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===The Current=== MPR launched the new format at 9 a.m. on January 24, 2005, changing the [[call sign]] in the process. "Say Shh", by the Minneapolis-based [[hip-hop]] group [[Atmosphere (hip hop group)|Atmosphere]], was the first song to air under the KCMP banner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cftp-thecurrent-2005-01-24|title=Crap from the Past - Bonus: 89.3 FM/Minneapolis flips from WCAL (Classical) to KCMP (The Current), January 24, 2005|date=January 24, 2005}}</ref> The station had an immediate impact, and after just three months, was voted "Best Radio Station" by readers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2005/award/best-radio-station-3009/|title=BEST RADIO STATION Minneapolis 2005 β KFAI|date=March 31, 2007|work=citypages.com|access-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216031316/http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2005/award/best-radio-station-3009/|archive-date=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> of the local ''[[City Pages]]'' [[alternative weekly]] newspaper. However, a March 2008 ''City Pages'' article criticized the Current for repetitious programming and losing touch with the format that endeared listeners during its first two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/2008-03-26/news/the-current-shrinks-its-playlist/full/|title=The Current shrinks its playlist|author=Matt Snyders|date=March 25, 2008|work=citypages.com|access-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131013821/http://www.citypages.com/2008-03-26/news/the-current-shrinks-its-playlist/full|archive-date=January 31, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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