KYYY

KYYY
City	Bismarck, North Dakota
Broadcast area	Bismarck-Mandan
Branding	Y93
Slogan	Bismarck-Mandan's Hit Music Station
Frequency	92.9 MHz
First air date	August 15, 1966 (as KFYR-FM)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	301 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	41424
Callsign meaning	Y93
Former callsigns	KFYR-FM (1966-1978)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KBMR, KFYR (AM), KQDY, KSSS, KXMR
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	y93.fm

KYYY (92.9 FM, "Y93") is a radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. with an Top 40 (CHR) format.

iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns KFYR 550 (News/Talk), KXMR 710 (Sports), KBMR 1130 (Classic country), KQDY 94.5 (Country), and KSSS 101.5 (Active Rock) in the Bismarck-Mandan area.

History

former logo

KFYR-FM signed on in 1966, adopting a MOR format by 1969. It later flipped to a Drake "Solid Gold" oldies format during 1972. In 1975, it flipped to Top 40/CHR as "Y93" with the KYYY call letters (Y93's Facebook page shows the cover of a 1976 Y93 Cookbook), competing against sister station KFYR-AM's Top 40 format at the time. The station tweaked to a Hot AC format in 1996. At the time Bismarck did not have a full-fledged CHR/Top 40 station, so Y93 gradually began adding hip-hop, rhythmic and other Top 40 hits (that are normally not played on Hot AC) to its playlist at night. Since Y93 played more Top 40 tracks at night, the station was often labeled as an Adult Top 40 station.

After KKCT 97.5 flipped from country to Top 40/CHR as "Hot 97.5", Y93 tweaked to a full-fledged Top 40 (CHR) format in 2004, which lasted until 2005 when it changed to an adult contemporary (AC) format playing Christmas music during the holiday season annually. Most of the current on-air personalities have been on, or with, Y93 for over a decade. After playing Christmas Music for the 2011 holiday season, Y93 tweaked its format towards a hot AC format due to a growing abundance of Bismarck stations sharing 70s and 80s music that Y93 played. On September 14, 2012, the station evolved back to its Top 40 (CHR) roots, directly competing against Hot 97.5 again. The station also replaced the John Tesh morning show (a holdover from its AC era) with Elvis Duran and the Morning Show broadcast from Z100 in New York City.

External links

Y93 website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KYYY

Radio-Locator information on KYYY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KYYY

Radio stations in the Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.5 90.9 91.7 92.9 93.7 94.5 96.5 97.5 98.7 99.7 100.7 101.5 103.3 104.7 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.5

By AM frequency	550 710 1130 1270 1410

By callsign	K204FG K259AF K288FF KACL KBEP-LP KBMK KBMR KBYZ KCND KDKT KFYR KJIT-LP KKBO KKCT KLBE-LP KLBF KLXX KNDR KNRI KQDY KSSS KTWJ KUSB KXMR KXRP KXRV KYYY

Nearby radio markets Aberdeen Dickinson Fargo–Moorhead Jamestown–Valley City Minot Pierre See also List of radio stations in North Dakota

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of North Dakota

By frequency	92.9 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.7 97.5 98.7 101.1 106.7

By callsign	KIZZ KKCT KKXL-FM KLTA-FM KOYY KQDJ-FM KYTZ KYYY KZGF

By city	Bismarck (KKCT) Bismarck (KYYY) Fargo (KLTA) Fargo (KOYY) Grand Forks (KKXL) Grand Forks (KZGF) Jamestown Langdon Minot

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 46°56′31″N 100°41′38″W / 46.942°N 100.694°W / 46.942; -100.694

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