KHKY (FM)

KHKY
City of license Akiachak, Alaska
Broadcast area Metro Akiachak
Branding "Husky Radio"
Frequency 92.7 FM MHz
First air date April 6, 2015[1][2]
Format Variety[3]
Power 50 Watts
HAAT 15 meters (49 ft)
Class D
Facility ID 198504
(previous license 171129)
Transmitter coordinates 60°54′35.60″N 161°25′56.60″W / 60.9098889°N 161.4323889°W / 60.9098889; -161.4323889
Callsign meaning K HusKY
Former callsigns KHKY (2007-2014)
DKHKY (2014-2015)[4]
KHKY (2015-Present)[5]
Owner Yupiit School District

KHKY is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Akiachak, Alaska.[3] KHKY is owned and operated by Yupiit School District.[6]

First launch

The Yupiit School District was granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 22, 2007, to begin building the station that would become KHKY.[7] The new station was given the KHKY callsign eight days later on August 30.[4] KHKY began broadcasting for the first time on October 11, 2007.[8][9]

The school district failed to file for a renewal of their license by the October 1, 2013 deadline.[10] The station's license was cancelled on February 1, 2014, after the district failed to file for a renewal.[10] The KHKY callsign was deleted the same day.[4]

Members of the Ahiachak School wrote to the FCC on November 28, 2014, asking asking them to reconsider the cancellation of the station's license.[11] The authors of the letter blamed the school's former principal for being "uninvolved with the radio station" and "neglect[ing] to renew the license in a timely manner".[11] Alaska State Representative Bryce Edgmon (D, 37th)[12] also wrote the FCC asking the Commission to reconsider its decision.[13]

The school district filed a formal Petition for Reconsideration on December 5, 2014.[14][15]

Second launch

The school district began the process to bring KHKY back on the air on March 23, 2015, by reappling for a construction permit.[16] The new station would use the previously built tower to return to the air.[16]

The station was reissued the KHKY callsign on April 3, 2015.[5] Three days later, the station returned to the airwaves.[1][2] The station's Petition for Reconsideration was dismissed as moot the same day.[17][18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Application Search Details - BLED-20150325AAV". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "April Packet - Yupiit School District" (PDF). Yupiit School District. April 2015. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ "KHKY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Non-Commercial Educational Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 22, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-53. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details - BLED-20070913ABF". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "February 1, 2014, AK, AS, GU, HI, MP, OR, WA Radio License Expirations". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. January 30, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Letter dated November 28, 2014". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. November 28, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Representative Bryce Edgmon - Alaska State Legislature". Alaska Legislature/State of Alaska. Retrieved September 17, 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 15 (help)
  13. ↑ "Letter dated November 28, 2014". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. November 28, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. December 5, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Georgia Translator Sold". All Access Music Group. December 5, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Application for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Non-Commercial Educational Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 23, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Application Search Details - BRED-20141231BZV". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 6, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dallas AM Pair Sold". All Access Music Group. April 9, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

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