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Broadcast area
  
Alaska Panhandle

Class
  
B

Frequency
  
800 kHz

Format
  
Full service

Branding
  
Hometown Radio 800 KINY

First air date
  
May 31, 1935

Facility ID
  
823

City of license
  
Juneau

Area
  
Southeast Alaska

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Power
  
10,000 Watts daytime 7,600 Watts nighttime

Affiliations
  
ABC Radio News Seattle Mariners Seattle Seahawks

Owner
  
Alaska Broadcast Communications

Slogan
  
Where You Don't Miss a Thing

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.

Contents

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 were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.

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

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 Kelly Peres and Sharon Gaiptman which increased its frequency in May 2009 to air every weekday (except for certain holidays) at 8:30am.
  • 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 programming increases after the purchase by Juneau Alaska Communications LLC - a company with common ownership to Alaska Broadcast Communications. The Saturday show airs at 9am.

    • 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 sports from the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.

    Translators

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

    References

    KINY Wikipedia
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