KIIS-FM
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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.
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.
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.
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."
) 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
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.
These songs hit #1 on KIIS-FM's Top 102 Songs.
(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.
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
Allison Macofsky as Little Ally 2002-2005
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, USA-based radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
with a partial Top 40 (CHR)
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS
KVVS
KTPI-FM is a country music formatted radio station serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California.-History:...
in Rosamond
Rosamond, California
Rosamond is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, USA, north of Palmdale, in the Antelope Valley, the westernmost desert valley of the Mojave Desert. Rosamond is also south of Mojave, , and north of Lancaster at an elevation of 2342 feet...
, at 105.5 MHz. Known as "102.7 KIIS-FM" and as one of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' highest-rated top 40 stations, "KIIS" is pronounced as "kiss" and is the origin of the national KISS-FM brand
KISS-FM (brand)
KISS-FM is the brand name of a Top 40 music format heard on FM radio stations in many cities in the United States . Clear Channel Communications claims ownership of the KISS-FM brand and operates most KISS-FM formatted stations, though not KISS-FM in San Antonio, Texas itself .-Origin and...
. 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.
102.7 KIIS-FM is licensed for HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
operations with is secondary channel known as 102.7 KIIS-FM HD2 New, as an outlet strictly for new music (assisted by DJ Skee
DJ Skee
Scott Keeney , better known by his stage name DJ Skee, is a DJ and entrepreneur operating out of Los Angeles. Skee manages his own new media music, marketing, and production company, Skee.TV...
).
The station is, according to Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
, the nation's top revenue billing radio station with $66.3 million made in 2008.
KIIS-FM was once the home of radio jock Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
(1981–2004), and recently, Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
.
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
currently simulcasts the station on Channel 11.
KKDJ to KIIS FM
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
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
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
Music of Your Life
Music of Your Life is a satellite-delivered radio network featuring the Adult Standards music format. Created by record executive and jingle writer Al Ham, and now under the direction of Marc Angell, Music of Your Life has more than 50 AM, FM and HD-2 radio station affiliates, and has been in...
format of big bands and pop standards, with legendary former KMPC
KMPC
KMPC is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Licensee, LLC. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean-language programming...
personalities such as Gary Owens
Gary Owens
Gary Owens is an American disc jockey and voice actor. His polished baritone speaking voice generally offers deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Owens is equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and is...
, Dick Whittinghill
Dick Whittinghill
Dick Whittinghill was an American movie and television actor, recording artist and radio disc jockey in the United States...
, 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
WTSP
WTSP is a CBS-affiliated television station in St. Petersburg, Florida . It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 10....
television in the Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
market from Jacor
Jacor
Jacor Communications was a media corporation which owned a large number of radio stations in the United States. Inside the radio industry, Jacor was seen as one of the most competitive broadcast companies in history. Jacor's re-image in 1996 created the slogan "The Noise You Can't Ignore".Jacor was...
, KIIS-AM/FM was acquired by Jacor
Jacor
Jacor Communications was a media corporation which owned a large number of radio stations in the United States. Inside the radio industry, Jacor was seen as one of the most competitive broadcast companies in history. Jacor's re-image in 1996 created the slogan "The Noise You Can't Ignore".Jacor was...
/Citicasters, which in 1998 merged into Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
(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
KPWR
KPWR is a commercial radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio...
changed formats from top 40 to hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
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."
KIIS Simulcasting
In 1998, Jacor Communications (now Clear Channel) acquired KAVS (now KVVSKVVS
KTPI-FM is a country music formatted radio station serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California.-History:...
) 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
KWID
KWID is a Spanish language radio station out of Las Vegas and the station is branded as 101.9 La Buena.-History:101.9 FM signed on as easy listening KRGN in the 1960s....
in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. The grouping of 102.7 FM KIIS in Los Angeles, 1220 AM KIIS
KHTS (AM)
KHTS is an AM radio station in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles north of Los Angeles. It is owned by Jeri Lyn Broadcasting . It broadcasts at the frequency of 1220 kHz with 1000 watts during the daytime and 500 watts at night. The station is nicknamed Your Hometown Station...
in Santa Clarita, 97.7 FM KAVS
KVVS
KTPI-FM is a country music formatted radio station serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California.-History:...
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)
KHTS (AM)
KHTS is an AM radio station in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles north of Los Angeles. It is owned by Jeri Lyn Broadcasting . It broadcasts at the frequency of 1220 kHz with 1000 watts during the daytime and 500 watts at night. The station is nicknamed Your Hometown Station...
in 2003. KIIS has also been simulcast on 850 AM in Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....
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
KISS-FM (brand)
KISS-FM is the brand name of a Top 40 music format heard on FM radio stations in many cities in the United States . Clear Channel Communications claims ownership of the KISS-FM brand and operates most KISS-FM formatted stations, though not KISS-FM in San Antonio, Texas itself .-Origin and...
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
102.7 KIIS-FM today
KIIS-FM broadcasts a more Top 40 (CHR)Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
format. A majority of the music played on 102.7 KIIS-FM tends to be R&B, and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, with rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country 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
KPWR
KPWR is a commercial radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio...
. 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
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 regular season....
.
An example of this censorship can be heard in Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
's ballad "Unfaithful
Unfaithful (song)
"Unfaithful" is a ballad written by Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen for R&B singer Rihanna's second album, A Girl like Me. It was produced by Stargate and released as the album's second single in mid-2006. The music also featured, with Tamil lyrics, as the song, "Unakenna Naan" in...
", where the lyric "I might as well take a gun
Gun
A gun is a muzzle or breech-loaded projectile-firing weapon. There are various definitions depending on the nation and branch of service. A "gun" may be distinguished from other firearms in being a crew-served weapon such as a howitzer or mortar, as opposed to a small arm like a rifle or pistol,...
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
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
stations.
In 2004, KIIS-FM elected not to renew the contract of legendary DJ Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
and replaced Rick Dees In The Morning with Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
'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
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40
Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40 is an internationally-syndicated radio program created and hosted by American radio personality Rick Dees. It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide and the American Forces Network. It is distributed domestically by Citadel Media Networks and...
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
KHHT
KHHT is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA with a Rhythmic Oldies musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications.-KFAC:...
Hot 92.3.
In December 2007, KIIS's Antelope Valley simulcast at 97.7
Koss
Koss can refer to:* Koss Corporation, United States-based company that designs and manufactures headphones.* Johann Olav Koss, a Norwegian Olympic speed-skater and official.* Koss, an album by Paul Kossoff....
was moved to 105.5
KVVS
KTPI-FM is a country music formatted radio station serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California.-History:...
, replacing the previous format as 105.5 The Oasis. The country format at 103.1 in Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi is a city incorporated in 1909 located in the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave in Kern County, California. Tehachapi is located east-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of...
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
KSRY
KSRY is a radio station broadcasting a modern rock format as a simulcast of KYSR in Los Angeles, California. KSRY serves the Antelope Valley from its tower in Tehachapi, California. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.-History:103.1 FM was started by George Chambers in 1981...
in Tehachapi is now a simulcast of 98-7 FM
KYSR
KYSR is a commercial modern rock radio station in Los Angeles, California, covering the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Inland Empire areas on 98.7 FM. KYSR is also simulcasted on KSRY 103.1 FM in Tehachapi, California...
.
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
Voice-tracking
Voice-tracking, also called cyber jocking and referred to sometimes colloquially as a robojock, is a technique employed by some radio stations in radio broadcasting to produce the illusion of a live disc jockey or announcer sitting in the radio studios of the station when one is not actually...
.
KIIS FM uses a sample of the Prelude to the album "Hold Your Colour
Hold Your Colour
Hold Your Colour is the debut full-length album by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis in London. It was released in 2005 and reissued in 2007 by Breakbeat Kaos...
" by Pendulum
Pendulum (band)
Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
In 2010, the station was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...
with the Marconi award for CHR Station of the Year.
KIIS Top 102
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.
- 2008: "With YouWith You (Chris Brown song)"With You" is a pop/R&B song by Chris Brown, nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and written by Johntá Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate...
" by Chris Brown - 2009: "Boom Boom PowBoom Boom Pow"Boom Boom Pow" is a song by The Black Eyed Peas released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D. The song uses the auto-tune vocal effect, and blends the genres of Electro-rap, dance-pop, electro hop and hip hop....
" by The Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed PeasThe Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide... - 2010: "AirplanesAirplanes (song)"Airplanes" is the second official and third overall single from B.o.B's debut studio album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. The track features Hayley Williams and was produced by Alex da Kid with DJ Frank E receiving a co-production credit on the song. The music and chorus were...
" by B.o.BB.o.BBobby Ray Simmons, Jr. , better known by his stage name B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is currently signed under the labels of Grand Hustle Records, Rebel Rock Entertainment, and Atlantic Records. His debut single "Nothin' on You" reached number one in both...
ft. Hayley WilliamsHayley WilliamsHayley Nichole Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and the lead vocalist of the band Paramore.- Life and career :...
Competition
KIIS has nine competing stations in the Southern California area. Mainstream rival KAMP-FM (97.1 AMP Radio), Rhythmic rival KPWRKPWR
KPWR is a commercial radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio...
(Power 106), and Hispanic Rhythmic
Hispanic rhythmic
Hispanic rhythmic, also known as Hispanic urban or "Hurban", is an American radio and format genre that features a Spanish-language musical mix of Latin hip-hop, Mexican hip-hop, reggaeton, dancehall, Latin pop, dance, tropical and salsa hits, all geared towards a bilingual audience, most of them...
96.3 KXOL
KXOL-FM
KXOL-FM 96.3, Latino 96.3, is a Latin leaning Rhythmic music radio station in the Los Angeles area.-History:For many years 96.3 was a Christian radio station in Los Angeles known as KFSG, owned by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel...
(Latino 96.3) compete with KIIS in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area. Rhythmic outlet 99.1 KGGI
KGGI
KGGI is a commercial radio station in Riverside, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California area on 99.1 FM. The station airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format owned by Clear Channel Communications....
, KIIS's sister station in the Riverside–San Bernardino
Inland Empire (California)
The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
area, competes against each other in parts of east L.A. County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
. Rhythmic rivals 104.7 KCAQ
KCAQ
KCAQ, also known as Q-104.7, is a Rhythmic Top 40 outlet serving the Ventura County, California area. They also cover nearby Santa Barbara County, California...
(Q-104.7) and 103.3 KVYB (The Vibe) compete with KIIS in parts of Ventura County
Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...
and Los Angeles County, in areas near the Los Angeles County–Ventura County
Ventura County, California
Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...
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.
On-air staff
Notable weekday programming includes On Air with Ryan SeacrestOn Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is the name of an American syndicated radio program hosted by Ryan Seacrest. As of 2010, the daily morning radio show airs on Los Angeles top 40 station KIIS-FM and was launched at the same time as the television show with the same name, although Seacrest had hosted a...
with Ryan Seacrest & Ellen K. and Manny Streetz
Manny Guevara
Manny Streetz is a Filipino radio & TV personality, actor, hit songwriter and record producer. He is the oldest of four children to Manuel and Vicenta Guevara....
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
JoJo Wright
JoJo Wright is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets...
, 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
Chris Leary
Chris Leary is a national television and radio show personality, who has been hosting the Fox All Access syndicated radio show since 1994.-Radio and television career:...
, followed by American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
with Ryan Seacrest airs on Sunday mornings.
In November 2008, DJ Skee
DJ Skee
Scott Keeney , better known by his stage name DJ Skee, is a DJ and entrepreneur operating out of Los Angeles. Skee manages his own new media music, marketing, and production company, Skee.TV...
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
Former on-air staff
The following notable individuals have been featured by KIIS-FM as on-air staff:- Humble Harve 1975-1977
- Jay Stevens 1975-1977
- Magic Matt AlanMagic Matt AlanMagic Matt Alan is an American radio personality best known for his stints at leading CHR/Top 40 stations Z-100 in New York and KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. He also performs as a magician, and is a former host on music video channel VH-1....
1989-1991, 1996 - Joe CiprianoJoe CiprianoJoe Cipriano is an American voice over actor.-Career:Joe Cipriano began his career as a broadcaster in Waterbury, Connecticut , while still in high school. Since then he has worked for the NBC, ABC, Fox and CBS TV and radio networks...
- Rick DeesRick DeesRigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
, 1981–2004
Allison Macofsky as Little Ally 2002-2005
- Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, currently on WKTUWKTUWKTU is a radio station based in New York City that plays an upbeat, gold-based CHR format. The station's broadcast transmitter is located on the top of the Empire State Building and its city of license is Lake Success, New York, with offices formerly in the "Newport" section of Jersey City, New...
afternoons - Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
(American Top 40 prior to mid-1983, and for a brief time on KIIS FM in 2003) - Fabrice Morvan 1998-2000
- Jeff SerrJeff SerrJeff Serr is an American radio personality, best known for radio programs heard in Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, on popular stations including KYA, KIOI, and KIIS-FM. In recent years, Serr has lent his voice to TV and radio ad campaigns for CompUSA, Diet Pepsi, and Nissan, among others...
1982-1983, 1985-1986 - Shadoe StevensShadoe StevensShadoe Stevens is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995...
(American Top 40 on KIIS FM around 1989 to 1991/1992) - Charlie TunaCharlie TunaCharlie Tuna is the stage name of Art Ferguson , a radio personality based in Los Angeles, California currently working at KRTH-FM....
1973-1977 (his 1st two years, it was still KKDJ; Tuna was the 1st jock when the call letters switched) - Suzy TavarezSuzy TavarezSuzy Tavarez is an on-air radio personality for the Boston, MA-based radio station WJMN-FM, JAM'N 94.5. Her other credentials include being a Miami Dolphins cheerleader , acting and modeling....
, 2004–2007 - Paul Freeman 1976-1989
- Bruce Vidal 1981-1996
- Brother Bill 1979-1993
- "Big" Ron O'Brian 1982-1987 1992
- Raechel DonahueRaechel DonahueRaechel Donahue is a rock radio pioneer generally associated with her husband Tom Donahue, who died in 1975. She was the original entertainment reporter for CNN, briefly served as VJ for Cable Music Channel and a longtime radio personality in San Francisco on KSAN and in Los Angeles on KMET,...
1984-1987 - M. G. Kelly 1987-1988
- Whitney Allen 1991-1994
- Banana JoeBanana JoeJoseph Montione, commonly referred to as Banana Joe, is a radio personality who currently resides in Los Angeles. He started radio when he was 13, when he set up his own radio station in his basement...
(The Joe Montione hosted Banana Joe Flashback Show played on KIIS from 1991 to 1996, playing the 70s and 80s)