WDAF-FM
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| City | Liberty, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area |
| Branding | 106.5 The Wolf |
| Slogan | Kansas City's Country Station For the Most Music |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 8, 1978 (as KFIX) |
| Format |
Country HD2: Smooth Jazz |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 299 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 8609 |
| Callsign meaning |
Why Dial Any Further (reference to sister AM station's former call letters) |
| Former callsigns | KFIX (1978-1979) KSAS (1979-1983) KKCI (1983-1986) KLYT (1986-1988) KXXR (1988-1992) KKCJ (1992-1995) KCIY (1995-2003) |
| Owner |
Entercom (Entercom License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KCSP, KMBZ, KMBZ-FM, KQRC, KRBZ, KWOD, KZPT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1065thewolf.com |
WDAF-FM is a country music radio station based in Kansas City, Missouri, branded as "106-5 The Wolf". The station is licensed to Liberty, Missouri and broadcasts at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 watts. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas.
106.5 FM signed on May 8, 1978 as KFIX. The station aired a Top 40/middle of the road format. KFIX aired NBC Network for hourly news updates. Prior to the official sign-on, they tested transmissions with the call letters KSAB (standing for "Strauss-Abernathy Broadcasting"). SW Radio Enterprises took over in 1979, flipping the format on November 19, changing call letters to KSAS, branded as "SAS 106 1/2". KSAS was a progressive rock station, in contrast to the more mainstream rock sound of KYYS at the time. Golden East Broadcasting bought the station in March 1982. In March 1983, the station flipped to album oriented rock, and changed call letters to KKCI. Longtime Kansas City personality Randy Miller made his first market appearance at KKCI. Transcolumbia bought the station in 1985. On October 2, 1986, after failing to compete against KYYS, KKCI flipped to soft rock, branded as "K-Lite", as well as changing call letters to KLYT. The station aired a very crowded format field, as the same format was heard on 6 other stations. In November 1987, Olympia Broadcasting bought the station.
On July 19, 1988, KLYT flipped back to AOR, changing call letters and branding to KXXR (the call letters were instituted on July 29). Scout Broadcasting, subsidiary of Olympia, owned the station around the time of the flip. The first song under the format was "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood. The format, dubbed "Today's Rock and Roll", was a combination of rock-friendly CHR hits, hard rock and modern rock. However, like the first time with the format, the second time around with the format could not topple KYYS. At 4 PM on June 15, 1990, after playing "Roll With It", KXXR flipped to a Rhythmic-leaning CHR format, branded as "X-106". The first song on "X" was "Me So Horny" by 2 Live Crew. Capitol Broadcasting bought the station on March 15, 1991. By June 1991, the station moved towards a more mainstream direction. Due to low ratings, the station was about to change formats, but Capitol decided to change course: Country-formatted KCFM, owned by Meyer Communications, offered to swap frequencies. On February 15, 1992, at Midnight, after playing "2 Legit 2 Quit" by MC Hammer, the frequency swap between the two stations took place, with KXXR moving to 107.3 FM and KCFM moving to 106.5.
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