KYSS-FM (94.9
MHz
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) is a commercial
radio station
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in
Missoula, Montana
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, airing a
country music
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format. The station is also one of two Country outlets in Missoula competing for listeners, the other being
KGGL
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History KDXT
On October 15, 1975, Rex Jensen filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
. Despite the "KISS" sounding call letters and it having once been owned by
Clear Channel Communications, it has no relation to the Top 40 branding. It also shares the same
Buck Owens
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-trademarked red, white & blue guitar logo as
KNIX-FM
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The studios and offices are located on East Van Buren Street in Phoenix near Sky Harb ...
/
Phoenix, Arizona
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.
History
KYSS-FM came to air May 11, 1969.
It was owned by the Garden City Broadcasting Corporation alongside KYSS (930 AM, now
KMPT) and broadcast a beautiful music format on 100.1 MHz. In 1973, the FCC approved a major power increase for KYSS to 100,000 watts at 94.9 FM. The format changed to
country
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, which it currently airs today.
In October 2007, a deal was reached for KYSS to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.
What eventually became
GapWest Broadcasting
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was folded into
Townsquare Media
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on August 13, 2010.
References
External links
Official WebsiteFlash StreamMP3 Stream
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FCC History Cards for KYSS-FM
Country radio stations in the United States
YSS-FM
Radio stations established in 1969
Townsquare Media radio stations
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