KYSS-FM

KYSS-FM
Missoula, Montana;
Broadcast area	Missoula, Montana
Frequency	94.9 MHz
Branding	94.9 KYSS-FM
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media; (Townsquare License, LLC);
Sister stations	KBAZ, KGGL, KGRZ, KGVO, KMPT, KZOQ-FM
History
First air date	May 11, 1969
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71759
Class	C
ERP	63,000 watts
HAAT	729 meters
Translator(s)	98.1 K251CH (Seeley Lake)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kyssfm.com

KYSS-FM (94.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Missoula, Montana, airing a country music format. The station is also one of two Country outlets in Missoula competing for listeners, the other being KGGL. Despite the "KISS" sounding call letters and it having once been owned by Clear Channel Communications, it has no relation to the Top 40 branding. It also shares the same Buck Owens-trademarked red, white & blue guitar logo as KNIX-FM/Phoenix, Arizona.

History

KYSS-FM came to air May 11, 1969.^[2] It was owned by the Garden City Broadcasting Corporation alongside KYSS (930 AM, now KMPT) and broadcast a beautiful music format on 100.1 MHz. In 1973, the FCC approved a major power increase for KYSS to 100,000 watts at 94.9 FM. The format changed to country, which it currently airs today.

In October 2007, a deal was reached for KYSS to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.^[3] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.^[4]