-From KARE 11

MINNEAPOLIS — The hip hop and R&B sounds of KMOJ-FM have for three decades been a mainstay of Minneapolis radio. But, what is new, is the station’s studio in a rehabbed building along West Broadway, long known as a center of crime and of poverty.

“It’s been a big boost for us,” said KMOJ General Manager Kelvin Quarles. “It’s good for us to be in North Minneapolis, because we can help change some of the negative perceptions over here, and that’s what our goal is.”

It’s also the goal of the people who helped KMOJ come back to the Northside, a group called Catalyst Community Partners. Most of its members had six figure salaries at some of the city’s biggest corporations, and are now using their experience to rebuild North Minneapolis to the thriving neighborhood it once was.

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