KINY

KINY

City of license	Juneau, Alaska
Broadcast area	Alaska Panhandle
Branding	"800 KINY"
Slogan	"Hometown Radio"
Frequency	800 kHz
First air date	May 31, 1935
Format	Full Service
Power	10,000 Watts daytime 7,800 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	823
Transmitter coordinates	58°18′5.0″N 134°26′26.0″W / 58.30139°N 134.44056°W / 58.30139; -134.44056
Affiliations	ABC Radio News Seattle Seahawks
Owner	Alaska Broadcast Communications (Juneau Alaska Communications, LLC.)
Sister stations	KJNO, KSUP, KTKU
Webcast	KINY Webstream
Website	KINY Online

KINY is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving Alaska Panhandle. KINY is owned and operated by Alaska Broadcast Communications.

History

Logo used until June 2008.

KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30 PM.^[1] It was located in the Goldstein Building until 1939, when the building was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1939.^[2] The Decker Building in downtown Juneau then served as KINY's headquarters for decades. The station moved into the building on October 28, 1940.^[3] The Decker Building burned down in June 1984.^[4]

KINY and its sister station KSUP were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.^[5][6]

The callsign letters have no backstory, as KINY was just a government-issued designation.^[7]

Programming

Notable regular local broadcasts include:

• News of the North - news about Alaska.
• Capital Chat, a local-events show for the Juneau, Alaska area hosted by Sharon Gaiptman which increased its frequency in May 2009 to air every weekday (except for certain holidays) at 10:30am.
• Problem Corner, a local show for buying, selling, etc., hosted by Dennis Egan and Wade Bryson, Monday through Saturday at 11am. The Saturday edition was added to increase local content as a part of a range of local programmng inceases after the purchase by Juneau Alaska Communications LLC - a company with common ownership to Alaska Broadcast Communications.

Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:

• The Mike Harvey Show, a syndicated requested oldies show hosted by Mike Harvey airing weeknights from 7pm to Midnight.
• Super Gold, hosted by Mike Harvey, airing Saturdays from 6pm to Midnight.
• Osgood File with Charles Osgood, syndicated news commentary from CBS Radio Network airs at 7:30am weekdays.

KINY carries news from ABC Radio News and live Seattle Seahawks football games.

Translators

In addition to the main station, KINY has an additional 5 translators to widen its broadcast area.

Translators of KINY

Callsign	MHz	City of license	Additional Information
K278AC	103.5	Kake, AK	FCC
K279AF	103.7	Haines, AK	FCC
K280DX	103.9	Angoon, AK	FCC
K280ED	103.9	Hoonah, AK	FCC
K284AM	104.7	Skagway, AK	FCC

References

1. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2005-05-31. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/053105/sta_20050531016.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
2. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2008-02-08. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020808/sta_245088073.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
3. ^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. 2008-10-28. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102908/sta_349546567.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
4. ^ Wallace, Brian (2005-04-20). "The Decker building burns - 1984". Juneau Empire. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042005/loc_20050420001.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
5. ^ Golden, Kate (2007-06-25). "KINY, KSUP sale pending". Juneau Empire. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
6. ^ "Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP". Juneau Empire. 2008-06-12. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
7. ^ Kreuger, Andrew (2005-02-30). "What's up with that?". Juneau Empire. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/053002/thi_whatsup.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 

External links

• 800 KINY Online
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KINY
• Radio-Locator Information on KINY
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KINY