KORN (AM)

**KORN**

City of license	Mitchell, South Dakota United States of America
Broadcast area	Mitchell Micropolitan Statistical Area (including the City of Mitchell and Huron, South Dakota areas
Branding	"KORN News Radio 1490" (current), "AM 1490 KORN - The Talk of the Town" (former)
Slogan	"The Talk of the Town"
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	1947
Format	News/Sports/Talk
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	35420
Transmitter coordinates	43°42′14″N 97°59′57″W / 43.70389°N 97.99917°W / 43.70389; -97.99917
Affiliations	ABC Radio Network, ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Learfield Sports
Owner	Riverfront Broadcasting LLC
Sister stations	Q107.3 (107.3 FM KQRN), KORN Country 92.1 (92.1 FM KORN-FM)
Website	http://www.1490korn.com/

KORN (1490 AM), commonly referred to as KORN News Radio 1490, is a radio station licensed to serve Mitchell, South Dakota. The station is owned by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC. It airs a News/Sports/Talk radio format.^[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 ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio.

The station is the home of the Mitchell High School Kernels sports broadcasts, as well as a member of the Learfield Sports Network, which allows them to air live streams of South Dakota State Jackrabbits sporting events (mainly football and men's & women's basketball).

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

History

KORN News Radio 1490's previous 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.

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

Ownership

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

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.^[5] The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.

References

↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ 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. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Johnson, Nathan (2008-02-22). "Yankton Firm Purchases Local Radio Stations". Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan.
↑ "SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded". Yankton Press & Dakotan. 2006-05-08.

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Radio stations in the Huron–Mitchell, South Dakota market area

By FM frequency	KGRH 88.1 KVCH 88.7 K209EM 89.7 K213CL 90.5 K215AI 90.9 K217CE 91.3 KJRV 93.3 K231AR 94.1 K237EL 95.3 K238BA 95.5 KUQL 98.3 K258AG 99.5 KORN-FM 92.1 KMIT 105.9 KQRN 107.3

By AM frequency	KOKK 1210 KIJV 1340 KORN 1490

Nearby radio markets Aberdeen Brookings Pierre Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown Yankton–Vermillion See also List of radio stations in South Dakota

News/Talk radio stations in the state of South Dakota

Stations	KBFS – Belle Fourche KELO – Sioux Falls KELQ – Flandreau KORN – Mitchell KOTA – Rapid City KSDN – Aberdeen KSDR – Watertown KSOO – Sioux Falls KWAT – Watertown WNAX – Yankton

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