KENI
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KENI
| logo = KENI logo.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| city = Anchorage, Alaska
| area = Southcentral Alaska
| branding = NewsRadio 650
| frequency = 650 kHz
| airdate = 1948
| format = News/talk
| power = 50,000 watts unlimited
| class = A
| facility_id = 12516
| coordinates = {{coord|61|9|58|N|149|49|34|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Kenai (Previously Kayak)
| former_callsigns = KYAK (1948–1998){{cite book|editor1-first=Elaine B.|editor1-last=Mitchell|title=Alaska Blue Book|edition=First|year=1973|publisher=Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries|location=Juneau|page=135}}
| former_frequencies = 550 kHz (1948–1998)
| affiliations = Fox News Radio
ABC News Radio
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
| owner = {{nowrap|iHeartMedia, Inc.}}
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = KASH-FM, KBFX, KGOT, KTZN, KYMG
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/news-radio-650-keni-3014/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://650keni.iheart.com/ 650keni.iheart.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KENI (650 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format.{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com |date=Spring 2010 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |access-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }} Licensed to Anchorage, Alaska, United States, the station serves the south-central Alaska area. The station is currently owned by {{nowrap|iHeartMedia, Inc.}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KENI |title=KENI Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=2011-08-09}} Its studios are located at Dimond Center in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located off Dowling Road in Southeast Anchorage.
KENI is a clear-channel, Class A, 50,000-watt station. The other Class A station on 650 AM is WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
History
KENI began broadcasting May 2, 1948, on 550 kHz with 5 kW power (full-time), on what is now KTZN. It was operated by Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company.{{cite news|title=New Alaska Station, KENI, Starts May 2|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-04-26-BC.pdf|access-date=November 29, 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=April 26, 1948}} The Callsign & intellectual property moved to 650 kHz in March 1998. In August 1995, the station, as KYAK, was the Anchorage affiliate of the Radio AAHS children's format.{{Clarify|date=September 2011|reason=KYAK shared the dial with...KENI. I know KENI's website is of no help whatsoever, but this needs straightening out.}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://650keni.iheart.com/}}
{{AM station data|12516|KENI}}
- {{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45872 |title= History Cards for KENI|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
{{Anchorage Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Alaska}}
{{Clear-channel AM}}
{{IHeartMedia}}
Category:1948 establishments in Alaska
Category:IHeartMedia radio stations
Category:Radio stations established in 1948
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
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