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KTRS-FM
KTRS-FM (104.7 Hertz, MHz) is a Contemporary hit radio, Top 40 (CHR) radio station in Casper, Wyoming branded as 104.7 KISS-FM (brand), Kiss FM owned by Townsquare Media. As with a majority of FM broadcasting, FM stations from Casper, the broadcast tower is located south of town on Casper Mountain. Station history KTRS was formerly on 95.5 FM. At sign on the station was owned by a company known as Wyomedia. The construction permit for the station dates to September 16, 1977. That frequency lasted from its sign-on date in 1981 until 1997. When it was on 95.5 in the early to mid 1980s, the station aired a variety Top 40 format that played everything from Diana Ross to Pat Benatar and Journey. For a time, it was simply branded ''95-5 KTRS''. After being sold to iHeartMedia, Clear Channel by Mountain States Broadcasting in the late 1990s, the station moved to 104.7 FM. For a short time after the sale, the station used the call letters KYOD. This was prior to the FCC granting a transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KISS-FM (brand)
KISS-FM is the brand name of a Top 40 music format heard on FM radio stations in many cities in the United States and overseas. iHeartMedia claims ownership of the KISS-FM brand in the United States and operates most KISS-FM formatted stations there, though not KISS-FM in San Antonio, Texas, or KISS-FM America on TuneIn. Origin and history In the late 1970s, many US radio stations began calling themselves "Kiss". Among these was KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, which adopted that call sign in 1975 when it became a sister station to KIIS (AM) — whose call sign comes not from the word "Kiss" but rather its dial position at 1150, with the letters "I" and "S" being the letters most closely resembling 1 and 5, respectively. Gannett, which owned the station, filed a federal trademark registration for "KIIS" in 1986, which has passed on to subsequent owners of the station. In 1997, Country Club Communications registered the only current federal trademark for "KISS FM" (which has since also b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |