KYSS-FM
Encyclopedia
KYSS-FM 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
.
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...
in Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...
, airing a Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. The station is also one of two Country outlets in Missoula competing for listeners, the other being KGGL
KGGL
KGGL 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 KYSS-FM.-External links:*...
. Despite the "KISS" sounding call letters and it having once been 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...
, it has no relation to the Top 40 branding. It also shares the same Buck Owens
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
-trademarked red, white & blue guitar logo as KNIX-FM/Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
.