KXSS-FM

KXSS-FM

City of license	Amarillo, Texas
Broadcast area	Amarillo, Texas
Branding	96.9 KISS-FM
Slogan	"Amarillo's #1 Hit Music Station"
Frequency	96.9 MHz
First air date	1972 (as KMML)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	187 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	9306
Transmitter coordinates	35°17′33.00″N 101°50′48.00″W / 35.2925000°N 101.8466667°W / 35.2925000; -101.8466667
Callsign meaning	K(X)iSS
Former callsigns	KMML-FM (1972-2008)[1]
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Amarillo License, LLC)
Sister stations	KATP, KIXZ, KMXJ-FM, KPRF
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.kissfm969.com

KXSS-FM (96.9 FM, "96.9 KISS-FM") is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station serving the Amarillo, Texas, market. KXSS-FM is owned by Townsquare Media.

The station primarily competes with Cumulus Media's KQIZ in the Top 40 format (KQIZ, by the way, offers a rhythmic direction). Coincidentally, both stations transmit from the same tower site,^[2] which is highly unusual.

The 96.9 frequency was, until 2008, home to a country music format as "96.9 KMML," under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications, however it was one of close to 450 radio stations sold by Clear Channel in the process of privatization, beginning in 2007.^[3] KXSS, along with its sister stations KPRF-FM, KATP-FM, KMXJ-FM, and KIXZ-AM, was acquired along with approximately fifty other stations by Gap Broadcasting for a total price of $139M.^[4] What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of GapWest Broadcasting) was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[5]

The KMML call sign has been reissued to a radio station in Cimarron, Kansas.^[6]

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KXSS
• Radio-Locator information on KXSS
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KXSS