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KINY
Juneau, Alaska

Broadcast area	Alaska Panhandle
Frequency	800 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
Branding	Hometown Radio 800 and 94.9 KINY
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	ABC News Radio Seattle Mariners Seattle Seahawks
Ownership
Owner	Local First Media Group (BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.)
Sister stations	KSUP, KXXJ
History
First air date	May 31, 1935
Call sign meaning	Randomly issued by the FCC^[1]
Technical information^[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	823
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day 7,600 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	58°18′3.55″N 134°26′33.02″W / 58.3009861°N 134.4425056°W / 58.3009861; -134.4425056
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kinyradio.com

KINY (800 AM) is a radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving southeast Alaska. Owned by Local First Media Group., it broadcasts a classic hits format.

History

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KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30 p.m.^[3] It was located in the Goldstein Building until 1939, when the building was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1939.^[4] The Decker Building in downtown Juneau then served as KINY's headquarters for decades. The station moved into the building on October 28, 1940.^[5] The Decker Building burned down in June 1984.^[6]

KINY and its sister station KSUP were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.^[7]^[8]

In October 2022, KINY, sister stations KSUP and KXXJ, and eight translators were sold to Cliff Dumas' Local First Media Group for $1.3 million.^[9] After the sale, the station began to back away from its previous full service positioning in 2024, with Dumas stating that he wanted the station to have a "stronger musical identity". This resulted in the cancellation of its long-running call-in show Problem Corner (which was converted to a podcast), and the layoffs of its two full-time news reporters in May 2024.^[9]^[10] Most of the station's online news content now consisted primarily of wire stories, press releases, and articles created with generative AI.^[11]

Programming

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News of the North - news about Alaska.
Capital Chat, a local-events show for the Juneau, Alaska area hosted by Steve Holloway.
Problem Corner, a tradio program hosted by Wade Bryson. Until its cancellation in February 2024 after a roughly 70-year run, it was Alaska's longest-running radio show.^[10]

Notable regular syndicated broadcasts include:

The Mike Harvey Show, a syndicated requested oldies show hosted by Mike Harvey.
Super Gold, hosted by Mike Harvey.
American Top 40 with Casey Kasem.

KINY carries news from ABC Radio News and live sports from the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.

Translators

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Logo used until June 2008.

Logo from June 2008 until late 2012.

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

Broadcast translators for KINY
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	FCC info
K280DX	103.9 FM	Angoon, Alaska	821	LMS
K279AF	103.7 FM	Haines, Alaska	82616	LMS
K280ED	103.9 FM	Hoonah, Alaska	777	LMS
K235DA	94.9 FM	Juneau, Alaska	202194	LMS
K278GE	103.5 FM	Kake, Alaska	32949	LMS
K284AM	104.7 FM	Skagway, Alaska	137761	LMS

References

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^ Krueger, Andrew (February 3, 2005). "What's up with that?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ "Facility Technical Data for KINY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. May 31, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. February 8, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ "This Day in History". Juneau Empire. October 28, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ Wallace, Brian (April 20, 2005). "The Decker building burns - 1984". Juneau Empire. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ Golden, Kate (June 25, 2007). "KINY, KSUP sale pending". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

^ "Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP". Juneau Empire. June 12, 2008. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.