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Broadcast area | Alaska Panhandle |
Frequency | 800 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo |
Branding | Hometown Radio 800 and 94.9 KINY |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
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Ownership | |
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KSUP, KXXJ | |
History | |
First air date | May 31, 1935 |
Call sign meaning | Randomly issued by the FCC [1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 823 |
Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 58°18′3.55″N134°26′33.02″W / 58.3009861°N 134.4425056°W |
Translator(s) | see below |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
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.
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]
Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:
KINY carries news from ABC News Radio and live sports from the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.
In addition to the main station, KINY has an additional five translators to widen its broadcast area.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | FCC info |
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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 |
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