 The original station at 97.7 FM operated for 103 days until it was shut down by the Federal Communications Commission.Beat Radio subsequently moved to licensed stations and eventually became a nationwide radio network.Freed, who had worked on-air at local stations WWTC, KTCJ, KMOJ, KBEM-FM, the now-defunct KMAP and at WUSL Philadelphia ("Power99"), launched Beat Radio on July 21, 1996 on 97.7 FM with a 20 watt transmitter at 110 feet in downtown Minneapolis.