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| Broadcast area | Beaumont/Port Arthur |
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| Frequency | 104.5MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 104.5 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Rhythmic Top 40 |
| Subchannels | HD2:Mainstream urban "103.3 The Beat" |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KCOL-FM,KYKR,KIOC,KLVI | |
| History | |
First air date | July 14, 1972 (53 years ago) (1972-07-14) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | previous "My 104.5" branding |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 62239 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 233 meters (764 ft) |
| Translator | HD2: 103.3 K277AG (Beaumont) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast |
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| Website | kiss1045fm 1033thebeat |
KKMY (104.5FM, "104.5 Kiss FM"), is aRhythmic Top 40 formattedradio station inOrange, Texas. It serves the entireGolden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange) and is owned byiHeartMedia. Its studios are located southeast of theI-10/US 69 interchange in Beaumont, and its transmitter is located inVidor, Texas.
KOBS signed on the air July 14, 1972, with an ERP of 55 kilowatts, at a height of 215meters, 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 fromiHeartMediaPremium Choice's "Wild" Rhythmic format feed, targeted towards a younger audience.[2] The station's main competition isCumulus Media's Top 40/CHRKQXY.
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 UrbanKTCX, 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 |
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| K277AG | 103.3 FM | Beaumont, Texas | 51844 | 90 | 51.3 m (168 ft) | D | 30°04′33″N94°07′49″W / 30.07583°N 94.13028°W /30.07583; -94.13028 | LMS |
30°09′22″N93°59′10″W / 30.156°N 93.986°W /30.156; -93.986