Kiss Rocks 99.5 FM
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| City | San Antonio, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | San Antonio, Texas |
| Branding | 99.5 KISS |
| Slogan | KISS Rocks San Antonio |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | December 1946 |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 6.0  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 97,700 watts |
| HAAT | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 34976 |
| Callsign meaning | the word kiss |
| Owner |
Cox Radio (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KCYY, KKYX, KONO, KONO-FM, KTKX, KSMG |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kissrocks.com |
KISS-FM (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format serving the San Antonio, Texas area. The Cox Radio outlet broadcasts at 99.5 MHz. Its studios are located in Northwest San Antonio near the South Texas Medical Center complex, and the transmitter site is in Elmendorf, Texas.
KISS-FM was originally a Show Tunes format which changed to a type of AOR (Album-Oriented Rock) in the late 1970s. AOR was sometimes referred to as "All Over (the) Road". During the early years, KISS DJ's were mostly given a free rein. Many brought in their own vinyl albums, producing their own shows within a looser, free-form rock, rock ballad & heavy metal format. The most notable past KISS/KMAC DJ's/personalities were Joe Anthony "The Godfather" (deceased 1992), and Lou Roney, who worked together for many years.
With their help and support of other on-air DJ's, listeners, sponsors, bands and concert promoters, San Antonio became known as the "Heavy Metal Capitol Of The World". It is still known as such today by many. Scores of bands can attribute their first & subsequent successes to airplay at KMAC/KISS -- bands like Moxy, Budgie, Legs Diamond, Rush, Triumph, Killer Dwarfs, Riot, Saxon, Iron Maiden, to name a few. Stone City Attractions & Jam Productions were the notable concert promoters.
Back in the days before corporate consultants, KISS-FM was 12,900 watts and their AM sister station was KMAC. KMAC broadcast show tunes, opera, as well as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir until they simulcasted the rock format with KISS-FM later in the day/evening. In those earlier years, KISS-FM signed off at midnight each night. KMAC/KISS was originally owned by Howard W. Davis. "Spread The Word" - was the popular window sticker slogan & on-air moniker during the 1970s & 1980s. KISS would be owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, Adams Broadcasting, Rusk Corp, and current owners Cox Media Group.
The AOR format would last until May 1990 when KISS flipped to oldies known as 99.5 KISS oldies. The owners of KSMG Magic 105.3 (a competing Oldies station at the time) bought KISS-FM and KOOL 930 AM from Adams Broadcasting Corporation in November 1991 and simulcasted KSMG on both 99.5 FM and 930 AM. As of New Year's Day 1992, the rock music format was back on 99.5 KISS, then called "Active Rock" and as of 2012, "Mainstream Rock".
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