Broadcast area | Metro Akiachak |
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Frequency | 92.7 FM MHz |
Branding | Husky Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Variety [1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Yupiit School District |
History | |
First air date | April 6, 2015 [2] [3] |
Former call signs | KHKY (2007–2014) DKHKY (2014–2015) [4] KHKY (2015–Present) [5] |
Call sign meaning | K HusKY |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 198504 (previous license 171129) |
Class | D |
Power | 50 Watts |
HAAT | 15 meters (49 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 60°54′35.60″N 161°25′56.60″W / 60.9098889°N 161.4323889°W |
KHKY is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Akiachak, Alaska. [1] KHKY is owned and operated by Yupiit School District. [6]
The Yupiit School District was granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 22, 2007, to begin building the station that would become KHKY. [7] The new station was given the KHKY callsign eight days later on August 30. [4] KHKY began broadcasting for the first time on October 11, 2007. [8] [9]
The school district failed to file for a renewal of their license by the October 1, 2013 deadline. [10] The station's license was cancelled on February 1, 2014, after the district failed to file for a renewal. [10] The KHKY callsign was deleted the same day. [4]
Members of the Ahiachak School wrote to the FCC on November 28, 2014, asking them to reconsider the cancellation of the station's license. [11] The authors of the letter blamed the school's former principal for being "uninvolved with the radio station" and "neglect[ing] to renew the license in a timely manner". [11] Alaska State Representative Bryce Edgmon ( D, 37th) [12] also wrote the FCC asking the commission to reconsider its decision. [13]
The school district filed a formal Petition for Reconsideration on December 5, 2014. [14] [15]
The school district began the process to bring KHKY back on the air on March 23, 2015, by reapplying for a construction permit. [16] The new station would use the previously built tower to return to the air. [16]
The station was reissued the KHKY callsign on April 3, 2015. [5] Three days later, the station returned to the airwaves. [2] [3] The station's Petition for Reconsideration was dismissed as moot the same day. [17] [18]