KINY (800 AM) is a

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formatted

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radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to

Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

, serving

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. KINY is owned and operated by

Alaska Broadcast Communications Alaska Broadcast Communications is a local radio broadcasting company, serving the entire southeastern area of Alaska. The main office, along with the Juneau studios, is located at the Juneau Radio Center, located at 3161 Channel Drive in Juneau, ...

History

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

KSUP KSUP is a commercial music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 106.3 FM. The station changed from a rock format in the spring of 2007. The station is branded as "Mix 106". In June 2008, MIX 106 and its sister station, KINY, were bo ...

were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008. The callsign letters have no backstory, as ''KINY'' was just a government-issued designation.

Programming

*
News of the North
' - news about

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. *
Capital Chat
', a local-events show for the

area hosted by Steve Holloway. *
Problem Corner
', a local show for buying, selling, etc., hosted by Wade Bryson. Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include: *

', a syndicated requested oldies show hosted by Mike Harvey. *

', hosted by Mike Harvey. *''American Top 40 with

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably '' American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice Nor ...

''. KINY carries news from

ABC Radio News ABC News Radio is the news radio service of ABC Audio, a division of ABC News in the United States. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Skyview Networks, five minute newscasts on the hour and news briefs at half-pas ...

and live sports from the

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and the

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Translators

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

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KINY

Hometown Radio 800 and 103.5 KINY Online
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