| City of license | Los Angeles, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | 102.7 KIIS-FM |
| Slogan | LA's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency |
102.7-2 FM New Top 40 music (HD Radio) 11 (XM) |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Power | 8,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 902 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 19218 |
| Callsign meaning | pronounced as kiss; also the "IIS" in KIIS is supposed to resemble the number 115, the AM frequency (AM 1150) KIIS originated from [1]. |
| Former callsigns | KKDJ (4/15/71-1975) KRHM (1967-4/15/71) KLAC-FM (1948-1967) |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Sister stations | KBIG, KFI, KHHT, KLAC, KOST, KTLK, KYSR |
| Webcast | Listen Live or |
| Website | www.kiisfm.com |
KIIS-FM (102.7 FM "102.7 KIIS-FM") is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a partial Top 40 (CHR) musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS in Rosamond, at 105.5 MHz. Known as "102.7 KIIS-FM" and as one of the United States' highest-rated top 40 stations, "KIIS" is pronounced as "kiss" and is the origin of the national KISS-FM brand. KIIS was named the 2007 Station of the Year in the contemporary hit/radio/top 40 category for market size 1 to 25 at the national Radio & Records convention.[1]
102.7 KIIS-FM is licensed for HD Radio operations with is secondary channel known as 102.7 KIIS-FM HD2 New, as an outlet strictly for new music (assisted by DJ Skee).
The station is, according to Radio & Records, the nation's top revenue billing radio station with $66.3 million made in 2008.[2]
KIIS-FM was once the home of radio jock Rick Dees (1981–2004), and recently, Ryan Seacrest.
XM Satellite Radio currently simulcasts the station on Channel 11.[3]
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On April 15, 1971, KRHM changed call letters to KKDJ (102.7) and became a top 40 station until 1975. Combined Communications then purchased KKDJ and changed the station's format to adult contemporary under the new call letters of KIIS FM, and began simulcasting with KIIS 1150 AM in 1975 with an "on air wedding" which married KKDJ 102.7 FM to KIIS 1150 AM. The spelling of "K-I-I-S" instead of KISS, was because it resembled the AM frequency: "1150"="IIS". Originally referred to as "AM and FM, K-double I-S." Making the transition from KKDJ to KIIS FM were popular personalities including the legendary Humble Harve, Charlie Tuna, Jay Stevens, John Peters and Danny Martinez. The AM and FM stations did simulcasts during the day while returning to two separate stations in the evening hours.
Unable to draw high ratings with adult contemporary, KIIS-FM continued to change formats from Top 40 in 1976 to 1978, Dance and Disco in 1979 to 1980 and back to Top 40 in 1981. KIIS-AM would keeps its soft rock/adult contemporary format until late 1979. Just prior to this, Gannett Company purchased both KIIS-AM/FM and Combined Communications. The format of KIIS-AM was changed to religious talk and the new call letters KPRZ-AM were adopted. The religious format lost money due and in early 1981, KPRZ became the Music of Your Life format of big bands and pop standards, with legendary former KMPC personalities such as Gary Owens, Dick Whittinghill, Johnny Magnus, Chuck Southcott and 1976 to 1978 KIIS-FM morning personality "World Famous" Tom Murphy. The format lasted until 1984, when the call letters again became KIIS-AM and began simulcasting KIIS-FM's morning and afternoon jocks, while all other day parts were different disc jockeys including Murphy in the overnight. In late 1985, the stations began a more than decade long complete simulcast.
Rick Dees joined the station for mornings in 1981 after KHJ-AM (930) switched formats to Country and Dees was out. With Dees on mornings, KIIS became a CHR powerhouse in Los Angeles. In 1996, in a deal in which Gannett acquired WTSP television in the Tampa, Florida market from Jacor, KIIS-AM/FM was acquired by Jacor/Citicasters, which in 1998 merged into Clear Channel Communications (But the simulcast was broken in 1997 and became all-sports KXTA, simulcasting with XETRA-AM/San Diego until 2005. 1150 AM is now liberal-talk KTLK-AM).
When Power 106 changed formats from top 40 to hip hop around 1994, KIIS became the only Los Angeles top 40 station. That was until 2005 when Power 106 shifted back to a Rhythmic Top 40 format. KIIS itself would lean towards a rhythmic-leaning direction by the Summer of 2004. This strategy would later pay off as KIIS currently enjoys the highest ratings in the Los Angeles Radio Market.
Up until recently, Power 106 had enjoyed one of the longest #1 ratings runs in recent memory. The competition will undoubtedly heat up, as both stations have been jockeying for the top spot for nearly the last 20 years.
As of 2009 KIIS started facing more competition from KAMP, which flipped from Talk to Top 40/CHR as "97.1 AMP Radio."
In 1998, Jacor Communications (now Clear Channel) acquired KAVS (now KVVS) and KYHT (now KRSX-FM), abandoning the previous format as High Desert Modern Rock 97.7 & 105.3, and taking the simulcast as a repeater for KIIS. Another simulcast, 1220 KIIS AM was added in 1999, as well as 101.9 KFMS in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grouping of 102.7 FM KIIS in Los Angeles, 1220 AM KIIS in Santa Clarita, 97.7 FM KAVS in the Antelope Valley, 105.3 FM KYHT in Barstow/Victor Valley, and 101.9 FM KFMS in Las Vegas created a nearly continuous coverage of KIIS FM between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. However, it was short lived as KYHT broke off in 2001 to simulcast KZXY, then KATJ, before adopting its current format as oldies. Resulting from KYHT's flip from the KIIS FM moniker, KFMS switched to all local programming. KVVS was relocated from 97.7 to 105.5 in December 2007. 1220 KIISAM became KHTS (AM) in 2003. KIIS has also been simulcast on 850 AM in Thousand Oaks, California in the last year before the towers were demolished.
As of June 8, 2011, KIIS FM is now rebroadcasting on XM channel 11. Since the end of 2003, Clearchannel had replaced the KIIS simulcast with an exclusive KISS XM channel. In 2004, all XM music channels went commercial free, and KIIS was replaced with a unique-to-XM KISS-XM channel, retaining the same format. Since then, Clear Channel has regained the right to air commercials on their XM music channels.
Clear Channel saw how successful the KISS-FM format was so it made several stations in the country with the KISS-FM brand name with different call letters. In addition KIISFM Europe launches this summer under the KIISFM umbrella and promises to bring the KIISFM Brand to a European audience www.kiis.tv
KIIS-FM broadcasts a more Top 40 (CHR) format. A majority of the music played on 102.7 KIIS-FM tends to be R&B, and pop music, with rock music given lesser priority, as shown by the official live playlist and KIIS-FM censors songs substantially more, and more obviously, than its counterparts, 97.1 Amp Radio, and Power 106. This is almost always done to hip-hop songs, and as much as several seconds can be cut off. This more substantial censorship began in 2004, perhaps as a part of the heightened scrutiny of media content following the "Nipplegate" incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII.
An example of this censorship can be heard in Rihanna's ballad "Unfaithful", where the lyric "I might as well take a gun and put it to his head" is censored on KIIS-FM as "I might as well take a _____ put it to his head". The previous example of song editing is common for many Clear Channel CHR stations.
In 2004, KIIS-FM elected not to renew the contract of legendary DJ Rick Dees and replaced Rick Dees In The Morning with Ryan Seacrest's On Air show. Rick Dees In The Morning later reappeared on KMVN Movin' 93.9. As of the beginning of 2005, KIISFM also discontinued airing the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 show, which also moved to KMVN. Both Dees' shows had been ended on April 2009 as KMVN changed its format to Spanish AC. As of May 2011, Dees returned to the airwaves through its sister station KHHT Hot 92.3.
In December 2007, KIIS's Antelope Valley simulcast at 97.7 was moved to 105.5, replacing the previous format as 105.5 The Oasis. The country format at 103.1 in Tehachapi, California was moved to 97.7 FM (now operating under 103.1's former call letters KTPI) and is now branded as 97.7 KTPI. 103.1 KSRY in Tehachapi is now a simulcast of 98-7 FM.
In addition, many KIIS FM DJs such as Boy Toy Jeese, Sissanie and JoJo, along with morning man Ryan Seacrest, can be heard syndicated through many Clear Channel Radio affiliates via voice-tracking.
KIIS FM uses a sample of the Prelude to the album "Hold Your Colour" by Pendulum
In 2010, the station was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters with the Marconi award for CHR Station of the Year.[4]
On December 31, KIIS FM counts down the top 102 songs of the year known as "KIIS Top 102". These songs hit #1 on KIIS-FM's Top 102 Songs.
KIIS has nine competing stations in the Southern California area. Mainstream rival KAMP-FM (97.1 AMP Radio), Rhythmic rival KPWR (Power 106), and Hispanic Rhythmic 96.3 KXOL (Latino 96.3) compete with KIIS in the Los Angeles area. Rhythmic outlet 99.1 KGGI, KIIS's sister station in the Riverside–San Bernardino area, competes against each other in parts of east L.A. County. Rhythmic rivals 104.7 KCAQ (Q-104.7) and 103.3 KVYB (The Vibe) compete with KIIS in parts of Ventura County and Los Angeles County, in areas near the Los Angeles County–Ventura County border line.
The direct competitor to KIIS is 97.1 AMP Radio on the KAMP-FM 97.1 frequency. After almost two decades of being the only CHR/Top 40 outlet in Los Angeles, CBS Radio decided to convert FM Talk 97.1 to 97.1 AMP Radio, a Top 40-formatted station similar to KIIS.
Notable weekday programming includes On Air with Ryan Seacrest with Ryan Seacrest & Ellen K. and Manny Streetz on mornings, Sisanie Reategui on mid-days, afternoon drive with BoyToy Jesse Lozano, and the #1 Night show: JoJo On the Radio with JoJo Wright, Karli from the Block, and TJ The Stuntman, overnights are hosted by Dave Styles.
Notable weekend hosts include Damien Fahey, Dave Styles, Franky V, and Chuey Martinez. KIIS FM on-air mixers include DJ Drew, Alex Dreamz, & Triple XL
Syndicated programming includes Fox All-Access hosted by former KIIS DJ Chris Leary, followed by American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest airs on Sunday mornings.
In November 2008, DJ Skee launched a new music show with KIIS FM airing Sunday nights.
Friday Night Party with DJ Alex Dreamz in the mix & call in's from Chris Martinez
The following notable individuals have been featured by KIIS-FM as on-air staff:
Allison Macofsky as Little Ally 2002-2005
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