantic City, New Jersey) WQMT (Decatur, Tennessee) WYCT (Pensacola, Florida)

Former	KDRK-FM (Spokane, Washington) KKAT-FM (Salt Lake City, Utah) WHHY-FM (Montgomery, Alabama) WKTT (Cleveland, Wisconsin) WZMR (Altamont, New York)

News/talk/sports brands Air America Bloomberg Radio ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio NPR SB Nation Radio Music brands Bob FM Cat Country (Country Only) Froggy Hank FM Jack FM KISS-FM MOViN Nash FM (Country Only) Radio Disney The Fox The X Religious brands AFR Air 1 K-LOVE

Country radio stations in the state of North Dakota

Stations	KAOC – Langdon KBMR – Bismarck KBMW – Wahpeton KBTO – Bottineau KBVB – Fargo KCAD – Dickinson KCJB – Minot KDAK – Carrington KDDR – Oakes KDLR – Devils Lake KKBO – Bismarck KLTC – Dickinson KNDC – Hettinger KNDK – Langdon KOVC – Valley City KPOK – Bowman KQDY – Bismarck KQLX – Fargo KSJB – Jamestown KSNR – Grand Forks KUSB – Bismarck KVOX-FM – Fargo KWGO – Minot KXDI – Dickinson KXPO – Grafton KYCK – Grand Forks KYNU – Jamestown KYYX – Minot KYYZ – Williston KZTK – Casselton/Fargo KZZJ – Rugby KZZY – Devils Lake

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota

Country radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KAGE – Winona KARL – Marshall KARP-FM – Dassel KATO-FM – Mankato KAUS-FM – Austin KBEW-FM – Blue Earth KBGY – Fairbault KBHP – Bemidji KBLB – Nisswa KBOT – Detroit Lakes KBVB – Barnesville (Fargo, North Dakota) KCHK – New Prague KCHK-FM - New Prague KCUE – Red Wing KDIO – Ortonville KDJS-FM – Willmar KDKE - Duluth (Superior, WI) KDLB – Frazee KDMA – Montevideo KDOM – Windom KDOM-FM – Windom KEEY-FM – Minneapolis KEYL – Long Prairie KFIL – Preston KFIL-FM – Chatfield KGPZ – Grand Rapids KIKV-FM – Alexandria KJJK-FM – Fergus Falls KJOE – Pipestone KKAQ – Thief River Falls KKCB – Duluth KKDQ – Thief River Falls KKIN-FM – Aitkin KKOJ – Jackson KKOK-FM – Morris KKWQ – Warroad KKWS – Wadena KLCI – Elk River KLGR – Redwood Falls KLOH – Pipestone KLQL – Luverne KLQP – Madison KMFX-FM – Rochester KMNB – Minneapolis KNSP – Staples KNUJ – New Ulm KOLV – Willmar KPRM – Park Rapids KQAQ – Austin KQYB – Spring Grove (La Crosse, Wisconsin) KRCQ – Detroit Lakes KRFO-FM – Owatonna KRJB – Ada KRRW – Saint James KRUE – Waseca KSDM – International Falls KSNR – Fisher (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KSUM – Fairmont KTCO – Duluth KUSQ – Worthington KWAD – Wadena KWNO-FM – Winona KWWK – Rochester KXKK – Park Rapids KYCK Crookston (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KYSM-FM – Mankato KZPK – Paynesville WBHA – Wabasha WBJI – Bemidji WCMP-FM – Pine City WUSZ – Hibbing WVAL – Saint Cloud WWJO – Saint Cloud WWWI-FM - Pillager WYRQ-FM – Little Falls

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

iHeartMedia

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Coordinates: 47°58′37″N 96°36′43″W / 47.977°N 96.612°W / 47.977; -96.612

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