Editing Minnesota Public Radio (section)

=== The Current ===
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MPR's third service, The Current, debuted on January 24, 2005, and airs an [[adult album alternative]] format.

Several people on The Current's initial staff are well known in the area for previous work at stations that highlight music from Minnesota and the [[Upper Midwest]]. Many of the staffers and on-air personalities came from other similar stations, such as the [[University of Minnesota]]'s [[KUOM]], community-oriented [[KFAI]], and commercial alternative rock outlets [[WGVX|REV 105]] and [[Cincinnati]], Ohio's [[WOXY.com]].

Programming on The Current is mostly locally produced. The flagship station is [[KCMP]] (89.3 FM), licensed to [[Northfield, Minnesota|Northfield]] on the southeastern periphery of the Twin Cities, though the signal covers most of the metro area. A lower-power station, [[KMSE]] (88.7 FM), serves [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]] and southeastern Minnesota, [[KZIO]] (104.3 FM) serves the Duluth area, and translators offer additional coverage in other parts of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/about/|title=The Current – Great Music Lives Here|website=minnesota.publicradio.org}}</ref> The service is also carried as an HD service on several of MPR's full power stations. [[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]], the NPR affiliate in Los Angeles operated by MPR's parent company, APM, carries The Current on its HD 2 signal. The Current also streams online in a variety of formats.