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KYNU
Big Dog 95.5 logo
Broadcast area
Jamestown-Valley City
Frequency95.5 MHz
BrandingBig Dog 95.5
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Ingstad Family Media
  • (i3G Media, Inc.)
KDAK, KDDR, KOVC, KQDJ, KQDJ-FM, KQLX, KQLX-FM, KRVX, KXGT
History
Former call signs
  • KGWB (1981–1982)
  • KQDJ-FM (1982–1993)
  • KYNU (1993–1996)
  • KXGT (1996–2005)
[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
68627
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT197 meters (646 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
46°56′21″N 98°18′31.3″W / 46.93917°N 98.308694°W / 46.93917; -98.308694
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitenewsdakota.com

KYNU (95.5 FM, "Big Dog 95.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Jamestown, North Dakota. The station is owned by i3G media. It airs a country music format.[3]

The station was assigned the callsign KYNU by the Federal Communications Commission on October 20, 2005.[1]

History

The 95.5 MHz facility in Jamestown originated as FCC facility ID 68627. FCCInfo's application record lists construction permit BPH-19791128AE as granted on October 10, 1980, and the FCC call-sign history for the facility traces the station from KGWB, beginning September 25, 1981, to KQDJ-FM, beginning March 1, 1982.[4][5]

The station changed call signs from KQDJ-FM to KYNU on May 1, 1993. A 1993 issue of FMedia! listed the Jamestown station on 95.5 MHz as KYNU, formerly KQDJ-FM, using the branding "Colt 95 FM".[6]

On November 4, 1996, KYNU became KXGT. The M Street Journal reported that KYNU's country format effectively moved from 95.5 MHz in Jamestown to 98.3 MHz in Carrington, while 95.5 MHz became KXGT with a Westwood One oldies format.[7] By 2003, FMedia! listed KXGT on 95.5 MHz as "Oldies 95".[8]

In October 2005, the Ingstad family moved the "Big Dog" country format from KYNU 98.3 Carrington to KXGT 95.5 Jamestown. As part of the swap, 95.5 MHz again took the KYNU call sign, while the KXGT calls and oldies format moved to 98.3 MHz. Northpine reported that KYNU and new sister station KRVX began broadcasting from a new tower midway between Jamestown and Valley City, with KYNU operating at 100,000 watts and 197 meters HAAT.[9] The station's 2005 license-to-cover application was granted by the FCC on February 16, 2006.[4]

KYNU has remained a country station branded as "Big Dog 95.5". Northpine lists KYNU as i3G Media's 100,000-watt Class C1 country station in Jamestown, and the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce lists "KYNU Big Dog Country 95.5 FM" as a hot country format operated from i3G Media's Jamestown office.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KYNU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "FCCInfo Application Search Results: KYNU(FM), Facility ID 68627". FCCInfo.com. Cavell, Mertz & Associates. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  5. ^ "FCCInfo Results: KYNU(FM), Facility ID 68627". FCCInfo.com. Cavell, Mertz & Associates. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  6. ^ "FMedia!" (PDF). June 1993. Retrieved May 22, 2026 – via World Radio History. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. ^ "The M Street Journal" (PDF). M Street Corporation. November 1996. Retrieved May 22, 2026 – via World Radio History. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. ^ "FMedia!" (PDF). December 2003. Retrieved May 22, 2026 – via World Radio History. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  9. ^ "Broadcasting News—October 2005". Northpine. October 2005. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  10. ^ "North Dakota Radio Stations". Northpine. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  11. ^ "i3G Media". Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved May 22, 2026.


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