that kiss 90 fm be merged into this article . discuss proposed since february 2015 . kiss fm city melbourne broadcast area melbourne australia branding kiss fm slogan dance music australia frequency 87.6 mhz fm repeater s 87.8 mhz fm 88.0 mhz fm first air date 2005 2005 format electronic & dance music language s english class narrowcast lpon owner timmy byrne website www.kissfm.com.au kiss fm is a narrowcast dance music station based in melbourne s cbd and broadcasting on various frequencies between 87.6 and 88.0 fm in melbourne . the station s programmes are also networked to orbit fm a local narrowcaster in cairns queensland . contents 1 history 1.1 kiss and kiis 2 references 3 external links history edit the station grew out of aspirant community licensee kiss 90 fm which lost out for a full time license in 2001 and sydney and brisbane narrowcaster rhythm fm . rhythm fm was bought by some of the previous management of kiss 90 and relaunched as kiss fm in 2005 as a narrowcast radio service . 1 2 kiss fm currently has active transmitters at flemington geelong kangaroo ground melbourne city and a relay service to cairns . previously kiss fm had also broadcast in regional victoria in wangaratta and daylesford however these services were under an agreement with another operator who has since closed the services and sold the licences to other broadcast service operators . today the station is managed by timmy byrne . it is the home of duo trancegression which features live dj mixes including vocal hard trance though to hardstyle ; and the strictlyoz hiphop show with hosts cook & big dip . annually the station hosts a dance party on australia day 26 january at the sidney myer music bowl known as kiss my grass . 3 all radio hosts are invited to play a 45 minute set to an audience exceeding 10 000 . kiss and kiis edit in late 2013 kiss fm had unsuccessfully attempted to prevent commercial radio network australian radio network rebranding its mix network stations initially only in sydney to the similar kiis . at the time of the attempt kiss fm s trademark had expired and a new application from arn for kiis had been submitted and accepted . with industry rumors that melbourne s mix 101.1 would also rebrand to kiis kiss fm australia launched the kiss off arn campaign stating that arn s new branding was a breach of their trademark and that the station would be pursuing legal action . 4 however in february 2014 the two parties reached a confidential agreement and the issue never made it to court . 5 in november 2014 it was confirmed that mix 101.1 would rebrand as kiis 6 and did so in january 2015 . references edit 1 2 3 kiss off arn the battle for the name is on . radio today . 27 november 2013 . retrieved 27 december 2013 . kiss and kiis to co exist as legal battle ends . radio today . 27 february 2014 . retrieved 12 march 2014 . melbourne s mix 101.1 rebrands as kiis 101.1 . b & t. 10 november 2014 . retrieved 22 february 2015 . external links edit official website v t e radio stations in the melbourne and geelong markets am and fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital 1lion fm and surf city sound timeshare on 1674 am am stations abc radio national 621 3aw 693 774 abc melbourne 3cr melbourne 855 rsn racing & sport 927 abc newsradio 1026 sen 1116 vision australia radio 1179 sbs radio 1224 magic 1278 3cw 1341 geelong 1377 3mp 3xy radio hellas 1422 3knd 1503 rete italia 1593 vision radio network 1611 1665 3cw 1620am program acr chinese radio 1629 2me radio arabic 1638 rythmos 1656 radio haanji 1674 the greek radio of australia 1683 islamic voice radio 1701 fm stations melbourne wide light fm 89.9 syn 90.7 smoothfm 91.5 3zzz 92.3 sbs radio 93.1 nova 100 100.3 kiis 101.1 fox fm 101.9 3rrr 102.7 3mbs 103.5 gold 104.3 triple m 105.1 abc classic fm 105.9 pbs 106.7 triple j 107.5 fm stations local 3abn 87.6 88.0 various kiss fm 87.6 88.0 various middle eastern radio 87.6 essendon surf fm 87.6 frankston j air 87.8 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