KORN-FM (92.1
FM, ''KORN Country 92.1''), is a
country music radio station with its studio based in
Mitchell, South Dakota. Its license is assigned to
Parkston, South Dakota
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As of 2022, Adam Doering is the city's current mayor.
History
The city was named for R. S. Parke, a landowner. Parkston was ...
, and its
transmitter and
antenna tower
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are located in
Huron, South Dakota
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. The station serves the
Mitchell, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Huron, South Dakota areas (which combined create the Mitchell-Huron media region). The station is owned by Nancy and Steve Nedved, through licensee
Nedved Media, LLC. KORN-FM plays a
mainstream country
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format, in a similar format to its
Top 40 rock/
pop
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sister
KQRN (Q107.3).
Station history
The station (under callsign KZKK) was originally owned by Dakota Communications, and licensed in Huron, South Dakota. By 2015, KZKK was acquired by
Riverfront Broadcasting LLC of
Yankton, South Dakota. The purchase allowed KZKK to become Riverfront Broadcasting's third station in the Mitchell area, along with
KORN News Radio 1490 (KORN-AM) and
Q107.3 (KQRN). Riverfront Broadcasting LLC's ownership moved KZKK's studios to 400 N. Rowley Street in Mitchell, South Dakota, where it occupies a shared facility with KORN News Radio & Q107.3.
The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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issued callsign of KZKK was used by the station from November 27, 1992 until 2015, when Riverfront Broadcasting LLC requested it to be changed. As of December 16, 2015, KORN Country was approved by the FCC to share its sister station KORN News Radio 1490's callsign of "KORN", granting the station the new callsign of KORN-FM. During its time in Huron as KZKK, the station was originally on the 105.1
MHz frequency.
KZKK was temporarily silent between the time of the purchase by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC, and retook the air on December 21, 2015 under its current form as KORN Country 92.1.
In late 2016, Riverfront Broadcasting LLC sold the station, along with sister stations
Q107.3 and
KORN News Radio 1490 to Nancy & Steve Nedved. Effective Sunday, January 1, 2017, the three station group is now known as Nedved Media, LLC.
References
External links
KORN Country 92.1 FM official website*
ORN-FM
Mass media in the Mitchell, South Dakota micropolitan area
Mitchell, South Dakota micropolitan area
Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in South Dakota
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