KKSY-FM

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the former KKSY in Anamosa, Iowa, see KOSY-FM.
KKSY-FM
iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
    • KKRQ, KMJM, KOSY-FM, KXIC, WMT
    History
    First air date
    		February 27, 1963 (1963-02-27)
    Former call signs
    		WMT-FM (1963–2012)
    Call sign meaning
    		"Kiss Country"
    Technical information[1]
    Licensing authority
    		FCC
    Facility ID73594
    ClassC1
    ERP100,000 watts
    HAAT158 meters (518 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates
    		42°1′40″N 91°38′25″W / 42.02778°N 91.64028°W / 42.02778; -91.64028 (WMT-FM)
    Links
    Public license information
    WebcastListen live
    Website965kisscountry.iheart.com

    KKSY-FM (96.5

    Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After Midnite with Granger Smith
    overnight.

    KKSY-FM has an

    studios are on Old Marion Road and Collins Road NE (Iowa Highway 100) in Cedar Rapids, co-located with the tower for KGAN channel 2.[2]

    History

    Easy Listening and Beautiful Music

    The station

    show tunes from Broadway musicals
    . Some of those early announcers were Keith Webster, Bill Dutcher, Don John Ross, Bill Grubbe, and Jim Wicks as well as other WMT 600 announcers who took the helm of hosting on FM. WMT-FM would simulcast the 15-minute newscasts of WMT AM 600 several times a day.

    In the 1970s, WMT-FM became a full-time beautiful music station. It played quarter hour sweeps of soft instrumentals, with some Hollywood and Broadway show tunes.

    Adult Contemporary

    In an effort to sound younger, WMT-FM added more soft vocals to its easy listening sound. But by the 1980s, the audience for beautiful music was aging. WMT-FM switched to an

    adult contemporary in 1986, and KCRG returned to its adult contemporary format after a nearly three-year hiatus in January 1987. Both WMT-AM and KCRG-AM's adult contemporary formats didn't last long. WMT-FM became the only (and dominant) AC station in the Cedar Rapids market after WMT-AM flipped back to MOR in late 1988 and KCRG-AM flipped to oldies
    in 1989.

    WMT-FM's studios have been located at Broadcast Park on Collins Road in Cedar Rapids, along with its AM sister station WMT and TV station KGAN (the former WMT-TV), since it signed on. Until the 1970s, the studios of WMT radio were located on the fifth floor of the historic Paramount Theatre building in downtown Cedar Rapids.[3] It was one of the few stations with a callsign beginning with W located west of the Mississippi River.

    By the early 2000s, WMT-FM stepped up the tempo of its

    Hot AC
    . The station was known for its "time warp weekends" and long-standing tradition of being heavily involved in the Cedar Rapids community. The station hosted "Uptown Friday Nights" every Friday night in downtown Cedar Rapids. WMT-FM often joined up with WMT for special promotional events, and simulcasts during severe weather conditions.

    Country music

    WMT-FM ended its longtime hot adult contemporary format on December 27, 2011. Its owner,

    Clear Channel Communications, transferred the country format from co-owned KKSY 95.7 FM, to 96.5 MHz. The call letters on 96.5 were switched to KKSY-FM. For several weeks, there was a temporary simulcast period.[4][5] 95.7 FM began to simulcast WMT on January 2, 2012 and eventually took the KWMG call letters on January 17, 2012.[6]

    In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to

    Nashville. And in overnights, KKSY carries After Midnite with Granger Smith, both shows syndicated from co-owned Premiere Networks
    .

    References

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKSY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
    2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KKSY
    3. ISBN 0-89781-021-X
      .
    4. ^ DeWitte, Dave (December 27, 2011). "Mix 96.5 Becomes History as Clear Channel Opts for Country Format". KCRG-TV9. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
    5. ^ "WMT Shares KKSY's Country Format". All Access. December 27, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
    6. ^ Venta, Lance (January 2, 2012). "WMT-FM Becomes Kiss Country, 95.7 Becomes WMT-FM". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 2, 2012.

    External links

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KKSY-FM&oldid=1170871036"