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RADIO INFORMATION<br />
RADIO INFORMATION<br />
KFAN FM 100.3 is the official flagship home of the Minnesota Wild. Since the 2011-12 NHL season, KFAN has<br />
broadcast all Wild preseason, regular season and Stanley Cup Playoff games on the State of Hockey’s top-rated<br />
sports talk station. Bob Kurtz (play-by-play), Tom Reid (analyst) and Kevin Falness (studio host) capture all of<br />
the action and suspense. Coverage begins with a 15-minute pre-game show. Conflicting games are moved to<br />
KOOL 108 FM. Additional Wild-related programming on KFAN features the “Wild Weekly” show and “Wild Fanline,”<br />
which airs after select Wild games.<br />
iHeart Radio reaches more than 2.5 million listeners every week over the air, via the Internet and through<br />
iheartradio.com.<br />
The Minnesota Wild is committed to growing the sport of hockey throughout the state of Minnesota and upper<br />
Midwest as part of the Minnesota Wild Radio Network. Through a partnership with Skyview Networks, more than<br />
35 radio affiliates will broadcast Wild hockey games to thousands of Minnesota fans. The Wild and its radio<br />
partners will create and execute a variety of fundraising, educational and inspiring promotional opportunities<br />
for youth hockey players in communities all across the region.<br />
Skyview Networks is a broadcast technology and national sales solutions company that provides services to<br />
ABC Radio, professional and collegiate sports organizations and two state news networks.<br />
Founded in 1995, Skyview Networks is based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and provides satellite distribution, full<br />
network automation, affiliate relations, inventory management systems and national audio sales services. For<br />
more information visit skyviewnetworks.com.<br />
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MINNESOTA<br />
Aitkin........................................KKIN 930 AM<br />
Albert Lea................................KATE 1450 AM<br />
Austin....................................KAUS 1480 AM<br />
Bemidji..................................KBUN 1450 AM<br />
Benson....................................KSCR 93.5 FM<br />
Brainerd.................................KUAL 103.5 FM<br />
Crookston...............................KROX 1260 AM<br />
Detroit Lakes.............KDLM 93.1FM/1340 AM<br />
Duluth.................................... WWAX 92.1 FM<br />
Ely............................ WELY 94.5 FM/1450 AM<br />
Fairmont............................... KSUM 1370 AM<br />
Fosston..................................KKCQ 1480 AM<br />
Glenwood..............................KMGK 107.1 FM<br />
Grand Rapids.........................KOZY 1320 AM<br />
Hastings............................... KDWA 1460 AM<br />
Hibbing.................................WMFG 1240 AM<br />
Hutchinson.............................KDUZ 1260 AM<br />
International Falls..................KGHS 1230 AM<br />
RADIO AFFILIATES (AS OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2016)<br />
Mankato..................................KMKO 95.7 FM<br />
Marshall.................................KARZ 1400 AM<br />
Montevideo..............................KKRC 93.9 FM<br />
Mpls/St. Paul.........................KFAN 100.3 FM<br />
New Ulm....................................KNUJ 860 AM<br />
Red Wing................................KCUE 1250 AM<br />
Rochester..............................KRCH 101.7 FM<br />
Roseau..................................KRWB 1410 AM<br />
St. Cloud................................ KXSS 1390 AM<br />
Thief River Falls.....................KKAQ 1460 AM<br />
Verndale................................. KSKK 1070 AM<br />
Walker.................................... KAKK 1570 AM<br />
Warroad................................ KRWB 102.9 FM<br />
Waseca.................................. KOWZ 1170 AM<br />
Winona..................................KWNO 1230 AM<br />
IOWA<br />
Des Moines............................. KXLQ 1490 AM<br />
KEVIN FALNESS<br />
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/STUDIO HOST<br />
NORTH DAKOTA<br />
Fargo..................KVOX 740 AM/KFGO 790 AM<br />
Grand Forks.............................KKXL 1440 AM<br />
SOUTH DAKOTA<br />
Sioux Falls............................. KWSN 1230 AM<br />
Vermillion................................KVTK 1570 AM<br />
WISCONSIN<br />
Amery................................... WLMX 104.9 FM<br />
Eau Claire.............................. WBIZ 1400 AM<br />
Kevin Falness is in his 17th year as the Executive Producer and Studio Host of Minnesota Wild<br />
radio broadcasts on the club’s flagship station KFAN radio and across the Minnesota Wild Radio<br />
Network. He is the host of the team’s pre- and post-game shows, and keeps fans up to date on all<br />
the late-breaking hockey news and scores around the NHL between periods from the Audi quattro<br />
Club in the Xcel Energy Center. It serves as the starting point for each and every radio broadcast<br />
for the Minnesota Wild Radio Network.<br />
Falness is a graduate of St. Louis Park High School and Brown Institute, and spent six years in<br />
Denver working in sports radio at KKFN before joining the Minnesota Wild.<br />
Besides hearing him on the radio broadcasts, you can also catch Falness providing updates both for the team’s official Web<br />
site, wild.com and the official Minnesota Wild PONDcast. He also devotes much time to Wild radio affiliates, building the largest<br />
network in the NHL. Falness also serves as host of the two hour pre-game on KFAN for University of Minnesota Golden Gopher<br />
Football broadcasts.<br />
He and his wife, Melissa, have three sons, Brayden, Bennett and Beckett. The family lives in St. Louis Park.<br />
THE STATE OF HOCKEY 2016-2017 MINNESOTA WILD <strong>TEAM</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> 2016-2017 MINNESOTA WILD <strong>TEAM</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> THE STATE OF HOCKEY<br />
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