KKYA
Encyclopedia
KKYA is a radio station
licensed
to serve Yankton, South Dakota
. The station is owned and licensed by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC. It airs a Country music
format.
The station was assigned the KKYA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
.
at the intersection of Highway 81 and Nebraska Highway 12. KKYA continues to broadcast from the same site south of Yankton, with studios and offices located in downtown Yankton.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
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to serve Yankton, South Dakota
Yankton, South Dakota
Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census. Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota Native Americans...
. The station is owned and licensed by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC. It airs a Country music
Country 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...
format.
The station was assigned the KKYA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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.
History
On September 29, 1982, the station was taken off the air temporarily when lightning struck the transmitter building which damaged the ducting and allowed water into the transmission equipment. At the time, the transmitter building was located 10 miles south of Yankton in NebraskaNebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
at the intersection of Highway 81 and Nebraska Highway 12. KKYA continues to broadcast from the same site south of Yankton, with studios and offices located in downtown Yankton.