KKYY

KKYY (101.3 FM, "Y Country 101.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Whiting, Iowa. The station is owned by Powell Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a classic country format.^[4]

KKYY

Whiting, Iowa
Broadcast area	Sioux City, Iowa
Frequency	101.3 MHz
Branding	Y Country 101.3
Programming
Format	Classic country
Ownership
Owner	Powell Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Sister stations	KSUX, KLEM, KQNU, KKMA, KSCJ
History
First air date	1980[1]
Former call signs	KBWH (1980[1]-1993)[2] KISP (1993–2001)[2]
Former frequencies	106.3 MHz (1980-1993) 101.5 MHz (1993-2001)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63940
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	150 meters (492 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	42°21′25″N 96°08′02″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	y1013fm

The station first went on the air as KBWH on 106.3 FM in December 1979, and was originally licensed to Blair, Nebraska.^[1] Due to the location of its transmitter (which, at the time, was located west of Modale), it also covered parts of the larger Omaha-Council Bluffs market. The station initially aired country and easy listening music.

In late 1982, new owners bought the station, and began targeting Omaha's African American community with an urban contemporary format early the next year.^[5][6][7] Due to station finances, as well as signal reception issues, the station was sold in January 1990, with new ownership refocusing the station back to Blair, and changed the station's format to adult contemporary in October of that year.^[8][9] Due to a signal upgrade for KIBZ in Lincoln, which also broadcasts on 106.3 FM, KBWH relocated to 101.5 FM, and changed call letters to KISP, in late 1993. In the late 1990s, the station would relocate its transmitter to a site near Herman, Nebraska.

In the early 2000s, the station would be moved into the Sioux City market, relicensed to Whiting, and relocated to 101.3 FM. The station adopted the KKYY call letters on September 7, 2001.^[2]