- For the North Dakota cablecaster see KMSU (Minot).
KMSU (89.7 FM, "The Maverick") 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 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.
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- Duluth–Superior
- Grand Forks, ND
- La Crosse, WI
- Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter
- Minneapolis–St. Paul
- Moorhead–Fargo
- Rochester
- St. Cloud
- Other Minnesota radio regions
- Alexandria
- Austin–Albert Lea
- Bemidji
- Brainerd
- Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes
- International Falls
- Iron Range
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Worthington–Marshall
- Willmar
- See also
- List of radio stations in Minnesota
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- KBSB (Bemidji State University)
- WMCN (Macalester College)
- KUOM (University of Minnesota)
- KUMD (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
- KUMM (University of Minnesota-Morris)
- KMSU/KMSK (Minnesota State University-Mankato)
- KSRQ (Northland Comm. & Tech. Coll.)
- KVSC (Saint Cloud State University)
- KJNB (Saint John's University)
- KSMR (St. Mary's University of Minnesota)
- KSTO (St. Olaf College)
- KQAL (Winona State University)
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- adult contemporary
- classic hits
- college
- country
- news/talk
- NPR
- oldies
- religious
- rock
- sports
- top 40
- urban
- other radio stations in Minnesota
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