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KTNY

KTNY (101.7 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Libby, Montana. The station was owned by Lincoln County Broadcasters. It aired a soft oldies music format. KTNY and KLCB shared studios at 251 W Cedar St. in Libby. They also shared a transmitter site south of town on Spencer Road. KTNY was Lincoln County's most powerful station.

KTNY signed on in 1986 with an easy listening format, which over time would evolve into the soft oldies format. It ceased operations at the start of 2025.

History

Lincoln County Broadcasting, owner of KLCB, applied for a new station on 101.7 MHz in Libby on April 20, 1983. The station was assigned call sign KVAD on December 3, 1984, which was changed to KTNY on January 16, 1985. The call sign refers to Kootenay, the Canadian spelling of Kootenai, the name of the Native American tribe of the area; the Kootenai River and the Kootenai National Forest are also named for the tribe.

KTNY went on the air April 6, 1986, with an adult easy listening format and an affiliation with the ABC Entertainment Network. By 1992, the format had shifted to middle of the road (MOR); by 1995, it was a blend of MOR, adult contemporary, and oldies. In later years, KTNY had a soft oldies format, which the station called "Smooth Oldies Soft Gold".

KTNY and KLCB were closed by Lincoln County Broadcasters on January 1, 2025; their licenses were returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

References

  1. ^ "Call Sign History". REC Historical CDBS Search Tool.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTNY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  4. ^ "New stations". Broadcasting. May 2, 1983. p. 81.
  5. ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1987. 1977. p. B-174.
  6. ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988. 1978. p. B-171.
  7. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Market Place 1992. 1992. p. A-210.
  8. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995. 1995. p. B-248.
  9. ^ Venta, Lance (January 26, 2025). "FCC Report 1/26: A New Political Era Begins". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  10. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009. 2009. p. D-338.