KINY

KINY
City Juneau, Alaska
Broadcast area Alaska Panhandle
Branding "Hometown Radio 800 KINY"
Slogan "Where You Don't Miss a Thing"
Frequency 800 kHz
First air date May 31, 1935
Format Full Service
Power 10,000 Watts daytime
7,600 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 823
Transmitter coordinates 58°18′5.0″N 134°26′26.0″W / 58.301389°N 134.440556°W / 58.301389; -134.440556
Affiliations ABC Radio News
Seattle Mariners
Seattle Seahawks
Owner Alaska Broadcast Communications
(Juneau Alaska Communications, LLC.)
Sister stations KJNO, KSUP, KTKU
Webcast KINY Webstream
Website KINY Online

KINY is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving Alaska Panhandle. KINY is owned and operated by Alaska Broadcast Communications.

History

KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30 PM.[1] It was located in the Goldstein Building until 1939, when the building was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1939.[2] The Decker Building in downtown Juneau then served as KINY's headquarters for decades. The station moved into the building on October 28, 1940.[3] The Decker Building burned down in June 1984.[4]

KINY and its sister station KSUP were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.[5][6]

The callsign letters have no backstory, as KINY was just a government-issued designation.[7]

Programming

Notable regular local broadcasts include:

Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:

KINY carries 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 5 translators to widen its broadcast area.

Broadcast translators of KINY
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license FCC info
K278AC 103.5 Kake, AK FCC
K279AF 103.7 Haines, AK FCC
K280DX 103.9 Angoon, AK FCC
K280ED 103.9 Hoonah, AK FCC
K284AM 104.7 Skagway, AK FCC

References

  1. "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2005-05-31. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  4. Wallace, Brian (2005-04-20). "The Decker building burns - 1984". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  5. Golden, Kate (June 25, 2007). "KINY, KSUP sale pending". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  6. "Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP". Juneau Empire. June 12, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  7. Krueger, Andrew (February 3, 2005). "What's up with that?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

External links

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