KINY

{{short description|Radio station in Juneau, Alaska, United States}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KINY

| logo =

| logo_size =

| 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 = {{ubl|10,000 watts day|7,600 watts night}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 823

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|58|18|3.55|N|134|26|33.02|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Randomly issued by the FCC{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Krueger |work=Juneau Empire |title=What's up with that? |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/053002/thi_whatsup.shtml |date=February 3, 2005 |access-date=August 8, 2009}}

| former_callsigns =

| owner = Frontier Media

| licensee = BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.

| sister_stations = KSUP, KXXJ

| webcast = {{listenlive|http://www.serverroom.us/asx/listen261497.pls}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.kinyradio.com/}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|ABC News Radio|Seattle Mariners|Seattle Seahawks}}

}}

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 7:30{{nbsp}}p.m.{{cite web |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/053105/sta_20050531016.shtml |title=This Day in History |access-date=August 8, 2009 |date=May 31, 2005 |work=Juneau Empire }} It was located in the Goldstein Building until 1939, when the building was destroyed by fire on February 8, 1939.{{cite web |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020808/sta_245088073.shtml |title=This Day in History |access-date=August 8, 2009 |date=February 8, 2008 |work=Juneau Empire }} The Decker Building in downtown Juneau then served as KINY's headquarters for decades. The station moved into the building on October 28, 1940.{{cite web |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102908/sta_349546567.shtml |title=This Day in History |access-date=August 8, 2009 |date=October 28, 2008 |work=Juneau Empire }} The Decker Building burned down in June 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042005/loc_20050420001.shtml |title=The Decker building burns - 1984 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |last=Wallace |first=Brian |date=April 20, 2005 |work=Juneau Empire }}

KINY and its sister station KSUP were bought by Alaska Broadcast Communications in June 2008.{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Golden |work=Juneau Empire |title=KINY, KSUP sale pending |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205073928/http://juneauempire.com/stories/062508/loc_295315523.shtml |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |newspaper=Juneau Empire |title=Alaska Broadcasting Communications buys KINY, KSUP |url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902103229/http://juneauempire.com/stories/061208/reg_289641382.shtml |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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. 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 weekly podcast in February 2024), and the layoffs of its two full-time news reporters in May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Rhode |first=Scott |date=2022-10-26 |title=Juneau Radio Stations Bought by Out-of-State Owner |url=https://www.akbizmag.com/industry/media-arts/juneau-radio-stations-bought-by-out-of-state-owner/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Alaska Business Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sabbatini |first=Mark |date=2024-02-01 |title=Final ‘Problem Corner’ live broadcast features tributes, tirades, tires for sale and news of a new podcast |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/final-problem-corner-live-broadcast-features-tributes-tirades-tires-for-sale-and-news-of-a-new-podcast/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}} Most of the station's online news content consisted primarily of wire stories, press releases, and articles created with generative AI.{{Cite web |last=Sabbatini |first=Mark |date=2024-06-01 |title=Juneau radio station KINY is using AI to generate news stories — how well does it get the scoop? |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/juneau-radio-station-kiny-is-using-ai-to-generate-news-stories-how-well-does-it-get-the-scoop/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Sabbatini |first=Mark |date=2024-09-23 |title=‘Problem Corner’ returns to KINY with talk of elections, safe graduations and ‘squishy’ kittens |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/problem-corner-returning-as-a-live-weekday-call-in-show-to-kiny-beginning-monday/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}}

Programming

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210092530/http://www.kinyradio.com/juneaunews/index.html News of the North] - news about Alaska.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051031064646/http://www.kinyradio.com/capchat.html 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:

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100825055953/http://www.themikeharveyshow.com/daily.html The Mike Harvey Show], a syndicated requested oldies show hosted by Mike Harvey.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090716175137/http://www.themikeharveyshow.com/weekend.html 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.