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Radio station in Alexandria, Minnesota, United States

Broadcast areaWest Central Minnesota

BrandingCool 94.3

KULO
Programming

Alexandria, Minnesota United States
Broadcast area	West Central Minnesota
Frequency	94.3 MHz
Branding	Cool 94.3
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One Minnesota Twins
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (HBI Radio Alexandria, LLC)
Sister stations	KIKV-FM, KSAX
History
First air date	1976 (as KMSR)
Former call signs	KMSR (1976–2003)
Call sign meaning	Sounds like "Cool"
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23091
Class	C3
ERP	12,000 watts
HAAT	142 meters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	cool943.com

KULO (94.3 FM, "Cool 94.3") is a radio station in Alexandria, Minnesota, with a classic hits format. KULO plays 'The Lakes Greatest Hits' including the best music from the 1970s to the 1990s. Cool 94.3 also serves as the Lakes Area's Christmas music station. On the day after Thanksgiving, Cool 94.3 switches over to a Christmas music format through Christmas Day. ^[2]

The station first signed on the air in 1976 with the call sign KMSR.^[3] It originally broadcast from Sauk Centre, Minnesota, before its operations were moved to Alexandria.^[4] The call sign was later changed to KULO in 2003, with the station adopting the nickname "Cool 94.3" to match the pronunciation of the new letters.^[5]

The station and its cluster of sister stations were previously owned by Omni Broadcasting, a major regional media company.^[6] In late 2014, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. announced it would purchase KULO and the other Omni stations.^[7] The sale, which included 16 stations and one translator, was completed in February 2015 for a purchase price of $8 million.^[8]

Hubbard already owned television station KSAX (channel 42, a satellite of KSTP-TV) in Alexandria.^[9] The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.^[10]

References

↑ "Facility Technical Data for KULO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
↑ "Cool 94.3 Official Website". KULO. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "MBA 80's" (PDF). Minnesota Broadcasters Association / World Radio History. 1991. p. 48. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Hubbard Broadcasting Profile". CBS Minnesota (WCCO-TV). May 18, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Cool 94.3 Official Website". KULO. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Hubbard Broadcasting Acquires Omni Broadcasting". Hubbard Broadcasting. November 13, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Hubbard Acquires Omni Broadcasting". RadioInsight. November 13, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Hubbard Broadcasting buys Omni Broadcasting in Alexandria". Star Tribune. November 13, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
↑ "Hubbard Acquires 16 Minnesota Stations". RadioInsight. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
↑ "Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

External links

Cool 94.3 official website
Facility details for Facility ID 23091 (KULO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

KULO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

v t e Radio stations in Alexandria, Minnesota (Douglas County)
By AM frequency	660 870 920 960 1070 1400 1490
By FM frequency	88.9 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.3 94.3 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.3 100.7 102.5 103.1 103.9 104.7 107.1
By call sign	K208EQ K219FA K262AT K276GS KBHL KCLD-FM KEYL KIKV-FM KJJK-FM KKOK-FM KLKX-LP KLTF KMGK KNCM KNSR KPRM KQIC KRVY-FM KSJR-FM KSKK KULO KWAD KXDL KXRA KXRA-FM KXRZ WBHR
Nearby regions Brainerd Fargo–Moorhead Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Minneapolis–St. Paul St. Cloud Watertown Willmar See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

v t e Classic Hits radio stations in Minnesota
By frequency	1390 93.1 93.5 94.3 94.7 96.1 96.7 97.5 99.7 101.1 101.7 101.9 103.9 104.3 105.5 105.9 106.5 106.5 106.9 107.9
By callsign	KARZ KATO-FM KCLH KDOC-FM KFMC-FM KFNL-FM KITN KLDJ KLFN KNXR KQHT KQKK KQQL KRBI-FM KRFO KRIV-FM KULO KWNG KZRV WMOZ
By city	Alexandria Caledonia Cloquet Crookston Duluth Eyota Fairmont Marshall Minneapolis New Ulm Owatonna Red Wing Rochester Sartell Spring Valley St. Peter Sunburg Walker Winona Worthington
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota See also Oldies Classic Hits

v t e Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Key people	Stanley S. Hubbard
Radio	KAZG KBHP KBLB KBUN KBUN-FM KDKB KDUS KIKV-FM KIXI KKNW KKWS KKZY KLIZ KLIZ-FM KLLZ-FM KNSP KPNT KPNW-FM KQMV KRWM KSHE KSLX-FM KSTP KSTP-FM KTMY KUAL-FM KULO KUPD KVBR KWAD WARH WBQH WDRV WEAT WFED WFTL WIL-FM WIRK WJJY-FM WKRQ WMBX WMEN WREW WRMF WSHE WTBC-FM WTMX WTOP-FM WTLP WWWT-FM WUBE-FM WWDV WXOS WYGY
Television	ABC KAAL KSTP-TV KSAX-TV KRWF-TV WDIO-DT WIRT-DT Independent KSTC-TV MyNetworkTV WNYA NBC KOB KOBF KOBR K22NM-D WHEC-TV WNYT
Cable	Ovation Reelz
Acquisitions	Omni Broadcasting
Defunct	CONUS Communications All News Channel

45°56′25″N 95°28′03″W / 45.94028°N 95.46750°W / 45.94028; -95.46750

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