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Coordinates: 58°18′3.55″N 134°26′33.02″W / 58.3009861°N 134.4425056°W / 58.3009861; -134.4425056
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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
Translator(s)see below
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 Local First Media Group, it broadcasts a classic hits format.

History

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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 Cliff Dumas' Local First Media Group for $1.3 million.[9] After the sale, the station began to back away from its previous full service positioning in 2024, with Dumas stating that he wanted the station to have a "stronger musical identity". This resulted in the cancellation of its long-running call-in show Problem Corner (which was converted to a podcast), and the layoffs of its two full-time news reporters in May 2024.[9][10] Most of the station's online news content now consisted primarily of wire stories, press releases, and articles created with generative AI.[11]

Programming

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  • News of the North - news about Alaska.
  • Capital Chat, a local-events show for the Juneau, Alaska area hosted by Steve Holloway.
  • Problem Corner, a tradio program hosted by Wade Bryson. Until its cancellation in February 2024 after a roughly 70-year run, it was Alaska's longest-running radio show.[10]

Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:

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

Translators

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Logo used until June 2008.
Logo from June 2008 until late 2012.
Logo from late 2016 to late 2018 advertising the 103.5 signal as the primary translator.

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

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  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.
  9. ^ a b Rhode, Scott (October 26, 2022). "Juneau Radio Stations Bought by Out-of-State Owner". Alaska Business Magazine. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Sabbatini, Mark (February 1, 2024). "Final 'Problem Corner' live broadcast features tributes, tirades, tires for sale and news of a new podcast". Juneau Empire. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  11. ^ Sabbatini, Mark (June 1, 2024). "Juneau radio station KINY is using AI to generate news stories — how well does it get the scoop?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
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