Kiss FM is a privately owned

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radio station in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. Founded in 2009 as Kiss 898, the station broadcasts Hip Hop,

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and

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music across the country.

History

Kiss 969 started test transmissions in July 2009. The station was officially launched on 13 August 2009. The

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station broadcast a mix of

, Hip Hop and

to audiences in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

and the

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regions. By 2012 the station had become one of the country's top five media brands. On 1 November 2012 the station's frequency changed from 89.8 MHz to 96.9 MHz after a nationwide change of all radio frequencies. The station launched its website, official

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page and

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account on 11 October 2013. Subsequent to that the station launched its official Instagram account on 1 July 2015. Kiss FM was an exclusive broadcaster for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2014.

Kiss TV

Kiss 969 started test transmission of the very first Visual Radio in Asia - KISS TV on the 4 November 2016 with a soft launch bringing a novel concept to the Radio industry in Sri Lanka. Kiss FM also revamped their official

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to be the first fully entertainment based English website in Sri Lanka alongside the Kiss TV launch

External links

* * {{coord missing, Sri Lanka 2009 establishments in Sri Lanka English-language radio stations in Sri Lanka Mass media in Colombo Radio stations established in 2009 Voice of Asia Network