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| Broadcast area | Amarillo, Texas |
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| Frequency | 96.9MHz |
| Branding | 96.9 KISS FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KATP,KIXZ,KMXJ-FM,KPRF | |
| History | |
First air date | 1972 (as KMML) |
Former call signs | KMML-FM (1972–2008)[1] |
Call sign meaning | K(X)iSS |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9306 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 187 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°17′33.00″N101°50′48.00″W / 35.2925000°N 101.8466667°W /35.2925000; -101.8466667 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kissfm969.com |
KXSS-FM (96.9MHz, "96-9 KISS-FM") is atop 40 (CHR) formattedradio station serving theAmarillo, Texas, market. KXSS-FM is owned byTownsquare Media. Its studios are located on Southwest 34th Avenue in Southwest Amarillo, and its transmitter tower is based north of the city on the property of unrelated television stationKFDA-TV in unincorporatedPotter County.
Until 2008, the 96.9 frequency was home to acountry music format as "96.9 KMML," under the ownership ofClear Channel Communications; however, it was one of close to 450 radio stations sold by Clear Channel in the process of privatization, beginning in 2007. KXSS, along with its sister stationsKPRF-FM,KATP-FM,KMXJ-FM, and KIXZ, was acquired along with approximately fifty other stations byGap Broadcasting for a total price of $139M.[3] What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation ofGapWest Broadcasting) was folded intoTownsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[4]
The KMML call sign has been reissued to a radio station in Cimarron, Kansas.[5]
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