Twin Cities: AM Personality Tom Barnard ReUps At KQRS

Tom Barnard

Cumulus has announced that it has re-signed long-running KQRS 92.5 FM Minneapolis morning show personality Tom Barnard to a multi-year contract.

Barnard, a Minneapolis native, is one of the most popular morning show hosts in America and has been a morning radio fixture on Classic Rock KQ92 since 1986. The KQ92 Morning Show airs weekdays from 5:40 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Barnard was recognized for broadcasting excellence in 2006 with a Marconi Award for Large Market Personality of the Year. He is known for his trademark humor and candor on a broad range of topics.

Barnard began his radio career in 1971, and has also had a successful voiceover career.

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John Dickey, Executive Vice President of Content and Programming for Cumulus said: “Tom Barnard is a legend in Twin Cities radio—and a national treasure we are proud to call our own. We are very pleased to recognize Tom’s talent and ongoing contribution to KQ92 with a long-term contract underscoring our commitment to work with the industry’s very best talent.”

Barnard said: “I will be eternally grateful to the listeners of KQRS for supporting the KQ Morning Show for the past 29 years. It is a local kid’s dream come true. I am very excited to know ALL of my years as a morning show host will be spent at KQRS. I am honored to work with the fine people at Cumulus who believe in me, support me and trust me with the morning show at the greatest radio station in the world.”