KINY

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Radio station in Juneau, Alaska, United States

title: "KINY" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1935-establishments-in-alaska", "radio-stations-established-in-1935", "radio-stations-in-juneau,-alaska", "full-service-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "classic-hits-radio-stations-in-the-united-states"] description: "Radio station in Juneau, Alaska, United States" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KINY" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Juneau, Alaska, United States ::

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Field	Value
name	KINY
city	Juneau, Alaska
country	US
area	Alaska Panhandle
branding	Hometown Radio 800 and 94.9 KINY
airdate	May 31, 1935
frequency	800 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo
translators	see below
format	Classic hits
power
class	B
facility_id	823
licensing_authority	FCC
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Randomly issued by the FCC
owner	Frontier Media
licensee	BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.
sister_stations	KSUP, KXXJ
webcast
website
affiliations
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KINY (800 AM) is a radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving southeast Alaska. Owned by Frontier Media, it broadcasts a classic hits format.

History

KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30p.m. 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.

In October 2022, KINY, sister stations KSUP and KXXJ, and eight translators were sold to BTC USA Holdings Management, a company majority owned by Cliff Dumas' Broadcast 2 Podcast Inc., with a 20% minority stake held by Bryan Woodruff's Local First Media Group. Most of the station's online news content consisted primarily of wire stories, press releases, and articles created with generative AI.

In October 2024, Problem Corner was revived as a weekday show; Dumas cited listener feedback for the reversal, and explained that "the intention has always been to bring it back in some form. It was just finding the right combination of web and social and broadcast to kind of bring it up to a modern standard." With Wade Bryson (who had hosted the show since 2008) stepping down due to health issues, KINY afternoon host Mike Lane would succeed him as host (the show would also be moved from its previous 11 a.m. time slot to 1 p.m. to become part of his existing shift), with plans for rotating co-hosts.

Programming

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 program hosted by Mike Lane that features listener phone-ins, typically for buying and selling goods, but also discussions of local news, events, and other topics. Running uninterrupted for around 70 years, it is Alaska's longest-running live radio show.

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 News Radio and live sports from the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.

Translators

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

| callsign = KINY

| call1 = K280DX | freq1 = 103.9 | city1 = Angoon, Alaska | fid1 = 821

| call2 = K279AF | freq2 = 103.7 | city2 = Haines, Alaska | fid2 = 82616

| call3 = K280ED | freq3 = 103.9 | city3 = Hoonah, Alaska | fid3 = 777

| call4 = K235DA | freq4 = 94.9 | city4 = Juneau, Alaska | fid4 = 202194

| call5 = K278GE | freq5 = 103.5 | city5 = Kake, Alaska | fid5 = 32949

| call6 = K284AM | freq6 = 104.7 | city6 = Skagway, Alaska | fid6 = 137761

References

Krueger, Andrew. (February 3, 2005). "What's up with that?". [[Juneau Empire]].
(May 31, 2005). "This Day in History". [[Juneau Empire]] }}{{Dead link.
(February 8, 2008). "This Day in History". [[Juneau Empire]] }}{{Dead link.
(October 28, 2008). "This Day in History". [[Juneau Empire]].
Wallace, Brian. (April 20, 2005). "The Decker building burns - 1984". [[Juneau Empire]].
Golden, Kate. (June 25, 2007). "KINY, KSUP sale pending". [[Juneau Empire]].
(June 12, 2008). "Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP". [[Juneau Empire]].
Rhode, Scott. (2022-10-26). "Juneau Radio Stations Bought by Out-of-State Owner".
Sabbatini, Mark. (2024-02-01). "Final ‘Problem Corner’ live broadcast features tributes, tirades, tires for sale and news of a new podcast".
Sabbatini, Mark. (2024-06-01). "Juneau radio station KINY is using AI to generate news stories — how well does it get the scoop?".
Sabbatini, Mark. (2024-09-23). "‘Problem Corner’ returns to KINY with talk of elections, safe graduations and ‘squishy’ kittens".

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