KHKS

Infobox Radio station
name = KHKS


city = Denton, Texas
area = Dallas-Ft. Worth
branding = 106.1 KISS-FM
slogan = DFW's #1 Hit Music Station
airdate = 1962 as KDNT
frequency = 106.1 MHz HD Radio
106.1 HD-2 for "Wild Radio"
format = Top 40 (CHR)
power =
erp = 99,000 watts
haat = 508 meters
class = C
facility_id = 23084
callsign_meaning = K H KiSs
former_callsigns = KDNT (1962-1979), KDDC (1979-1981), KIXK (1981-1984), KTKS (1984-1987), KOAI (1987-1992)
owner = Clear Channel Communications
licensee = AMFM Texas Licenses, LP
sister_stations = KDGE, KDMX, KEGL, KFXR, KZPS
webcast = [http://www.1061kissfm.com/cc-common/streaming_onesite/index.html?refreshed=yes Listen Live]
website = [http://www.1061kissfm.com/ www.1061kissfm.com]
affiliations =

KHKS-FM (106-1 KISS-FM) is a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, radio station playing Top 40 (CHR) music and licensed to Denton, Texas with an ERP of 99,000 watts from a transmitter site in Cedar Hill, Texas.The station is marketed towards teens and young adults. The music is Mainstream CHR with a mixture of mainly pop and hip-hop/rap. It is also known as "KISS-FM".

KHKS' "Pride Radio" substation programming has moved to sister station KDMX's 102.9 HD-2 substation. To this day, it is replaced with "Wild Radio" on 106.1 HD-2 (HD Radio needed).

History

KDNT-FM was established in June 1948 at 106.3 on the FM dial and moved to the current 106.1 in 1962. The station was a simulcast of KDNT-AM during its early years. KDNT-FM went through a number of different formats during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including a Top 40/Oldies hybrid, Disco, Rock, and Country. The station's calls changed to KDDC in 1979 and then to KIXK at the start of 1981. KIXK's format remained Country (as "Kix 106") until changing to Oldies/Classic Hits in December 1982.

In September 1984, KIXK became KTKS. Like today's KHKS, KTKS was a CHR/Top 40 station using the moniker "Kiss 106 FM." After a week of stunting with birds chirping in early October 1987, KTKS was replaced by KOAI "The Oasis," playing New Age/Smooth Jazz. In November 1992, the "Kiss FM" CHR format was revived on 106.1 with the current KHKS calls; the KOAI calls and smooth jazz format moved to 107.5, where they remained until the fall of 2006. It is home to the now nationally syndicated, Kidd Kraddick in the Morning Show.

Programming

*Kidd Kraddick in the Morning (KHKS is the flagship station)
*Toby Knapp
*Jackson Blue
*Billy the Kidd (also known by the name "DF Dub," under which he released a single in 2002 called "Country Girl" that achieved moderate success)
*Candice Lopez
*Junior
*Priscilla

Former logos

External links

* [http://www.1061kissfm.com Official website]
* [http://www.knus99.com Mike Shannon's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and TV History]
* [http://www.dfwradioarchives.com DFW Radio Archives]

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