the station's signal equal to other major Twin Cities FM stations. In 1988, KMGK was acquired by Trumper Communications. KQQL On September 30, 1988, KMGK began stunting with a loop of various versions of the 1960s oldie "Louie, Louie." At Noon on October 3, the station was reborn as KQQL, "Kool 108." While some FM stations had oldies as part of their playlists, KQQL was the first all-oldies FM station in the Twin Cities area. The first song on "Kool 108" was "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" by Danny & the Juniors. The oldies format originally spanned the era of the early days of Rock 'n Roll Music of the mid 1950s through the late 1960s. In the mid-1990s, some 70s hits were added. By 2000, the 1950s hits were removed, and the station shifted to hits of the 1960s and 1970s (with an occasional early 1980s song thrown in). For a brief time, KQQL was the FM flagship station for Minnesota Vikings football, with games being simulcasted with co-owned sports radio station KFAN. Clear Channel ownership In 1997, KQQL was acquired by Chancellor Media Corporation. Three years later, Chancellor was merged into Clear Channel Communications, based in San Antonio. (In 2014, Clear Channel changed its corporate name to iHeartMedia, Inc.) In the early 2000s, KQQL began switching to Christmas music during the holiday season. It would usually begin on the Friday before Thanksgiving at 5 p.m and conclude at midnight on Christmas Day. KQQL would compete with CBS-owned adult contemporary station WLTE until that station flipped to country music in December 2011, which ended its Christmas music tradition. In 2008, KQQL started the Christmas music earlier than usual, on the weekend of November 15. This may have been triggered by WLTE flipping its format earlier in the week. KQQL's format was tweaked again in 2006, to an oldies/classic hits hybrid, positioned as "Super Hits of the 60s & 70s." Some 1980s hits were also included. KQQL also began airing "American Top 40" episodes from the 1970s hosted by Casey Kasem. For a short time, KQQL also aired classic 1980s American Top 40 shows, but the station dropped the AT40 '80s broadcasts after the station cut back on playing '80s music. On April 28, 2009, KQQL released all on-air personalities, including morning host Lois Mae and radio veteran Dan Donovan. Disk jockeys on KQQL were voicetracked from other