MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - KMOJ Radio in Minneapolis is moving to find its "forever home" due to plans for a new light rail in the area.

On the move

What we know:

For more than 40 years, Walter Junior Banks, otherwise known as Q Bear, has been on the air at KMOJ, promoting unity in the community.

But now "The People's Station", which has served as the voice of the black community, will have to find a new place to call home.

"The move is good. Progress is good. I don't have a problem with it, as long as we're here to serve the community," said Banks.

‘It is a wonderful, wonderful opportunity’

The backstory:

The radio station has been renting space at the Five Points Building at the corner of West Broadway and Penn Avenue in North Minneapolis since 2010.

But KMOJ is planning to move be

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