KYSS-FM (94.9

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) is a commercial

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, airing a

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. The station is also one of two Country outlets in Missoula competing for listeners, the other being

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. Despite the "KISS" sounding call letters and it having once been owned by

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, it has no relation to the Top 40 branding. It also shares the same

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-trademarked red, white & blue guitar logo as

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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

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) 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

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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

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was folded into

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on August 13, 2010.

References

External links

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FCC History Cards for KYSS-FM
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