![]() The station behind its success was Radio K (770 AM), and, now ten years old, the community anchored by that station is as vibrant as ever. ![]() The rental market inflation of the ensuing years may have negated Ruiz’s promise of “a cheap apartment you can call your own,” but the unabashed civic pride of “Minneapolis” has yet to abate. Ruiz’s hit was as improbable as it was infectious - and while the endorsement of mayor Sharon Sayles Belton very temporarily made “Minneapolis” the jingle of the city, it sounded more like the anthem of a community. “There’s a place I’d like you to move,” Ruiz sang in a caramel warble, beckoning listeners to, among other things, break out their hockey sticks and join the elderly on the 17 bus. In 1995, a quirky 7-inch single by the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, called “Minneapolis,” emerged from the morass of static just up the AM dial from WCCO. ![]() ![]() Andrew Knighton celebrates the decade of rich musical life that is Radio K, 770 AM, local music's capital in Minnesota. ![]()
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