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| Broadcast area | Boise metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 103.5MHz |
| Branding | 103.5 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| KAWO,KCIX,KFXD,KIDO,KXLT-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 28,1982 (as KQZQ at 103.1) |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | Sounds like “kiss” |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63920 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 54,000watts |
| HAAT | 786 meters (2,579 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1035kissfmboise.com |
KSAS-FM (103.5MHz, "Kiss-FM") is a commercialradio station located inCaldwell, Idaho, broadcasting to theBoise, Idaho area. KSAS-FM airs aTop 40 (CHR) music format.
The station made headlines in April 2008 when its afternoondisc jockey, Steve "KeKe Luv" Kicklighter, set an unofficial world record by going 175 consecutive hours without sleep, on the air.[2] The stunt was timed to the start of NationalChild Abuse Prevention Month, in order to bring attention to that cause. In April 2009, Keke Luv ran 7marathons in 7 days to raise awareness to child abuse.
Before becoming top 40 KSAS had the KARO call letters which now belong to a Christian worship music station in Boise. In the mid-1990s, KARO was an all'70s music format as Arrow 103 until 1997 when KARO switched to anAOR rock format, competing between classic rock KKGL, then Active Rock J105 and alternative leaning KQXR. Going back to the station's beginnings as KQZQ, they originally aired an automated adult Top 40 format (TM Production's "Stereo Rock" format) as Z-103.
In 1984, the station adopted theAdult Contemporary format asClassy 103 FM (KLCI). One of the first FM AC stations in the Boise market. The station competed with67 KBOI, and laterK-106 FM (KCIX), which the latter signed on the air on January 1, 1985.
In 1987, the station frequency moved to 103.3 MHz and switched to theeasy listening format branded asEZ-103 FM with the call signs, KHEZ.
In 2000 KARO flipped to Top 40/CHR becoming 103.3 Kiss FM, making the return of theKiss FM moniker in the Boise market for the first time since the former CHR station KIYS dropped92 Kiss FM and switched to country asKissin' 92 (KIZN) ten years prior. It became a formidable competition to the other top 40's in the Treasure Valley. From 2000 to 2013 the other stationsMusic Monster 99.1 (KTPZ as anall-80s format) and93.1 Hit Music Now (KZMG [nowKBOI-FM]) exited the format.
On November 16, 2006,Clear Channel Communications planned to sell 448 of its radio stations outside the top 100markets[3] including the company's Boise stations: KSAS-FM, KCIX, KTMY (nowKAWO),KXLT-FM,KIDO, andKFXD. In March 2007, Peak Broadcasting LLC bought the stations.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in whichTownsquare Media would purchase Peak Broadcasting's stations, including KSAS-FM, as part of the deal in whichCumulus Media would acquireDial Global. As part of the deal, Townsquare swapped Peak's stations inFresno, California, to Cumulus for its stations inDubuque, Iowa, andPoughkeepsie, New York; Peak, Townsquare, and Dial Global were all controlled byOaktree Capital Management.[4][5] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[6]
On October 31, 2013, at 5 p.m., KSAS moved from 103.3 FM to 103.5 FM. The realignment allowed for KZMG to return albeit as an Adult top 40 station. The last song on 103.3 Kiss FM was "Let The Children Play" by local rapper Infectious, and the first on 103.5 Kiss FM was "Baby Got Back" bySir Mix-a-Lot.[7]
In the 1988 comedy filmMoving, the billboard ad for the radio station EZ-103 FM can be briefly seen when the Pear family arrived to Boise.
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