the same name see kiis network . kiis fm city los angeles california broadcast area greater los angeles area branding 102.7 kiis fm slogan la s 1 hit music station frequency 102.7 mhz also on hd radio 102.7 hd 2 evolution dance sirius xm ch . 11 repeater s kvvs rosamond 105.5 mhz first air date 1948 format top 40 chr erp 8 000 watts haat 902.0 meters 2 959.3 ft class b facility id 19218 transmitter coordinates 34 13 36.00 n 118 03 57.00 w 34.2266667 n 118.0658333 w 34.2266667 ; 118.0658333 callsign meaning iis resembles 115 former callsigns klac fm 1948 67 krhm 1967 71 kkdj 1971 1975 owner iheartmedia inc. sister stations kbig kfi krrl klac kost keib kysr webcast listen live website kiisfm.com kiis fm pronounced kiss fm 102.7 fm branded 102.7 kiis fm is a commercial top 40 chr radio station licensed to los angeles california . owned by iheartmedia inc. kiis fm is the origin of the kiss fm brand and currently serves as the flagship station for on air with ryan seacrest . the kiis fm studios are located in burbank while the station transmitter resides on mount wilson . besides a standard analog transmission kiis fm broadcasts over two hd radio channels including evolution on its hd 2 subchannel and features an all dance music format. ; 1 2 streams online via iheartradio ; and extends its on air signal by using a single full power repeater kvvs 105.5 fm in rosamond . the station also simulcasts over channel 11 on sirius xm satellite radio . 3 kiis fm has consistently been rated the 1 radio station in all of the los angeles orange and ventura county markets averaging nearly 1 million listeners . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 klac krhm 1.2 kkdj k double i s 1.3 102.7 kiis fm 1.4 current ratings 2 references 3 external links history edit klac krhm edit 102.7 fm started as klac fm a sister station to klac in 1948 . the station was a simulcast of the am station until the late 1960s when the federal communications commission banned continuous am fm simulcasts for over half of the broadcast day . the fm started its own programming which was a middle of the road format in 1967 and changed call letters to krhm which it remained for four years before becoming top 40 kkdj on april 15 1971 . kkdj k double i s edit kkdj broadcast as an fm top 40 station until 1975 when combined communications purchased kkdj . the station s format was changed to adult contemporary on october 22 1975 at 6 00 a.m. during charlie tuna s morning show when kkdj began simulcasting with kiis 1150 am with an on air wedding which married kkdj to kiis am . at that time kkdj s call letters were changed to kiis fm . the spelling of k i i s instead of kiss was because it resembled the am frequency 1150 iis . 5 the new merged station was referred to as am and fm k double i s. making the transition from kkdj to kiis fm were popular personalities including humble harve jay stevens john peters danny martinez and charlie tuna the iconic voice of la radio who died in february 2016 and who was both program director and morning show host for kkdj and kiis fm at the transition . later in 1977 news director gary mckenzie who went on to anchor at rko radio networks and cbs was hired by kiis fm . the am and fm stations did simulcasts during the day while returning to two separate stations in the evening hours . 102.7 kiis fm edit unable to draw high ratings with adult contemporary kiis fm began to evolve first to top 40 in 1976 then dance and disco in 1978 and back to top 40 in 1980 . kiis am would keep its soft rock adult contemporary format until late 1979 . just prior to this gannett company purchased both kiis am fm and combined communications . in 1981 the format of kiis am was changed to religious talk and the new call letters kprz am were adopted . rick dees joined the station for mornings in july 1981 after 93 khj switched formats to country . fill in personality dave sebastian williams working both the am and fm stations at the time hosted the vacated fm morning show until the arrival of dees due to a non compete clause in his contract . with dees in mornings kiis became a chr powerhouse in los angeles . in 1985 kiis am returned to a top 40 format and simulcasted kiis fm morning and afternoon shows while all other day parts had different disc jockeys . the simulcast continued until 1997 when kiis am flipped to sports talk as kxta simulcasting with xetra am san diego until 2005 . 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 . in 1998 jacor communications ex clear channel now iheartmedia inc. acquired kavs now kvvs and kyht now kvgh 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 kiis fm 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 between los angeles and las vegas . however it was short lived as kyht broke off in 2001 to simulcast kzxy . 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 kiis am became khts in 2003 . kiis has also been simulcast on 850 am in thousand oaks california in the last year before the towers were demolished . in february 2004 the decade long general manager of kiis fm roy laughlin elected not to renew rick dees contract and replaced him with ryan seacrest s on air show and retained co host ellen k to team with seacrest . together they created the nationally syndicated on air with ryan seacrest which airs on many of iheartmedia s chr top 40 stations . 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 . 6 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 . the station was according to radio & records in 2008 the united states second highest revenue billing radio station behind wtop in washington d.c. with 66.3 million . 7 in 2010 the station was honored by the national association of broadcasters with the marconi award for chr station of the year . 8 on june 8 2011 kiis fm began rebroadcasting on sirius xm channel 11 . since the end of 2003 clear channel 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 . today kiis has six competing stations in the southern california area . mainstream rival 97 1 amp radio which features carson daly in mornings and rhythmic rival power 106 . rival rhythmic outlets kqie and 99.1 kggi kiis s sister station in the riverside san bernardino area competes against kiis 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 line . current ratings edit kiis fm currently ranks at 3 5.3 share in the los angeles market according to the december 2015 ppm ratings release . references edit ccm e brings edm evolution to kiis hd2 . all access . http www.hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 2 hd radio guide for los angeles venta lance october 15 2013 . siriusxm adjusting lineup z100 kiis fm come to sirius . radioinsight.com . radiobb networks . retrieved october 18 2013 . login to all access breaking radio news and free new music allaccess.com . all access . a selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the northeast and beyond . fybush.com . other stations applaud wixx in national radio judging ; warren gerds ; november 19 2007 green bay press gazette ; retrieved november 19 2007 http www.radioandrecords.com rrwebsite20 members showheadline.aspx formatid 0 & contentid 48572 2010 marconi awards . fmqb . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kiis radio locator information on kiis query nielsen audio s fm station database for kiis siriusxm.com kiis list of grandfathered fm radio stations in the u.s. links to related articles v t e radio stations in the los angeles california market by am frequency 570 590 600 6402 670 710 740 760 790 830 870 900 930 980 1020 10702 1110 1150 1190 1220 1230 1240 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