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KINY and its sister station [[KSUP]] were bought by [[Alaska Broadcast Communications]] in June 2008.<ref name="sale">{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Golden |work=[[Juneau Empire]] |title=KINY, KSUP sale pending |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205073928/http://juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sale2">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Juneau Empire]] |title=Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP |url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902103229/http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
KINY and its sister station [[KSUP]] were bought by [[Alaska Broadcast Communications]] in June 2008.<ref name="sale">{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Golden |work=[[Juneau Empire]] |title=KINY, KSUP sale pending |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205073928/http://juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sale2">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Juneau Empire]] |title=Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP |url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902103229/http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In October 2022, KINY, sister stations KSUP and KXXJ, and eight translators were sold to award winning broadcaster Cliff Dumas' BTC Holdings Inc. for $420,000. KINY has been Juneau's most trusted news source for almost 90 years.
In October 2022, KINY, sister stations KSUP and KXXJ, and eight translators were sold to broadcaster Cliff Dumas' BTC Holdings Inc. for $420,000.


==Programming==
==Programming==

Revision as of 20:17, 24 June 2024

KINY
Broadcast areaAlaska Panhandle
Frequency800 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
BrandingHometown Radio 800 and 94.9 KINY
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Local First Media Group
  • (BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.)
KSUP, KXXJ
History
First air date
May 31, 1935
Call sign meaning
Randomly issued by the FCC[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID823
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts day
  • 7,600 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
58°18′3.55″N 134°26′33.02″W / 58.3009861°N 134.4425056°W / 58.3009861; -134.4425056
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.kinyradio.com

KINY (800 AM) is a radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving southeast Alaska. Owned by BTC Holdings Inc, operates as Frontier Media LLC, an Alaska Corporation under the brand name Local First Media Group., it broadcasts a Full Service News format and plays hits from the 80s, 90s and more.

History

KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30 p.m.[3] It was located in the Goldstein Building until 1939, when the building was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1939.[4] The Decker Building in downtown Juneau then served as KINY's headquarters for decades. The station moved into the building on October 28, 1940.[5] The Decker Building burned down in June 1984.[6]

KINY and its sister station KSUP were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.[7][8]

In October 2022, KINY, sister stations KSUP and KXXJ, and eight translators were sold to broadcaster Cliff Dumas' BTC Holdings Inc. for $420,000.

Programming

  • Local First News - news about Alaska.
  • Capital Chat, a local-events show for the Juneau, Alaska area hosted by Mike Lane.
  • Problem Corner, Alaska's longest-running radio show, transitioned to weekends and a podcast in 2023 and will return this fall with four rotating hosts.

KINY carries national news from ABC Radio News and live sports from the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.

Translators

Logo used until June 2008.
Logo from June 2008 until late 2012.

In addition to the main station, KINY has an additional five translators to widen its broadcast area.

Broadcast translators for KINY
Call sign Frequency City of license FID FCC info
K280DX 103.9 FM Angoon, Alaska 821 LMS
K279AF 103.7 FM Haines, Alaska 82616 LMS
K280ED 103.9 FM Hoonah, Alaska 777 LMS
K235DA 94.9 FM Juneau, Alaska 202194 LMS
K278GE 103.5 FM Kake, Alaska 32949 LMS
K284AM 104.7 FM Skagway, Alaska 137761 LMS

References

  1. ^ Krueger, Andrew (February 3, 2005). "What's up with that?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KINY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. May 31, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  4. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. February 8, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  5. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. October 28, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  6. ^ Wallace, Brian (April 20, 2005). "The Decker building burns - 1984". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  7. ^ Golden, Kate (June 25, 2007). "KINY, KSUP sale pending". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  8. ^ "Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP". Juneau Empire. June 12, 2008. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.

External links

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