KYIS

KYIS

City of license	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City metropolitan area
Branding	98.9 KISS FM
Slogan	Playing the Most Hits from the '90s to NOW
Frequency	98.9 MHz
First air date	1939? (as W5XAU) June 1969 (as KFJL)
Format	Hot Adult Contemporary
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	467 meters (1,532 ft)
Class	C
Facility ID	8798
Callsign meaning	K(Y)IsS
Former callsigns	W5XAU (1939-?) WKY-FM (1947-1958) KYFM (1958-1969) KFJL (1969-1979) KTLS (1979-1980) KLNK (1980-1983) KZBS (1983-1991)
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations	KATT, KQOB, WKY, KWPN, WWLS-FM, KKWD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kyis.com

KYIS (98.9 FM, "98.9 KISS FM") is a hot adult contemporary radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Cumulus Media. KYIS-FM's studios are located in Northwest Oklahoma City and a transmitter site is in the Northside of the city.

History

The earliest known format of the station is urban contemporary when it went by the call letters KFJL in the 1970s. Another early callsign of the station was KYFM with its transmitter located on the Lakeshore tower near NW Expressway and May Ave. At one point the transmitter location was at Britton and Eastern co-located on the 890 AM tower. The calls were then changed to KTLS (The LifeStyle), a Christian format.

It changed calls in September 1980 to KLNK and ran an adult contemporary format known as "The Link." Bill Lacey of Zuma Broadcasting changed calls again in 1983 to KZBS and was known as "Z99" and "99FM" for a time. KZBS was known for many extravagant promotions including a home giveaway that was surrounded by a great deal of controversy. KZBS switched between Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40 and hot adult contemporary, and switched full-time to Hot AC, becoming KYIS (KISS-FM), on August 28, 1991. Although Z-99 had an occasional good book, it never beat KJYO "KJ-103" and was usually among the lowest rated stations in the market.

Dial/Greyhound repossessed KZBS from Zuma in 1990 and then the station was debt-combined with KATT in August 1994.

Notable former staff

Jan Jeffries - Cumulus format director. PD of KZBS in the '80s

Roy Jaynes - AKA Cadillac Jack. PD in the late 80's. Left for KKSS Albuquerque in '89.

Jon Zellner - Now Sr. Programming Director at iHeartMedia. PD at KYIS. Went on to work at KMXV in Kansas City before moving up with CBS and going to Sirius XM Radio before going back to terrestrial radio at Clear Channel/iHM.

Jeannie Nass - Longtime Tulsa radio personality. Midday personality at 98.9 Kiss FM during its first year. Returned to Tulsa to work for KSTM 99.5 in '92.

Jimmy Barreda - Overnight personality on Z-99 as Jimmy King. Better known around OKC today as Joe Friday.

Brenda Bennett - Z-99 midday personality and later KISS-FM afternoon personality Later appeared on TV around the state as a spokesperson for a car dealership with OKC and Tulsa locations.

Bill Bailey - Z-99 PD following Cadillac Jack's departure. Legendary radio DJ who worked at top-40 and oldies stations around the country and passed away in 2013 while working at WGVU in Grand Rapids, MI.

Jack Elliott and Ron Williams - Morning Show from 1993-2015. Now on sister station KQOB. The duo have won numerous awards, including the Gazette Reader's Choice award a record seven times.

External links

• KYIS official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KYIS
• Radio-Locator information on KYIS
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KYIS
• KZBS Repossesion Court Document
• Jack and Ron's website