KKWF
Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 100.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 100.7 The Wolf |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Country |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Former call signs | |
Call sign meaning | "Wolf" |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 6367 |
Class | C |
ERP | 68,000 watts |
HAAT | 707 meters (2,320 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°30′13″N 121°58′33″W / 47.503722°N 121.975944°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
KKWF (100.7
KKWF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 68,000 watts, using beam tilt. The transmitter is located in Issaquah on Tiger Mountain.
History
KIRO (AM) simulcast (1948–1967)
The station first
As network programming moved from radio to television, KIRO-AM-FM switched to a
Progressive rock (1967–1973)
In the late 1960s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began requiring FM stations in large cities to stop full-time simulcasts of their co-owned AM stations. For a few years, KIRO-FM aired a progressive rock format, beginning in 1967.
Beautiful music (1973–1989)
The station flipped to
The format gradually evolved from mostly instrumental beautiful music to a mix of instrumentals and vocals as easy listening ("Easy 101") in the early 1980s.[6]
In the mid-1980s, as the easy listening audience was aging, KSEA moved to
Adult contemporary (1989–1992)
On February 17, 1989, KSEA shifted to a mainstream adult contemporary format.
News/talk (1992–1995)
On September 21, 1992, the station returned to a simulcast of then-sister station KIRO. With the change, the KIRO-FM call letters were reinstated.[10] From February to September 1993, KIRO-FM was promoted as being part of the "KIRO News Network", with KIRO's radio and TV personalities working together as part of an experiment dubbed "News Outside the Box".[11] The station broke the simulcast (except for mornings) on July 5, 1994, airing a separately programmed talk format, while retaining the KIRO-FM call sign.
The initial lineup included a simulcast of KIRO in morning
Hot talk (1995–2005)
On January 6, 1995, the station rebranded as "100.7 The Buzz," and added the syndicated
During the early 2000s, KQBZ carried
Country (2005–present)
At 8 a.m. on November 30, 2005, in the middle of "Robin & Maynard", the station began stunting with a countdown clock (using Microsoft Sam) to Noon the same day. At that time, the station flipped to country as "100.7 The Wolf" with the new call letters KKWF.[18] The first song played on The Wolf was "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith.[19] With the flip, The Men's Room and BJ Shea moved over to sister station KISW. Tom Leykis moved over as well, but on tape delay, from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.[20]
Entercom acquired KKWF's long-time country rival
HD radio
KKWF signed on
On June 18, 2011, the signal flipped to
In late February 2012, the Blues format from sister station 103.7 HD2 was bumped to 100.7 HD2, effectively ending the smooth jazz format.
In early June 2018, 100.7-HD2 and 94.1-HD2 swapped formats, with the blues format moving to 94.1-HD2 and the classic country format moving to 100.7-HD2.[23]
External links
- Official website
- KKWF in the FCC FM station database
- KKWF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
References
- ^ a b History Cards for KKWF, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKWF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 314
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1964 page B-172
- ^ "KSEA Radio Seattle TV Spot - June 1981". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021.
- ^ "It's AC For KSEA", Radio & Records. February 17, 1989. pp. 3, 26. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "1991 KWMX Mix 101 Promo". YouTube.
- ^ "Mix 100.7 FM WA 1992 TV Ad Commercial". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Radio & Records, September 11, 1992" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "Kiro 100.7 FM News Radio Commercial (1993)". YouTube.
- ^ "When did 100.7 go talk? - Page 2". radiodiscussions.com.
- ^ "Radio & Records, January 13, 1995" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "FM 100.7 The Buzz Brain Commercial 1995". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1998 page D-442
- ^ "100.7 The Buzz KQBZ-FM". June 2, 2003. Archived from the original on June 2, 2003.
- ^ "100.7 The Buzz KQBZ-FM". November 4, 2005. Archived from the original on November 4, 2005.
- ^ "Radio & Records, December 9, 2005" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "100.7 KQBZ becomes "The Wolf" KKWF". Format Change Archive. December 2, 2005.
- ^ "100.7 The Wolf TV Campaign by Rosler Creative". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021.
- ^ Entercom Flips KMPS Seattle to Soft AC
- ^ Hubbard Launches Country 98.9 Seattle
- ^ HD Radio Guide for Seattle-Tacoma Archived July 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine