KHYI
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| Broadcast area | Sherman/Denison
and the WHYI. |
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| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 41328 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 15,000 watts |
| HAAT | 271 meters |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | khyi.com |
KHYI (95.3
History
The original station at 95.3 in North Texas signed on during the first week of August 1969 under the
On August 1, 1988, its Hot AC/Top 40 format was dropped due to the station ending its ownership with Oaks Broadcasting. It became a Spanish Contemporary station. At the time, their call letters were changed to KSSA. The station that is now KHYI was authorized in late 1991 and was licensed in late 1994. It replaced the station that had been on the 95.3 dial position at the time, KSSA-FM now KRVA-FM, which was moved to 106.9 to allow the 94.9 station at Arlington, TX KLTY (then known as KHYI) to upgrade from class C1 to class C, and raise power from 36,000 watts to 100,000 watts. The 95.3 channel was moved outward to the unserved town of Howe, where the new station operates to this day.
Programming
KHYI is an affiliate of the Mean Green Sports Network since August 1974, and carries University of North Texas football and men's basketball games.
KHYI is the home of the Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show, a two-hour program featuring bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music, produced by Alan Tompkins, that has run continuously on KHYI since February 2009. The show is affiliated with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization that presents bluegrass music events and related educational programs frequently in Texas. Alan Tompkins, host of the Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show, was nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Association Broadcaster of the Year Award in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020.
Former programming
Throughout its history, the station formerly aired a variety of various local high school and University games.
A few months after KAWB signed on in 1969, KAWB began airing
During the 1970s, KMMK had a few original talk programs such as "Daily Bread", a 15-minute program that debuted in 1975 and aired on Monday Mornings at 7:15 am; and a Bible and church service programs that aired every Sunday morning and into the afternoon hours.
During the early 1980s, KMMK also aired "Table Talk", a talk program that was hosted by Ray Whitworth and later by C.R. Graham; and had the station's own sports programming simply entitled "Sports Show".
During the adult contemporary and top 40 era of KWPL in the 1980s, the station aired news and information (every 20 minutes) across the Collin County area into their schedule.
External links
- KHYI website
- DFW Radio/TV History
- KHYI in the FCC FM station database
- KHYI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Bluegrass Heritage Foundation
- Alan Tompkins, Host of Bluegrass Heritage Radio Show