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Overview
Licensed to Rochester, Minnesota, KMSE is a public radio station broadcasting on 88.7 FM. Listeners know it as “The Current.” It began broadcasting in 1998.
Station details
- Call sign
- KMSE
- Frequency
- 88.7 FM
- Format
- Public; AAA
- On-air name
- The Current
- City of license
- Rochester, MN
- Market
- Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN
- Licensee
- Minnesota Public Radio
- Power
- 850 watts
- Station class
- A
- First on air
- 1998
- FCC facility ID
- 83876
- Website
- thecurrent.org
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its programming is listed as public; AAA. It carries programs from NPR and American Public Media. Minnesota Public Radio holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the KMSE call letters since March 1998.
Online, it is at thecurrent.org. Rochester is in the Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN market, where local newspapers include Post-Bulletin. Its sister stations are KLSE and KZSE.
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KMSE at a glance
- Frequency
- 88.7 FM
- On air as
- The Current
- Format
- Public; AAA
- Licensed to
- Rochester, MN
- Market
- Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN








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