KNYN is an American

United States

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 FM radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting on 99.1 mHz FM and is licensed to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. It primarily broadcasts a variety format, which includes mostly soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 and adult contemporary programming.

2005 tower collapse

On November 14, 2005, the tower for the station collapsed due to icing and a wind storm that had moved through the area. The tower that collapsed was constructed in June 2004, following a previous collapse of the original tower, constructed in 2001.

Signal

KNYN also broadcasts local high school sports games from Evanston as well. KNYN shares its studios with sister station KEVA

KEVA

KEVA is a radio station broadcasting from Evanston, Wyoming.Its signal can be heard as far away as Salt Lake City during the day time. KEVA has been on the air in southwestern Wyoming since 1953, and is one of the area's oldest radio stations. It offers local programming throughout the day as...

 1240 AM. The station's transmitter is located on Medicine Butte

Medicine Butte

Medicine Butte is a mountain located in Uinta County, approximately north of the city of Evanston, Wyoming. It is in elevation and can be reached via an access road...

, north of Evanston, Wyoming, and it broadcasts 27,500 watts to almost all of Uinta County, and far western Sweetwater County. KNYN can also be heard in various parts of northern Utah

Utah

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Construction permit

KNYN has applied for a construction permit to both increase its power to 89,000 watts, and move its transmitter to a mountain located across the border in the Uinta Mountain

Uinta Mountains

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 Range. Moving the transmitter should allow the station to be heard in Salt Lake City, where it was previously impossible to do so. The mountain in question is also home to several other FM radio stations such as KBMG

KBMG

KBMG is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language Contemporary Hits format as "Latino." Licensed to Evanston, Wyoming, USA, it serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is owned by Sacramento-based Adelante Media Group.-History:...

 (also from Evanston), KJQN

KJQN

KJQN is a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah which currently plays the Jack FM radio format. It broadcasts at 103.1MHz.Previously known as Classic Alternative KJQ, the station flipped to Jack FM in January 2005....

, KNIV, KYMV

KYMV

KYMV, "Rewind 100.7", is a 1980s-based contemporary radio station serving the Salt Lake Valley. The Simmons Media outlet broadcasts at 100.7 MHz with an ERP of 88Kw and is currently licensed to Woodruff, Utah...

, and KZZQ.