KIIS-FM
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California Mojave, California |
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| Frequency | 102.7 (MHz) 97.7 (MHz) |
| Branding | 102.7 KISS-FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 Hit Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| History | |
First air date | 1967 1988 |
Call sign meaning | Call letters are pronounced Kiss. Also, the 'IIS' in KIIS is supposed to resemble the number 115, their AM station they originally aired music on. [1] |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 8000 watts 3000 watts |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.kiisfm.com |
KIIS-FM is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a top 40 musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS-FM also broadcasts via translator KVVS in Mojave, at 97.7 MHz. Known as "102.7 KIIS-FM" and as one of the United States' highest-rated (and most-copied) top 40 stations, "KIIS" is pronounced as "kiss".
History
KLAC-FM 102.7 and KRHM-FM 94.7 traded frequencies in 1967. On April 15, 1971, KRHM changed call letters to KKDJ and became a top 40 station until 1975. Combined Communications then purchased KKDJ and changed the station's format to adult contemporary under the new call letters of KIIS. Unable to draw high ratings, KIIS continued to change formats until flipping back to its current top 40 format in 1981. Shortly thereafter, Gannett purchased both the station and Combined Communications. In 1996, in a deal in which Gannett acquired WTSP-TV in the Tampa, Florida market from Jacor, KISS-FM was acquired by Jacor/Citicasters, which in 1998 merged into Clear Channel Communications.
When Power 106 changed formats from top 40 to hip hop around 1994, KISS became the only Los Angeles top 40 station. That was until 2005 when Power 106 shifted back to a Rhythmic Top 40 format. KIIS itself would lean towards a rhythmic-leaning direction by the Summer of 2004. This strategy would later pay off as KIIS currently enjoys the highest ratings in the Los Angeles Radio Market. Up until recently, Power 106 had enjoyed one of the longest #1 ratings runs in recent memory. The competition will undoubtedly heat up, as both stations have been jockying for the top spot for nearly the last 20 years.
KIIS used to broadcast nationwide on XM Satellite Radio from 2001 to the end of 2003. In 2004, all XM music channels went commercial free, and KIIS was replaced with a unique-to-XM KISS-XM channel, retaining the same format. Since then, Clear Channel has regained the right to air commercials on their XM music channels. KISS-XM now carries commercials, but is still exclusive to XM.
Logos
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KIIS-FM logo from 1975 to 1981 and 1994-1995
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KIIS-FM logo from 1981 to 1998
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KIIS-FM logo from 1998 to 2001
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KIIS-FM logo from 2001 to 2005
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KIIS-FM logo from 2005 to present
Notable personalities
The following notable individuals have been featured by KIIS-FM as on-air personalities:
- Jim Carson
- Joe Cipriano
- Rick Dees, 1982-2004
- Dave Diamond
- Humble Harve
- Banana Joe
- Tim Kelly
- M.G. Kelly
- Ed Mann
- J.J. McKay
- Larry McKay
- Sonny Melendrez
- Big Ron O'Brien
- Stoney Richards
- Valentine 1996-present
- Ryan Seacrest, 2004-present
- Dave Sebastian
- Jeff Serr
- Charlie Tuna
- JoJo Wright
Current KIIS Air Talent Lineup
- 5a-10a Ryan Seacrest and Ellen K.
- 10a-3p Suzy Tavares
- 3p-7p Valentine
- 7p-10p JoJo on the Radio
- 10p-1a ODM
- 1a-5a Dave Styles
Other Versions of KIIS In US
The Clear Channel company saw how successful the KIIS-FM format was so they made several stations in the country with the KISS-FM brand name with different call letters.
Editing
KISS-FM censors songs substantially more, and more obviously, than its counterpart, Power 106. This is almost always done to hip-hop songs, and as much as several seconds can be cut off. This more substantial censorship began in 2004, perhaps as a part of the heightened scrutiny of media content following the "Nipplegate" incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII.
An example of this censorship can be heard in Rihanna's ballad "Unfaithful", where the lyric "I might as well take a gun and put it to his head" is censored on KIIS-FM as "I might as well take a _____ put it to his head". The previous example of song editing is common for many Clear Channel CHR stations.
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