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KCMP launched yesterday at 9am and with high hopes for this new station, I have to say, I’ve thouroughly enjoyed the first few hours I’ve been able to listen to.

Have a look for yourself at their recent playlist, and you will surely see some of the music I have tried to push on my friends and family in the past.

I dusted off my lady friend’s MiniDisc player and recorded the first few hours of the station, which I will attempt to post as an mp3 at some point.

I’m not sure why I feel this weird connection to locally produced radio, but since I discovered KFAI, and now with the launch of KCMP, I’m enjoying flipping on the radio to see what’s on.

This is some of the best news I’ve heard in a while. The station MPR purchased a few months ago is going to turn into a music station that, if the article in the Startribune is true, will be rather eclectic.

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) told its staff Thursday that the new KCMP will present a diverse musical mix that targets “listeners who have grown up in the digital generation” — read: younger ears — with an emphasis on local artists.

Among local and national performers offered as examples: Mason Jennings, the Replacements, Olympic Hopefuls, the Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell and U2. The station also will dip periodically into vintage material from the likes of Chet Baker, Johnny Cash and Ella Fitzgerald

Sounds good to me! Looks like I might be able to listen to the radio again!