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KKIN (AM)
Encyclopedia
KKIN is an Oldies
/Adult Standards
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota
, serving Aitkin
and Aitkin County, Minnesota
. KKIN-AM is owned and operated by Red Rock Radio Corporation
from the 1940s to the 1970s with such artists as Willie Nelson
, Johnny Cash
, and Hank Williams. Now that is the music that is played on KKIN-FM
(94.3 FM). In the early 1980s, the format had switched to oldies
. In the mid 1990s, in spite of the increase of older people in the area, the station had switched to its current standards format. Around the year 2010, KKIN has changed its format to feature less big bands and traditional standards, to a more or less oldies/soft adult contemporary format playing softer music that was popular from the 1960s to today that is targeted to the more mature listening audience, age 50 and older. Some 1940s and 1950s music is still played on KKIN but it is not as prominent as it was in the previous decades.
The station is also one of the few in the country, along with Radio Disney
that are still broadcasting in AM Stereo
.
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
/Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota
Aitkin, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,984 people, 892 households, and 434 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,150.3 people per square mile . There were 969 housing units at an average density of 561.8 per square mile...
, serving Aitkin
Aitkin, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,984 people, 892 households, and 434 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,150.3 people per square mile . There were 969 housing units at an average density of 561.8 per square mile...
and Aitkin County, Minnesota
Aitkin County, Minnesota
Aitkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population is 16,202. Its county seat is Aitkin. A portion of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county.-History:...
. KKIN-AM is owned and operated by Red Rock Radio Corporation
History
KKIN started out as a station that plays old time country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
from the 1940s to the 1970s with such artists as Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
, Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
, and Hank Williams. Now that is the music that is played on KKIN-FM
KKIN-FM
KKIN-FM is a Classic Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota, serving Aitkin and Aitkin County, Minnesota. KKIN-FM is owned and operated by Red Rock Radio Corporation.-Programming:...
(94.3 FM). In the early 1980s, the format had switched to oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
. In the mid 1990s, in spite of the increase of older people in the area, the station had switched to its current standards format. Around the year 2010, KKIN has changed its format to feature less big bands and traditional standards, to a more or less oldies/soft adult contemporary format playing softer music that was popular from the 1960s to today that is targeted to the more mature listening audience, age 50 and older. Some 1940s and 1950s music is still played on KKIN but it is not as prominent as it was in the previous decades.
The station is also one of the few in the country, along with Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
that are still broadcasting in AM Stereo
AM stereo
AM stereo is a term given to a series of mutually incompatible techniques for wireless radio broadcasting stereo audio in the AM band in a manner that is compatible with standard AM receivers...
.