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Country radio KIAK signs on Monday morningStation manager Dick Lobdell) seated, and JL owett Pur celtKIAKs new control panel and turntablesBig Country Radio Inc. has come to Fairbanks.KIAK, the 5,000 wait little sister of 50,000 watt KYAK in Anchorage has recently heun licensed by Hie Federal Comm unications Commission and will sign on Monday morning.Dick Lob dell, station manager, said that country music only will be played on KIAK, seven days a week from 5 a.m. to midnight.'‘Only established country singers will be heard on our station, Ik* said. ‘lWc will try to balance the old songs with the new country sounds.KIAK will also broadcast news, weather, sports, local items and community events, but special features will not be pari of the programming. The emphasis is music.Seven full time and three part-time employes currently make up the KIAK staff. Lobdel!himself will sign on mornings.“Country music is in now, he said. “There’s a demand for it.”“I didn't like counLry music when I started,” Lobdell confessed, “But I've seen the lightKIAK will operate from an office* above the Star of the North Bakery and at 970 on the dial.An open house will be held in a couple of weeks when the “bugsare out of the equipment. And memberships in the KIAK Country Club will soon beA*available, along with an opportunity to get a free bumpersticker and a chance at winning $970. All that crimes later.For now “livery thing is Beautiful. KIAK is “Movin' On.
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Sat, Sep 16, 1972
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