KXAC

KXAC (100.5 FM, "Minnesota 100") is a radio station in Mankato, Minnesota, United States, serving south central Minnesota with a Country music format. The station is licensed to St. James and serves the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station is owned by Linder Radio Group.

KXAC

St. James, Minnesota
Broadcast area	St. James-Mankato
Frequency	100.5 MHz
Branding	Minnesota 100
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Linder Radio Group (Subarctic Media, LLC)
Sister stations	KATO-FM, KDOG, KEMJ, KFSP, KTOE, KXLP, KRRW
History
First air date	November 1, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-11-01)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57429
Class	C2
ERP	34,000 watts
HAAT	180 m (591 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43.951°N 94.391°W / 43.951; -94.391
Translator(s)	102.7 K274AL (Mankato)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kxac.com

History

The station went on the air in 1991, playing soft adult contemporary music and later switching to an oldies format in April 2001.

KXAC eventually shifted to classic hits as "Classic Hits 100.5 KXAC", dropping the former "Oldies 100.5" brand.

On November 21, 2018, at 10 a.m., KXAC dropped its classic hits format and began stunting with Christmas music as "100.5 The Christmas Igloo", with a new format to launch after the holidays.^[2] On December 26, KXAC relaunched its classic hits format, rebranding as "Magic 100.5".^[3]

On September 2, 2022, KXAC dropped its classic hits format and adopted sister station KATO-FM’s country format as Minnesota 100; KATO would flip to a classic hits format skewed towards the 1980s and ’90s.^[4]

In July 2023, KXAC added a simulcast on Mankato translator 102.7 K274AL for a clearer signal in the city. K274AL formerly rebroadcast sister station KTOE; that station has since added an FM translator on K254DT (98.7 FM).