KORN (AM)

KORN (1490 kHz, KORN News Radio 1490) is an AM radio station licensed to serve Mitchell, South Dakota. The station is owned by Nancy and Steve Nedved, through licensee Nedved Media, LLC. It airs a full service format with a mix of news, talk and sports.[1] The station offers a mix of local and syndicated programming including shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ray Lucia, Jim Bohannon, and "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory. It also features syndicated sports programing from ABC News Radio and Fox Sports Radio.

KORN
Broadcast areaMitchell and Huron areas
Frequency1490 kHz
Branding"KORN News Radio 1490"
Programming
FormatFull service
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Genesis Communications Network
Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Learfield Sports
Ownership
Owner
  • Nancy Nedved and Steve Nedved
  • (Nedved Media, LLC)
KQRN, KORN-FM
History
First air date
1947
Call sign meaning
Corn Palace (with "KORN" = "Corn")
Technical information
Facility ID35420
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
43°42′14″N 97°59′57″W
Translator(s)101.3 K267CN (Mitchell)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekornradio.com

The station is the home of the Mitchell High School Kernels sports broadcasts, and is also the local affiliate for South Dakota State Jackrabbits sporting events (mainly football and men's & women's basketball) through Learfield Sports.

The station was assigned the call letters KORN by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

History
KORN News Radio 1490's former logo

The station was originally given the call sign KMHK, and went on the air between August and October 1947. For a few months in late 1950, the station used the call sign KORM.[3] In 1950, after the call letters KORN had been given up by a station in Fremont, Nebraska that had recently become KFGT (and has subsequently become KHUB), the call sign KORN became available and was taken by the former KORM to take advantage of the tie-in with the Corn Palace.

Famed radio announcer Gary Owens, of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In fame, started his radio career at KORN in 1952, where he served as News Director.

KORN News Radio 1490's previous logo

Ownership

In February 2008, Riverfront Broadcasting LLC of Yankton, South Dakota reached an agreement with NRG Media to purchase this station as part of a six station deal.[4]

In late 2016, Riverfront Broadcasting LLC sold the station, along with sister stations KQRN, and KORN-FM to Nancy & Steve Nedved. Effective Sunday, January 1, 2017, the three station group is now known as Nedved Media, LLC.[5]

Honors and awards

In May 2006, KORN received two first place plaques in the commercial radio division of the South Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association news contest.[6] The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.

References
  1. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. Charles DeWitt White (1950). White's Radio Log (PDF). Bronxville, New York: C. DeWitt White Co. 27 (4): 4 http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Whites/Whites%20Vol%2027%20No%204%201950%20Fall.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Johnson, Nathan (2008-02-22). "Yankton Firm Purchases Local Radio Stations". Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan.
  5. Press Release, AM 1490 KORN (2016-12-23). "Mitchell Radio Stations Return to Local Ownership". KORN News Radio 1490. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. "SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded". Yankton Press & Dakotan. 2006-05-08.


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