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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = KCMP
| city                = [[Northfield, Minnesota]]
| country             = US
| logo                = KCMP sticker.png
| logo_upright        = .8 
| area                = [[Faribault, Minnesota|Faribault]]–[[Northfield, Minnesota]]
| frequency           = {{Frequency|89.3|[[MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| branding            = ''89.3 The Current''
| language            = [[American English|English]]
| format              = [[Adult Album Alternative]]; [[Public radio]]
| subchannels         = HD2: Carbon Sound
| affiliations        = [[Minnesota Public Radio|MPR]], [[NPR]]
| owner               = [[Minnesota Public Radio]]
| sister_stations     = {{hlist|[[KNOW]]|[[KSJN]]}}
| airdate             = {{start date and age|1968}}
| former_callsigns    = WCAL-FM (1968–2005)
| callsign_meaning    = <!--do not apply special formatting-->Current Minnesota Public radio
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| facility_id         = 62162
| class               = C1
| erp                 = 100,000 watts
| haat                = {{convert|234|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| repeater            = {{ubl|[[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC-HD2]]|[[Pasadena, California]]|[[KMSE]]|[[Rochester, Minnesota]]|[[KZIO]]|[[Duluth, Minnesota]]}}
| webcast             = 
| website             = {{URL|https://www.thecurrent.org/}}
}}
'''KCMP''' (89.3 [[FM band|FM]], ''89.3 the Current'') is a radio station owned by [[Minnesota Public Radio]] (MPR) that broadcasts an [[adult album alternative]] (AAA) music format including a significant rotation of songs by local artists. Licensed to [[Northfield, Minnesota]], and covering the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, the station's studios are located at the MPR Broadcast Center on Cedar Street in [[downtown St. Paul]], while its transmitter is located atop the Vermillion Highlands near [[Coates, Minnesota|Coates]]. The Current is also broadcast on stations in Rochester, Duluth-Superior, Pasadena-Los Angeles, translators around Minnesota, and online.

The Current, which has been broadcasting its AAA format since 2004, debuted after MPR purchased WCAL-FM, the radio station of [[St. Olaf College]] in Northfield, in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gage |first1=Amy |title=St. Olaf College reaches agreement to sell WCAL to Minnesota Public Radio |url=https://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=2438 |website=St. Olaf College News}}</ref> St. Olaf had put WCAL-FM on the air in 1968 as an extension of [[WCAL (Minnesota)|WCAL]], a part-time AM station established in 1922 and eventually shut down in 1991.