KKWF

KKWF

City of license	Seattle, Washington
Broadcast area	Seattle metropolitan area
Branding	100.7 The Wolf
Slogan	"Seattle's Fresh Country"
Frequency	100.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 100.7 HD-2 for Smooth jazz
First air date	1948
Format	Country
ERP	67,000 watts
HAAT	707 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	6367
Callsign meaning	The WolF
Former callsigns	KIRO-FM (1948-1971) KSEA (1971-04/27/1991) KWMX (04/27/1991-09/21/1992) KIRO-FM (09/21/1992-05/21/1999) KQBZ (05/21/1999-12/08/2005)
Owner	Entercom Communications
Webcast	Listen live
Website	seattlewolf.com

KKWF (100.7 FM), known as "The New 100.7 The Wolf", is a Country music radio station based in Seattle, Washington. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 100.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 67 kW. Its transmitter is located near Issaquah, Washington on Tiger Mountain.

History

KKWF started broadcasting in 1948 as KIRO-FM with a full service format. The station flipped to AOR in 1967. The station flipped to Beautiful music in 1971 as KSEA. The station shifted to Hot Adult Contemporary as KWMX, "Mix 101" in 1989. The KIRO-FM call letters would return in August 1992, when the station flipped to a simulcast of then-sister station KIRO. The station broke the simulcast and broadcasted original programming on July 5, 1994, and retained the KIRO-FM calls. On January 6, 1995, the station rebranded as "100.7 The Buzz", and added local comedian Pat Cashman for morning drive; however, the station didn't change its call letters to KQBZ until May 1999. The station would shift to hot talk in 2000. The station was home to such local personalities as Robin & Maynard (who were previously on KZOK-FM), BJ Shea, and The Men's Room, and was also Seattle's home for Tom Leykis (who had a loyal following in the market).

At 8 AM on November 30, 2005, in the middle of Robin & Maynard, the station began stunting with a countdown clock to Noon the same day. At that time, the station flipped to country as "100.7 The Wolf" with the new call letters KKWF. The first song played on The Wolf was "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith. With the flip, The Men's Room and BJ Shea moved over to sister station KISW; Tom Leykis would move over as well, but on tape delay, from 11 PM to 2 AM.

The Wolf is one of two country outlets targeting the Puget Sound region; KMPS is the other.

HD Radio

KKWF signed on HD Radio operations in 2006. 100.7 HD 2 carried an all comedy format simply branded as "All Comedy Radio", which used to air overnights when the station was KQBZ. As of June 18, 2011, the signal now airs Smooth Jazz, filling the void left open by KWJZ when that station flipped to modern AC on December 27, 2010.

Airstaff

The current lineup (As of January 6, 2012) is as follows:

• Morning Show (5 am – 9 am): Fitz In The Morning - Cory "Fitz" Fitzner, Ellen Tailor, Tony Russell, Randy "The Biscuit" Stein & General Gridlock (Traffic)
  • Why Today Doesn't Suck (Daily @ 6:10)
  • Impossible Question (Daily @ 6:15)
  • Fitz Files (Daily @ 6:40)
  • What Are You Kidding Me Stories (Daily @ 6:55 & 8:20)
  • Local Lowdown (Daily @ 7:10 & 8:10)
  • 7:20 LOL (Daily @ 7:20)
  • Tell Me 'Bout The Good Ole' Days (Various)
• Mid-days (10 am – 3 pm): DeAnna Lee
  • The 100 Minute Non-Stop Music Run (Daily beginning at 9am)
• Afternoon Drive (3 pm - 7 pm): Wingnut W/ General Gridlock (Traffic)
• Nighttime (7 pm - 12 am): Nick @ Nite - Nick Alan
• Weekend's/Fill-ins: Seth, Jen, Chad Bennett & Ken Thompson
• Program Director: Mike Preston
• Assistant PD/Music Director: Wingnut
• Assistant Music Director: DeAnna Lee
• Production/Imaging Director: Nick Alan
• Station Voices: Jack Murphy/John Willyard/Jack Ingram/Mike Preston
• Station Jingles: IQ Beats Custom 2007-Present

External links

• 100.7 The Wolf Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KKWF
• Radio-Locator information on KKWF
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KKWF