KXKS-FM

Shreveport, Louisiana United States
Broadcast area	Shreveport-Bossier City
Frequency	93.7 MHz
Branding	Kiss Country 93.7
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	KEEL, KRUF, KTUX, KVKI-FM, KWKH
History
Founded	July 14, 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-07-14) (initial CP issued)
First air date	May 17, 1968 (56 years ago) (1968-05-17) (as KEEL-FM)
Former call signs	KEEL-FM (1968–1972) KMBQ (1972–1986) KITT (1986–2001)
Call sign meaning	Kiss (station branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	46982
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	308 meters (1,010 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°40′39.00″N 93°55′41.00″W / 32.6775000°N 93.9280556°W / 32.6775000; -93.9280556
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mykisscountry937.com

KXKS-FM (93.7 MHz, "Kiss Country 93.7") is a country-formatted radio station serving the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, licensed to Shreveport. A Townsquare Media station, it operates with an ERP of 100 kW from a transmitter in Mooringsport. Its studios are located on Westport Avenue in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and are shared with its other five sister stations in the market.

History

Attention Misfts! – The launch of KEEL-FM

KEEL-FM had its original construction permit issued on July 14, 1966, as the FM counterpart of KEEL, which it has always been co-owned with.^[2] In preparation of the new FM station's sign-on "around Jan. 1, 1969", construction began in October 1967 on a new 7,800-square-foot, three-story building in downtown Shreveport to house KEEL and KEEL-FM. The new building represented a $250,000 investment by KEEL's then-owner, Nashville-based LIN Broadcasting, who had acquired the AM station in 1962 and would be the FM station's founding owner.^[3] A transmitter was originally located on 937 Stoner Street in the city of Shreveport, operating with 100 kW of power but from a 263-foot tower, a fraction of the height it operates from now.^[2]

The station signed on for the first time on May 17, 1968, at 7:00 P.M., coinciding with the opening of the new studio building, which was six months ahead of the originally announced date.^[4] The station originally broadcast a MOR format branded as "KEEL-FM Stereo 93.7"; it was described by the station as "bright, happy, exciting and very adult". A series of ads ran in local newspapers, informing potential listeners dissatisfied with other local stations in the area referred to as "misfits" and "the neglected majority", about the arrival of KEEL-FM.^[5][6] The station's permanent license was granted on June 23, 1969.^[2][7] In its early days, KEEL-FM broadcast Tulane Green Wave football games as a complement to the Arkansas Razorbacks games broadcast by KEEL.^[8]

From easy listening to album rock – 93 KMBQ

References

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 46982 (KXKS-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KXKS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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