KYYO

KYYO
MHz (HD Radio);
Branding	96.9 KAYO Country
Programming
Format	Country
Subchannels	HD2: Classic hits "95.3 KGY"; HD3: Classic country "KAYO Legends"
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	KGY, Inc.
History
First air date	1992 (as KGY-FM)
Former call signs	KGY-FM (1992-2013)
Call sign meaning	KAY-YO
Technical information
Facility ID	34485
Class	C2
ERP	11,000 watts
HAAT	321 meters (1,053 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	47°5′8.00″N 123°11′19.00″W / 47.0855556°N 123.1886111°W
Translator(s)	HD2: 95.3 K237FR (Tumwater)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live; Listen Live (HD2); Listen Live (HD3)
Website	kayofm.com; kgyfm.com (HD2)

KYYO (96.9

radio station broadcasting a country music format in the Olympia/Tacoma area. Licensed to McCleary, Washington, the station is owned by KGY Inc, and broadcasts at 96.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 11,000 watts. Its transmitter is located near McCleary, Washington

on Maxwell Hill, and operates from its studios at the Port of Olympia.

Digital subchannel HD3 broadcasts classic country under the brand name "KAYO Legends", while subchannel HD2 broadcasts classic hits under the brand name "Olympia's 95.3 KGY". The latter is simulcast on translator station K237FR in Tumwater on 95.3 FM.

History

This station signed on the air on March 29, 1992 as Classic Rock 96.9 KGY-FM, by current owner, KGY, Inc. A format change in 1997 featured a shift to Real Country, originally one of the Satellite Music Network stations, with local information and sports, and Washington State Cougars football.^[1]

On February 25, 2012, the station changed its format to country, branded as "96.9 KAYO Country", taking the old format and branding of

KDDS.^[2]^[3] It had previously been "96.9 The Sound" with "Cool Classics and Hot Hits," and before that, used the Real Country satellite classic country network.^[4]

On November 19, 2013, the station took its current KYYO call sign.[5]

References

^ "Site of the Week 12/16/11: KGY, Olympia, Washington". 16 December 2011.
^ Venta, Lance (February 26, 2012). "KGY-FM Goes Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
^ "KGY-F Flips to Country as South Sound Country".
^ "Ken's Corner & the Real News… » Blog Archive » KGY FM radio is local country".
^ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions". 13 December 2015.

External links

Official website
KYYO in the FCC FM station database
KYYO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
K237FR in the FCC FM station database
K237FR at FCCdata.org

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[1] "Site of the Week 12/16/11: KGY, Olympia, Washington". 16 December 2011.

[2] Venta, Lance (February 26, 2012). "KGY-FM Goes Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2014-03-07.

[3] "KGY-F Flips to Country as South Sound Country".

[4] "Ken's Corner & the Real News… » Blog Archive » KGY FM radio is local country".

[5] "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions". 13 December 2015.

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