| Simulcast ofKIIS-FM, Los Angeles | |
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| Broadcast area | Lancaster-Palmdale, California |
| Frequency | 105.5MHz |
| Branding | KISS-FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1988; 37 years ago (1988) |
Former call signs | KCRP (1983–1985) KAVC (1985–1998) KOSS (1998–2007) |
Call sign meaning | disambiguation of KIIS-FM's calls, with the Vs taken to mean "KIIS-FMMohave and theAntelope Valley" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49950 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000watts |
| HAAT | 94 meters (308 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°51′3″N118°9′22″W / 34.85083°N 118.15611°W /34.85083; -118.15611 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | kiisfm.iheart.com |
KVVS (105.5MHz) is acommercialFMradio stationlicensed toRosamond, California, and owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. Itsimulcasts theTop 40 (CHR)format ofKIIS-FM (102.7) fromLos Angeles for listeners in northernLos Angeles County and southeasternKern County, California, collectively known as theAntelope Valley region.Educational Media Foundation-ownedKTLW (88.1), which serves the same role as KVVS as an Antelope Valley re-broadcaster ofKKLQ-HD2, also transmits from the KVVStower.
KVVS originates no local programming of its own, and simulcasts KIIS-FM full-time. Outside of anautomatedstation identification played hourly only on the 105.5 signal, there is no other acknowledgement of KVVS itself on KIIS-FM, or on any of its web and social media presences.[2]
105.5 FMsigned on in 1988 as aChristian talk and teaching station known asKAVC. The format lasted until 1998, when its format and intellectual property shifted to1340 AM inMojave after 105.5 was purchased byClear Channel Communications. The station becameKOSS with anadult contemporary format as105.5 The Oasis. It leaned towardsHot AC in later years.
In December 2007, the station's air staff was dismissed. The KIIS simulcast in the Antelope Valley originated in the early 2000s on97.7 FM, also in Mohave and then called KVVS-FM. It was shifted to the higher-power signal of 105.5 at that time, with the call letters soon following over. Several other call letter changes among Clear Channel's Antelope Valley cluster of stations also occurred at the same time.