KORN-FM

KORN-FM (92.1 FM, KORN Country 92.1), is a country music radio station with its studio based in Mitchell, South Dakota. Its license is assigned to Parkston, South Dakota, and its transmitter and antenna tower are located in Huron, South Dakota. The station serves the Mitchell, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Huron, South Dakota areas (which combined create the Mitchell-Huron media region). The station is owned by Nancy and Steve Nedved, through licensee Nedved Media, LLC. KORN-FM plays a mainstream country format, in a similar format to its Top 40 rock/pop sister KQRN (Q107.3).

KORN-FM
CityParkston, South Dakota
Broadcast areaMitchell and Huron areas
Frequency92.1 MHz
BrandingKORN Country 92.1
Slogan"Today's Best Country"
Programming
FormatMainstream Country
Ownership
OwnerNancy Nedved and Steve Nedved
(Nedved Media, LLC)
KORN (AM), KQRN
History
First air date
1994
Former call signs
KZTS (1991-1992)
KZKK (1992-2015) [1]
Former frequencies
105.1 MHz (1994-2016)
Call sign meaning
Corn Palace (with "KORN" = "Corn")
Technical information
Facility ID15267
ClassA [2]
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT47 meters (154 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
44°21′44″N 98°9′9″W
Links
Websitehttp://www.korncountry921.com/ [3]

Station history

The station (under callsign KZKK) was originally owned by Dakota Communications, and licensed in Huron, South Dakota. By 2015, KZKK was acquired by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC of Yankton, South Dakota. The purchase allowed KZKK to become Riverfront Broadcasting's third station in the Mitchell area, along with KORN News Radio 1490 (KORN-AM) and Q107.3 (KQRN). Riverfront Broadcasting LLC's ownership moved KZKK's studios to 400 N. Rowley Street in Mitchell, South Dakota, where it occupies a shared facility with KORN News Radio & Q107.3.[4]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued callsign of KZKK was used by the station from November 27, 1992 until 2015, when Riverfront Broadcasting LLC requested it to be changed. As of December 16, 2015, KORN Country was approved by the FCC to share its sister station KORN News Radio 1490's callsign of "KORN", granting the station the new callsign of KORN-FM.[5] During its time in Huron as KZKK, the station was originally on the 105.1 MHz frequency.

KZKK was temporarily silent between the time of the purchase by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC, and retook the air on December 21, 2015 under its current form as KORN Country 92.1.[6]

In late 2016, Riverfront Broadcasting LLC sold the station, along with sister stations Q107.3 and KORN News Radio 1490 to KORN Country 92.1's General Manager, Nancy Nedved. Effective Sunday, January 1, 2017, the three station group is now known as Nedved Media, LLC.[7] The sale was consummated on April 1, 2017, at a price of $3.35 million.

References
  1. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=15267&Callsign=KORN-FM
  2. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/eng_fm.pl?Facility_id=15267
  3. http://www.korncountry921.com/
  4. http://www.korncountry921.com/
  5. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=15267&Callsign=KORN-FM
  6. http://1490korn.com/blog/mitchells-newest-radio-station-set-to-take-the-air/
  7. Press Release, AM 1490 KORN (2016-12-23). "Mitchell Radio Stations Return to Local Ownership". KORN News Radio 1490. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.


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