KKIN (AM)

KKIN

Aitkin, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Aitkin, Minnesota Aitkin County, Minnesota
Frequency	930 kHz
Branding	Red Zone Sports Radio
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	NBC Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	Red Rock Radio Corporation
Sister stations	KKIN-FM
Technical information
Facility ID	69484
Class	B
Power	2,500 watts daytime 360 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	46°32′26.0″N 93°39′22.0″W
Links
Website	radioredzone.com

KKIN is a sports 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

History

KKIN started out as a station that plays old time country music 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.

KKIN-AM was an affiliate of America's Best Music format. In recent years the format has changed 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 45 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.

On August 4, 2014 KKIN changed their format to sports, with programming from NBC Sports Radio.

History of call letters

The call letters KKIN were previously assigned to an AM station in Visalia, California. It broadcast on 1400 kHz.

External links

• KKIN 930 AM Stereo
• Facility details for Facility ID KKIN ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database