 North High School is home to <unk> @-@ FM , a radio station owned by the Minneapolis Public Schools . The station signed on the air in October , 1970 , and moved to North in 1983 when the Minneapolis Area Vocational Technical Institute , where the station had been located from its launch ( as Vocational High School ) , closed and the building sold . Students are responsible for much of the station 's operation , and 35 hours of airtime a week is devoted to student programming . Approximately 150 students are involved in the radio station 's operation , with the majority attending North . Students typically enroll in the program as ninth @-@ graders and are prepared for on @-@ air duties by their junior or senior year . 
