KYNT-AM 1450, K271CW-FM 102.1, & KKYA-FM 93.3 STL -- Yankton SD USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 42° 52.843 W 097° 23.831
14T E 630896 N 4748815
This waymarked tower in downtown Yankton SD at the home of Riverfront Studios has a lot of studio-transmitter-linking to do, for the 3 radio stations owned by this company
Waymark Code: WM15NFX
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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The studios for sister stations KKYA-FM 93.3 and KYNT-AM 1450/KYNT-FM (K271CW-FM) 102.1 are located in at 1019 Broadway in downtown Yankton.

Each station has a separate transmitter tower that is offsite, each served by the 3 separate Studio-Transmitter Links from this waymarked tower behind the stations' studios.

From radio-locator.com: (visit link)

KYNT-AM 1450 kHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"Yanktons Home Team"
Station Format: News/Talk

Website: (visit link)

Audio Feed: (visit link)

Station Owner:
Riverfront Broadcasting LLC

Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

KYNT-AM Technical Details:

Station Status Licensed Class C AM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Hours of Operation Unlimited
Antenna Mode Non-Directional - 1 Pattern
Power 1000 Watts
Number of Towers 1
Transmitter Location 42° 53' 30" N, 97° 25' 11" W

License Granted August 23 1983
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update December 28 2021

KYNT-AM also broadcasts its primary channel from this additional transmitter:
K271CW 102.1 FM Yankton, SD (250 watts)

Info for KYNT-AM's low power FM translator K271CW, whose main transmitter is southeast of Yankton, also from radio-locator.com: (visit link)

"K271CW-FM 102.1 MHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"Yanktons Home Team"
Parent Station Format: News/Talk

Parent Website: (visit link)

Parent Audio Feed: (visit link)

Parent Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Station Status Licensed Class D FM Translator
Digital Status Analog only
Parent Station KYNT-AM
Effective Radiated Power 250 Watts
Height above Ground Level 53 meters (174 feet)
Height above Sea Level 426 meters (1398 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 42° 52' 30" N, 97° 25' 12" W

License Granted April 02 2021
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update April 05 2021"

And the radio-locator.com info for KKYA-FM 93.3: (visit link)

"KKYA-FM 93.1 MHz
Yankton, South Dakota
"KK93"
Station Format: Country

Website: (visit link)

Audio Feed: (visit link)

Station Owner: Riverfront Broadcasting LLC

Station Address:
600 N. Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

KKYA-FM Technical Details:

Station Status Licensed Class C1 FM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Effective Radiated Power 100,000 Watts
Height above Avg. Terrain 143 meters (469 feet)
Height above Ground Level 105 meters (344 feet)
Height above Sea Level 575 meters (1886 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 42° 43' 49" N, 97° 24' 14" W

License Granted December 12 1983
License Expires April 01 2029
Last FCC Update April 27 2021"
Call signs/Frequencies/Channels/Broadcaster:
KYNT-AM 1450 K271CW-FM 102.1 (FM translator for KYNT-AM) KKYA-FM 93.3


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