KYNT "Young Country" 1450AM & 102.1FM & KKYA-FM "Hot Country" 93.3 -- Yankton SD USA
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N 42° 52.843 W 097° 23.831
14T E 630896 N 4748815
Studios for sister stations KYNT-AM "Young Country" 1450 & KKYA-FM "Hot Country" 93.3 along W 4th Street in Yankton SD USA
Waymark Code: WM17G21
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Riverfront Studios serves three radio stations owned by the same company out of this 1950s nondescript building along W. 4th St. in downtown Yankton South Dakota.

The studios for sister stations KKYA-FM 93.3 and KYNT-AM 1450/KYNT-FM (K271CW-FM) 102.1 are located in at 1019 Broadway in downtown Yankton.

Each station has a separate transmitter tower that is offsite, each served by the 3 separate Studio-Transmitter Links from this waymarked tower behind the stations' studios.

From radio-locator.com: (visit link)

KYNT-AM 1450 kHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"Yanktons Home Team"
Station Format: News/Talk

Website: (visit link)

Audio Feed: (visit link)

Station Owner:
Riverfront Broadcasting LLC

Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

KYNT-AM Technical Details:

Station Status Licensed Class C AM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Hours of Operation Unlimited
Antenna Mode Non-Directional - 1 Pattern
Power 1000 Watts
Number of Towers 1
Transmitter Location 42° 53' 30" N, 97° 25' 11" W

License Granted August 23 1983
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update December 28 2021

KYNT-AM also broadcasts its primary channel from this additional transmitter:
K271CW 102.1 FM Yankton, SD (250 watts)

Info for KYNT-AM's low power FM translator K271CW, whose main transmitter is southeast of Yankton, also from radio-locator.com: (visit link)

"K271CW-FM 102.1 MHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"Yanktons Home Team"
Parent Station Format: News/Talk

Parent Website: (visit link)

Parent Audio Feed: (visit link)

Parent Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Station Status Licensed Class D FM Translator
Digital Status Analog only
Parent Station KYNT-AM
Effective Radiated Power 250 Watts
Height above Ground Level 53 meters (174 feet)
Height above Sea Level 426 meters (1398 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 42° 52' 30" N, 97° 25' 12" W

License Granted April 02 2021
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update April 05 2021"

And the radio-locator.com info for KKYA-FM 93.3: (visit link)

"KKYA-FM 93.1 MHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"KK93"
Station Format: Country

Website: (visit link)

Audio Feed: (visit link)

Station Owner: Riverfront Broadcasting LLC

Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

KKYA-FM Technical Details:

Station Status Licensed Class C1 FM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Effective Radiated Power 100,000 Watts
Height above Avg. Terrain 143 meters (469 feet)
Height above Ground Level 105 meters (344 feet)
Height above Sea Level 575 meters (1886 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 42° 43' 49" N, 97° 24' 14" W

License Granted December 12 1983
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update April 27 2021"
Station Category: Commercial Radio

Genre or specialty of the station submitted: Country/Western

Station web-page: [Web Link]

Internet web-casting link if available.: [Web Link]

How is the signal transmitted: By "Transmission Tower"

Favourite program or on air person/announcer:
They play a high music to commercial ratio, unlike radio stations in Dallas which play more commercials between songs and frequently between every song


"SIRIUS Satellite Radio" channel number: Not listed

"XM Satellite Radio" channel number: Not listed

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