Editing KTCZ-FM (section)

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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KTCZ-FM
| logo             = [[File:Cities971.png|200px]]
| city             = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| area             = [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
| branding         = ''Cities 97.1''
| language         = [[American English|English]]
| frequency        = {{Frequency|97.1|[[Hertz#SI multiples|MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| translators      = {{ubl|{{Radio Relay|92.1|K221ES|[[Albertville, Minnesota|Albertville]]|HD2}}|{{Radio Relay|97.7|K249ED|Albertville|HD2}}|{{Radio Relay|99.9|K260BA|[[Coon Rapids, Minnesota|Coon Rapids]]|HD2}}|{{Radio Relay|105.5|K288GR|[[Bayport, Minnesota|Bayport]]|HD2}}|{{Radio Relay|102.5|[[K273BH]]|Minneapolis|HD3}}}}
| airdate          = January [[1947 in radio|1947]] (as WTCN-FM)
| format           = [[Modern adult contemporary|Modern AC]]
| subchannels      = {{ubl|HD2: [[K-Love]] ([[Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian]])|HD3: [[K273BH|Hot 102.5]] ([[Mainstream urban]])}}
| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|315|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class            = C
| facility_id      = 10142
| callsign_meaning = Twin Cities
| former_callsigns = WTCN-FM (1947–1954)<br />KWFM (1954–1969)<br />KTCR-FM (1969–1984)
| affiliations     = 
| owner            = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee         = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations  = {{hlist|[[K244FE]]|[[K273BH]]|[[KDWB-FM]]|[[KEEY-FM]]|[[KFXN-FM]]|[[KQQL]]|[[KTLK (AM)|KTLK]]|[[W227BF]]|}}
| webcast          = Analog/HD1: [https://www.iheart.com/live/cities-971-1221/ Listen Live]<br />HD3: [https://www.iheart.com/live/hot-1025-6913/ Hot 102.5 Listen Live]
| website          = Analog/HD1: [https://cities971.iheart.com/ cities971.iheart.com]<br />HD3: [https://hot1025.iheart.com/ hot1025.iheart.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''KTCZ-FM''' (97.1 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] and serving the [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]] [[media market|radio market]] and Western [[Wisconsin]].  KTCZ airs a hybrid [[modern adult contemporary]] [[radio format]].<ref name="yourmidwestmedia.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/markets/msp.html |title=Your Midwest Media - Minneapolis-St. Paul Dial Guide |website=www.yourmidwestmedia.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805234023/http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/markets/msp.html |archive-date=2013-08-05}}</ref>  The station is owned and operated by [[iHeartMedia]] and has [[radio studio|studio]]s and offices on Utica Avenue South in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]].

KTCZ's [[transmitter]] is located on the [[KMSP Tower]] located off Ramby Avenue near [[Interstate 694]] in [[Shoreview, Minnesota|Shoreview]].<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=ktcz&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KTCZ]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Ktcz&nav=|title=KTCZ-FM 97.1 MHz - Minneapolis, MN|website=radio-locator.com}}</ref>  KTCZ broadcasts in the [[HD Radio]] hybrid format.  The HD2 subchannel carries [[contemporary Christian music]] from the [[K-Love]] network, and feeds four [[FM translator]] stations, while the HD3 subchannel carries an [[urban contemporary]] format known as "Hot 102.5", and feeds FM translator [[K273BH]] (102.5 FM).

KTCZ has an auxiliary transmitter with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 40,000 [[watt]]s located at the [[IDS Center]] in [[Downtown Minneapolis]].