102.5 Q102

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LakelandBroadcasting has been a voice over the airwaves in West Central Minnesota since October 5, 1940, with a commitment to consistent local programming and coverage. We pride ourselves as the local news and weather leader in the communities we serve. Our vision at Lakeland is to be the leading local and impactful media platform, our purpose is to inform, entertain and connect. Our stations include Q102 (102.5 FM), Big Country (100.1 FM), KWLM (96.3 FM/ 1340 AM), and The Train (106.5 FM).

Multiple trade publications reported Friday that WTSS-FM, the call letters of Star 102.5, is being sold in combination with a Memphis country station that Audacy owns for $15.5 million to Educational Media Foundation.

Educational Media Foundation (EMF) reportedly is a noncommercial Christian radio group based in a Nashville, Tenn., suburb that owns and operates 1,000 stations and is best known for airing the Christian music format K-Love.

WTSS has gone through several format, owner and call letter changes in its history. At one time it was WBEN-FM, a companion to the AM station with the same call letters. In the early 1970s, as FM stations began changing their formats, it became known as Rock 102, a station still recalled by generations of Buffalo listeners.

KTXQ-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The station is owned by the Axum Radio Group and broadcasts on the 102.5 FM dial. KTXQ broadcast an alternative rock format under the branding Q102.

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