KKSS

Infobox Radio Station
name = KKSS


airdate = 1985
frequency = 97.3 (MHz)
area = Santa Fe
Albuquerque, New Mexico
format = Rhythmic Top 40
erp = 100,000 watts
branding = KISS 97.3
slogan = "The Most Hip-Hop and R&B"
class = C
owner = Univision Radio (Sale pending to Centennial Media)
website = [http://www.mykiss973.com KISS 97.3's website]
callsign_meaning = KISS(The second K subsitutes for the I)

KKSS (97.3 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, broadcasting to the Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, area. KKSS airs a rhythmic Top 40 music format branded as "Kiss 97.3".

History

KKSS signed on with the format in 1985, although at times they had detoured to mainstream Top 40 a few times, mostly when they got new competition (most of them short-lived). But that all changed when Univision bought the station in 2002 and flipped it back to its current Rhythmic Top 40 direction after its former owners tried to make it a mainstream Top 40 again.

Today KKSS has managed to do successfully well with its mix of R&B/Hip-Hop and Rhythmic Pop product, despite the competition it is getting from next-door Rhythmic rival KDLW (at 97.7) and mainstream Top 40 rival KKOB-FM.

On February 29, 2008, Univision announced that KKSS, along with its sister stations in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe cluster, would be sold to Centennial Media.

Current KKSS Staff includes:
Mornings: Houseparty - Dana Cortez & Kandee Man
Middays: M Kue
Middays: DJ Lopez
Afternoons: Johnny V.
Nights: Gary Gnu
Streets: DJ Animal
Web & Streets: Big G

Program Director: DJ Lopez
Music Director: M Kue

External links

* [http://www.mykiss973.com KISS 97.3 FM official website]
*FMQ|KKSS
*FML|KKSS
*FMARB|KKSS
* [http://www.myspace.com/kiss973 KKSS MySpace page]