KHNK (AM)
radio station in Whitefish, Montana
KHNK (1240 kHz, "Sports Talk 1240 - 102.7") is an AM radio station licensed to serve Whitefish, Montana. The station is owned by Bee Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a sports format.
All Bee Broadcasting stations are based at 2431 Highway 2 East, Kalispell.
History
The station was assigned the call sign KSAM by the Federal Communications Commission on November 16, 2005. This callsign had been assigned to an AM radio station in Huntsville, Texas, for nearly 80 years, now known as KHVL. The FM counterpart continues to reside in Huntsville since 1965, as KSAM-FM.
Since 2017, KHNK's AM broadcasts are simulcast on 102.7 FM over translator K274CY.
The KHNK call sign was officially moved to the 1450 kHz frequency in late 2011 following Townsquare Media’s acquisition of the GapWest Broadcasting cluster. During this period, the station was branded as "Honey 101.5," utilizing an FM translator to broadcast a classic country format. This branding served as a niche companion to sister station KYSS-FM, focusing on older country hits and community-centric programming.
In February 2013, Townsquare Media retired the KHNK call letters for the Missoula market and reverted the 1450 AM signal to the KGRZ call sign. This shift marked the end of the "Honey" country era on AM and the beginning of the station's focus on a full-time sports-talk format.
The public source identifies “KHNK (AM)” as radio station in Whitefish, Montana. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KHNK, radio and station.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6337445. Authority coordinates are 48.396, -114.320. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1240, 2005, 1965 and 2017.
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