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KORN-FM

Parkston, South Dakota United States
Broadcast area	Mitchell and Huron areas
Frequency	92.1 MHz
Branding	KORN Country 92.1
Programming
Format	Mainstream Country
Ownership
Owner	Nancy Nedved and Steve Nedved (Nedved Media, LLC)
Sister stations	KORN (AM), KQRN
History
First air date	1994
Former call signs	KZTS (1991–1992) KZKK (1992–2015)
Former frequencies	105.1 MHz (1994–2016)
Call sign meaning	Corn Palace (with "KORN" = "Corn")
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	15267
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	47 meters (154 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	44°21′44″N 98°9′9″W / 44.36222°N 98.15250°W / 44.36222; -98.15250
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.korncountry921.com

KORN-FM (92.1 FM, "KORN Country 92.1"), is a country music radio station with its studio based in Mitchell, South Dakota. Its license is assigned to Parkston, South Dakota, and its transmitter and antenna tower are located in Huron, South Dakota. The station serves the Mitchell, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Huron, South Dakota areas (which combined create the Mitchell-Huron media region). The station is owned by Nancy and Steve Nedved, through licensee Nedved Media, LLC. KORN-FM plays a mainstream country format, in a similar format to its Top 40 rock/pop sister KQRN (Q107.3).

Station history

The station (under callsign KZKK) was originally owned by Dakota Communications, and licensed in Huron, South Dakota. By 2015, KZKK was acquired by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC of Yankton, South Dakota. The purchase allowed KZKK to become Riverfront Broadcasting's third station in the Mitchell area, along with KORN and KQRN. Riverfront Broadcasting LLC's ownership moved KZKK's studios to 400 N. Rowley Street in Mitchell, South Dakota, where it occupies a shared facility with KORN and KQRN.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued callsign of KZKK was used by the station from November 27, 1992, until 2015, when Riverfront Broadcasting LLC requested it to be changed. As of December 16, 2015, KORN Country was approved by the FCC to share its sister station KORN News Radio 1490's callsign of "KORN", granting the station the new callsign of KORN-FM. During its time in Huron as KZKK, the station was originally on the 105.1 MHz frequency.

KZKK was temporarily silent between the time of the purchase by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC, and retook the air on December 21, 2015, under its current form as KORN Country 92.1.

In late 2016, Riverfront Broadcasting LLC sold the station, along with KQRN and KORN, to Nancy & Steve Nedved. Effective Sunday, January 1, 2017, the three station group is now known as Nedved Media, LLC.

References

1. "Call Sign History".
2. "Facility Technical Data for KORN-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Eng Details FM".
4. "Home". korncountry921.com.
5. "Call Sign History".
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Press Release, AM 1490 KORN (December 23, 2016). "Mitchell Radio Stations Return to Local Ownership". KORN News Radio 1490. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• KORN Country 92.1 FM official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 15267 (KORN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KORN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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