KINY in Juneau, Alaska, began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, with studios in the Goldstein Building and a 100-watt transmitter atop the Terminal Building. The station was built by Vincent Kraft, the original owner of KJR in Seattle, and owned by his brother Edwin Kraft. In 1938, a 250-watt transmitter and tower was installed on a tailing pile of the AJ gold mine, and KINY changed its frequency from 1310 to 1430 kHz. After the Goldstein Building was destroyed by fire in 1939, KINY moved its studios into the Decker Building. The transmitter power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1939, and then to 5,000 watts in 1944. The frequency was again changed to 1290 kHz in 1952, and then to the present 800 kHz in 1954.
These photographs were copied from originals lent by Howard Kraft in 1992. (Howard Kraft was the son of Vincent Kraft, deceased in 2004.) The status of the original photographic prints is unknown.
