KKYY

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KKYY
Broadcast area Sioux City, Iowa
Frequency 101.3 MHz
BrandingY Country 101.3
Programming
Format Classic country
Ownership
OwnerPowell Broadcasting Company, Inc.
KSUX, KLEM, KQNU, KKMA, KSCJ
History
First air date
1980 [1]
Former call signs
KBWH (1980 [1] -1993) [2]
KISP (1993–2001) [2]
Former frequencies
106.3 MHz (1980-1993)
101.5 MHz (1993-2001)
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 63940
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters (492 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°21′25″N96°08′02″W / 42.35694°N 96.13389°W / 42.35694; -96.13389
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website y1013fm

KKYY (101.3 FM, "Y Country 101.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Whiting, Iowa. The station is owned by Powell Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a classic country format. [4]

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The station first went on the air as KBWH on 106.3 FM in December 1979, and was originally licensed to Blair, Nebraska. [1] Due to the location of its transmitter (which, at the time, was located west of Modale), it also covered parts of the larger Omaha-Council Bluffs market. The station initially aired country and easy listening music.

In late 1982, new owners bought the station, and began targeting Omaha's African American community with an urban contemporary format early the next year. [5] [6] [7] Due to station finances, as well as signal reception issues, the station was sold in January 1990, with new ownership refocusing the station back to Blair, and changed the station's format to adult contemporary in October of that year. [8] [9] Due to a signal upgrade for KIBZ in Lincoln, which also broadcasts on 106.3 FM, KBWH relocated to 101.5 FM, and changed call letters to KISP, in late 1993. In the late 1990s, the station would relocate its transmitter to a site near Herman, Nebraska.

In 2001, due to a power upgrade for KZFX (101.9 FM) in the Lincoln market, the station would be moved into the Sioux City market, relicensed to Whiting, and relocated to 101.3 FM. (As part of the move, KAYL-FM (101.7 FM) in Storm Lake reduced power to 50,000 watts. In addition, KISP’s adult contemporary format would move to KBLR (97.3 FM).) The station adopted the KKYY call letters on September 7, 2001. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 History Cards for KKYY, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KKYY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. ↑ David C. Beeder, "KBWH-FM in Blair Purchased By Group of Black Businessmen," The Omaha World-Herald, October 29, 1982.
  6. ↑ Dick Ulmer, "Sale of Radio Station To Black Businessmen Creates Static in Blair," The Omaha World-Herald, November 11, 1982.
  7. ↑ "Black Omaha Businessmen File For License of KBWH in Blair," The Omaha World-Herald, December 7, 1982.
  8. ↑ Jeff Bahr, "KVNO Duties Are Added For UNO's Howard Lowe," The Omaha World-Herald, June 2, 1990.
  9. ↑ Jeff Bahr, "Back in Blair," The Omaha World-Herald, October 13, 1990.

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