KYKN

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KYKN
Broadcast area Salem, Oregon
Frequency 1430 kHz
Branding1430 KYKN
Programming
Format Talk Radio
Network Townhall News
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerMichael Frith - Willamette Broadcasting Co.
History
First air date
1951;73 years ago (1951)
Former call signs
  • KGAE (1951–1956)
  • KGAY (1956–1986)
[1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72474
Class B
Power 5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 44°55′36″N122°57′19″W / 44.92667°N 122.95528°W / 44.92667; -122.95528
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kykn.com

KYKN (1430 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Keizer, Oregon, and serving the Salem area. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by the Willamette Broadcasting Company headed by Michael Frith. The studios are on Cherry Avenue NE in Keizer.

Contents

KYKN is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But to protect other stations on 1430 AM from interference, at night it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is on Cordon Road SE at State Street in Four Corners, Oregon. [3]

Programming

Most of KYKN's programming is nationally syndicated talk shows with an hour of local talk and news at noon on weekdays. Programs are hosted by Glenn Beck, Dennis Prager, Todd Starnes, Joe Pags, Bill O'Reilly, Hugh Hewitt, Sebastian Gorka and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb .

Weekend specialty shows focus on travel, law, technology, guns, car repair and the outdoors. Weekend hosts include Kim Komando, Rudy Maxa, Charlie Kirk and Erick Erickson. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall News.

History

KGAE

This station began broadcasting in 1951 as KGAE. It had 1,000 watts of power as a daytime-only station. [4] The original call sign was KGAE and its city of license was Salem, Oregon. It was owned by a partnership known as Allen, Truhan, & Clark with partner W. Gordon serving as president and general manager. [4]

This partnership would be soon dissolved leading to a now-oft cited court case that went all the way to the Oregon Supreme Court. [5] As a result, Allen took control of the stations in 1952 with the broadcast license transferred to a new company called KGAE, Inc. [6] Allen remained president but Hal Davis took over the general manager duties. [6]

KGAY

In 1956, the station's call sign was changed to KGAY and the name of the license holding company was changed to KGAY, Inc., with W. Gordon Allen still in control. [7] That same year, KGAY was authorized to increase the power of its broadcast signal to 5,000 watts although it was still restricted to daytime operation. [7]

After a succession of station managers through the 1950s, W. Gordon Allen resumed the general manager duties in 1959. [8] : A-214  By this time Allen, who owned a two-thirds interest in flagship KGAY, had also acquired a 70% interest in KGAL in Lebanon, Oregon, and a 48% interest in KMAT in Winnsboro, Louisiana, as part of his W. Gordon Allen Stations group. [8] : B-43 

After nearly a decade of ownership, W. Gordon Allen and KGAY, Inc., agreed to sell the station to a company known as Radio Wonderful Willametteland, Inc. [9] The deal was consummated on July 1, 1961. [9] Glen M. Stadler took the title of general manager while Robert Bruce was named station manager. [9] Stadler owned a one-third interest in KGAY, as did his partners Harry Rubenstein and Alex Dreier. [10] The three men also owned equal shares in KGAL in Lebanon, Oregon. [10] Stadler was the sole owner of KEED and KEED-FM in the Springfield-Eugene, Oregon, area. [10] By the end of the 1960s, KGAY, Inc., was wholly owned by Glen Stadler and his wife, Helen N. Stadler, who also served as vice president of the company. [11]

In 1968, the Stadlers announced their intention to retire from radio to "enter the academic field" and so they put KGAY up for sale. [12] They contracted to sell the station to Capitol Equities, Inc., for a reported cash price of $175,000. [12] The deal closed on August 15, 1968, and Donald H. Cushing took over as president of the company with Leslie J. Manning as general manager. [13] [14] By 1970, the station was airing a pure country & western music format. [13] They would maintain this focus on country music throughout the 1970s. [15] [16]

KYKN

In April 1985, the station applied to the Federal Communications Commission to make major changes to its licensed operation. It wanted to add nighttime service with 5,000 watts of power, add a directional antenna array to the new nighttime signal, and change the legal community of license from Salem to nearby Keizer, Oregon. [17] The FCC granted a new construction permit to authorize these changes on September 18, 1985, [17] and, after one extension, the station received its license to cover these changes on January 16, 1987. [18]

While these changes were underway, the station was assigned the KYKN call sign by the FCC on May 15, 1986. [1] The station slogan was "Kickin Country". The station remained a country music format until it switched to news/talk in the spring of 1991. DJ Tim O'Brian (Tim Hay) signed off the country music format with "The Last Cowboy Song" by Ed Bruce on Sunday, May 5, 1991 at midnight. The Station signed on at 5:00 am Monday, broadcasting CNN Headline News.

In April 1991, Capitol Equities Corporation reached an agreement to sell KYKN to Willamette Broadcasting Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 1, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on September 18, 1991. [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KYKN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KYKN
  4. 1 2 "Directory of the AM and FM stations of the United States". 1952 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1952. p. 240.
  5. ↑ "Oregon Supreme Court Reports - CLARK v. ALLEN ET AL, 215 Or. 403". Loislaw. February 18, 1959. This case involves the dissolution of a partnership formed to establish and operate radio station KGAE in Salem.
  6. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Stations and Market Data for the United States". 1953 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1953. p. 250.
  7. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Stations and Market Data for the United States". 1957 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1957. p. 220.
  8. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1960.
  9. 1 2 3 "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". 1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1962. p. B-138.
  10. 1 2 3 "Group Ownership". 1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1962. p. B-226.
  11. ↑ "The Facilities of Radio". 1969 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-140.
  12. 1 2 "Broadcasting". Cahners Publishing Company. 1968. p. 74.
  13. 1 2 "The Facilities of Radio". 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1971. p. B-172.
  14. ↑ Oregon Blue Book. Office of the Secretary of State of Oregon. 1973.
  15. ↑ "The Facilities of Radio". 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-182.
  16. ↑ "Country Music Sourcebook". Billboard. July 7, 1979. p. 49.
  17. 1 2 "Application Search Details (BP-19850429AD)". FCC Media Bureau. September 18, 1985.
  18. ↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19860917AA)". FCC Media Bureau. January 16, 1987.
  19. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19910419EB)". FCC Media Bureau. September 18, 1991.
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