KYYO (96.9 FM), known as "South Sound Country 96.9 KAYO" is an American

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broadcasting a

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format in the Olympia/ Tacoma area. Licensed to

McCleary, Washington McCleary () is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,997 at the 2020 census. History Henry McCleary came to the land in 1897, building two sawmills and a door manufacturing company. He sold the land an ...

, the station is owned by KGY Inc, and broadcasts at 96.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 11,000 watts. Its transmitter is located near

on Maxwell Hill, and operates from its studios at the Port of Olympia.

History

This station signed on the air on March 29, 1992 as Classic Rock 96.9 KGY-FM, by current owner, KGY, Inc. A format change in 1997 featured a shift to

Real Country Real Country is a 24-hour radio format produced by Westwood One. Real Country is marketed at the demographic of men aged 35 to 64. Its programming consists of a fairly broad playlist of "Today's Stars and the Legends." Classic country is the ...

, originally one of the

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stations, with local information and sports, and Washington State Cougars football. On February 25, 2012, the station changed its format to country, branded as "96.9 KAYO Country", taking the old format and branding of

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. It had previously been "96.9 The Sound" with "Cool Classics and Hot Hits," and before that, used the

satellite classic country network. On November 19, 2013, the station took its current KYYO call sign.

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* * * * YYO Grays Harbor County, Washington Radio stations established in 1988 {{Washington-radio-station-stub