KCYY (100.3
FM) is a
commercial
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radio station
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in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. It is owned by
Cox Radio and airs a
country music
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radio format
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.
Studio
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s and offices are on Datapoint Drive in San Antonio.
KCYY has an
effective radiated power
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(ERP) of 100,000
watt
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s, the maximum for non-
grandfathered
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FM stations. The
transmitter
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site is on the McCarter Ranch, off Galm Road in the
Far West Side of San Antonio, near
Government Canyon State Natural Area
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.
History
KBER-FM, KSAQ, KCCW
On June 25, 1966, the station
signed on
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as KBER-FM. It was owned by Kepo Broadcasting and was the FM counterpart of
AM 1150
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KBER (now
AM 1160
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KRDY
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History KBER: 1961-1978 ...
). Because KBER AM was a
daytime-only station, its country music programming continued on KBER-FM into the night.
In 1974, KBER-AM-FM were sold to Pacific Western Broadcasting. The
call sign
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s were changed to KQAM for the AM station and KSAQ for the FM station, also known as "Q-100." The two
simulcast
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a
Top 40
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format. In 1976, the AM station was sold to a
Spanish-language
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broadcaster, while the FM station was sold to Radio Alamo. Radio Alamo switched the call letters to KZZY, initially keeping the Top 40 sound. But then it briefly tried a country format as KCCW. The country music lasted less than a year.
Klassy 100
In 1981, Radio Alamo flipped the format to
adult contemporary music
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. Radio Alamo also acquired
AM 930
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In A ...
in
Terrell Hills
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(now
KLUP
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) and simulcast both stations, as KLLS and KLLS-FM, "Klassy 100 FM."
In 1987, Newcity Communications acquired AM 680 and FM 100.3.
Country KCYY
680 KKYX had been owned by Swanson Communications, running a classic country format. So when it was paired with KLLS-FM, Newcity made the decision to also play country music on the FM, but a more contemporary version. The call sign was changed to KCYY, with the CY standing for Country and the additional Y as the moniker of the station, "Y100." San Antonio already had an FM country station that had been doing well in the ratings, 97.3
KAJA, owned by
Clear Channel Communications
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, which also owned
AM 1200 WOAI. Another country station was 107.5 KBUC-FM, but its ratings weren't a factor, and it eventually flipped to
Tejano
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KXTN-FM
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.
Newcity thought there were enough country fans in San Antonio for two healthy FM country outlets. KCYY premiered by playing 10,000 songs in a row with no commercials. Backed by the commercial-free weeks and TV ads, KCYY became San Antonio's top country station in Spring 1988. KCYY was also the top station in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic and the 25-54 demographic, according to the
Arbitron ratings.
Cox Radio acquired KCYY and KKYX in 1997.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-451
/ref> Since the late 80s, Cox-owned 100.3 KCYY and iHeartMedia
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-owned 97.3 KAJA have see-sawed in the ratings, with both stations often in the top five in the San Antonio market.
References
External links
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Country radio stations in the United States
CYY
Cox Media Group
Radio stations established in 1966