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KKMY
Orange, Texas;
Broadcast area	Beaumont/Port Arthur
Frequency	104.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	104.5 Kiss FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Rhythmic Top 40
Subchannels	HD2: Mainstream urban "103.3 The Beat"
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	KCOL-FM, KYKR, KIOC, KLVI
History
First air date	July 14, 1972; (51 years ago)
Former call signs	KOBS (1972–1974); KZOM-FM (1974–1980); KZOM (1980–1984);
Call sign meaning	previous "My 104.5" branding
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	62239
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	233 meters (764 ft)
Translator(s)	HD2: 103.3 K277AG (Beaumont)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio); Listen live (via iHeartRadio) (HD2);
Website	kiss1045fm.iheart.com; 1033thebeat.iheart.com (HD2)

KKMY (104.5 FM, "104.5 Kiss FM"), is a Rhythmic Top 40 formatted radio station in Orange, Texas. It serves the entire Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange) and is owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located southeast of the I-10/US 69 interchange in Beaumont, and its transmitter is located in Vidor, Texas.

History edit

KOBS signed on the air July 14, 1972, with an ERP of 55 kilowatts, at a height of 215 meters, from a transmission site on Moss Lane in Orange County, 7 miles northwest of Orange, Texas. The facility was originally owned by Charles Hubert Kobs, who requested the original KOBS call sign for the facility.

The station became Album Oriented Rock "Zoom 104 & 1/2" as KZOM-FM on March 13, 1974. The -FM suffix was dropped from the KZOM call set on April 1, 1980.

On February 1, 1984, by this point branded as "Zoom 104", the station changed formats from Rock to Adult Contemporary "My 104.5", accompanied by a call change to the current KKMY. In the 2000s, KKMY tweaked its format from Adult Contemporary to Hot Adult Contemporary as "Mix 104.5".

The station flipped formats to the current Rhythmic Top 40 playlist in 2011. KKMY plays hit music from iHeartMedia Premium Choice's "Wild" Rhythmic format feed, targeted towards a younger audience.^[2] The station's main competition is Cumulus Media's Top 40/CHR KQXY.

KKMY-HD2; "103.3 The Beat" edit

On August 1, 2014, KKMY's HD2 subchannel and FM translator K277AG, which had aired a comedy format, was launched with a R&B/Hip-Hop format as "103.3 The Beat," which is also using programming from the Premium Choice feed. Patterned after its sister station in Houston, KQBT, the translator/HD2 combo is targeting younger listeners as it takes on Cumulus Urban KTCX, who, like sister station KQXY, caters to adult listeners with a conservative playlist.^[3]

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K277AG	103.3 FM	Beaumont, Texas	51844	90	51.3 m (168 ft)	D	30°04′33″N 94°07′49″W / 30.07583°N 94.13028°W / 30.07583; -94.13028	LMS

Previous logo edit

References edit

^ "Facility Technical Data for KKMY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "KKMY Brownsville Kisses Into Town" from Radio Insight (December 26, 2011)
^ "Beat Launches In Beaumont" from Radio Insight (August 1, 2014)