KICY is a commercial

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airing Southern Gospel music and other

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religious programming in

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, broadcasting on 850 AM. From the 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM

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the station transmits with a three-tower directional array located slightly east of Nome, and pointing due west into

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, Russia and airs

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programming. KICY started broadcasting in 1960.

References

External links

AM 850's Website
Nome, Alaska Moody Radio affiliate stations Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States

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