KTNY (101.7 FM) is a

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 serve

Libby, Montana Libby is a city in northwestern Montana, United States and the county seat of Lincoln County. The population was 2,775 at the 2020 census. Libby suffered from the area's contamination from nearby vermiculite mines contaminated with particularl ...

. The station is owned by Lincoln County Broadcasters. It airs a soft oldies music format. KTNY and

KLCB KLCB (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Libby, Montana. The station is owned by Lincoln County Broadcasters. It airs a country music format. KLCB and KTNY share studios at 251 W Cedar St. in Libby. They also share a transmitter sit ...

share studios at 251 W Cedar St. in Libby. They also share a transmitter site south of town on Spencer Road. KTNY is Lincoln County's most powerful station. The station was assigned the KTNY call letters by the

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on January 16,

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. The call sign refers to the Canadian spelling of name of the Native American tribe of the area, and the name of the river that passes through the Kootenai valley, and the name of the National Forest in which it is located; KooTeNaY. On air date April 6, 1986.

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External links

KTNY website
* TNY Soft adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Lincoln County, Montana Radio stations established in 1985 1985 establishments in Montana {{Montana-radio-station-stub