KKMY

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Radio station in Orange, Texas

title: "KKMY" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rhythmic-contemporary-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-in-texas", "radio-stations-established-in-1992", "1992-establishments-in-texas", "iheartmedia-radio-stations"] description: "Radio station in Orange, Texas" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKMY" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Orange, Texas ::

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Field	Value
logo	KKMY 1045KissFM logo.png
logo_size	180px
name	KKMY
city	Orange, Texas
country	US
area	Beaumont/Port Arthur
branding	104.5 Kiss FM
frequency
translator
airdate
format	Rhythmic Top 40
subchannels	HD2: Mainstream urban "103.3 The Beat"
language	English
erp	100,000 watts
haat	233 m
class	C1
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	62239
callsign_meaning	previous "My 104.5" branding
former_callsigns
affiliations	Premiere Networks
owner	iHeartMedia
licensee	iHM Licenses, LLC
sister_stations	KCOL-FM, KYKR, KIOC, KLVI
webcast
website
(HD2)
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KKMY (104.5 FM, "104.5 Kiss FM"), is a Rhythmic Top 40 formatted radio station in Orange, Texas. It serves the entire Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange) and is owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located southeast of the I-10/US 69 interchange in Beaumont, and its transmitter is located in Vidor, Texas.

History

KOBS signed on the air July 14, 1972, with an ERP of 55 kilowatts, at a height of 215 meters, from a transmission site on Moss Lane in Orange County, 7 miles northwest of Orange, Texas. The facility was originally owned by Charles Hubert Kobs, who requested the original KOBS call sign for the facility.

The station became Album Oriented Rock "Zoom 104 & 1/2" as KZOM-FM on March 13, 1974. The -FM suffix was dropped from the KZOM call set on April 1, 1980.

On February 1, 1984, by this point branded as "Zoom 104", the station changed formats from Rock to Adult Contemporary "My 104.5", accompanied by a call change to the current KKMY. In the 2000s, KKMY tweaked its format from Adult Contemporary to Hot Adult Contemporary as "Mix 104.5".

The station flipped formats to the current Rhythmic Top 40 playlist in 2011. KKMY plays hit music from iHeartMedia Premium Choice's "Wild" Rhythmic format feed, targeted towards a younger audience. The station's main competition is Cumulus Media's Top 40/CHR KQXY.

KKMY-HD2; "103.3 The Beat"

On August 1, 2014, KKMY's HD2 subchannel and FM translator K277AG, which had aired a comedy format, was launched with a R&B/Hip-Hop format as "103.3 The Beat," which is also using programming from the Premium Choice feed. Patterned after its sister station in Houston, KQBT, the translator/HD2 combo is targeting younger listeners as it takes on Cumulus Urban KTCX, who, like sister station KQXY, caters to adult listeners with a conservative playlist.

Previous logo

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References

[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/55018/kkmy-brownsville-kisses-into-town/ "KKMY Brownsville Kisses Into Town"] from Radio Insight (December 26, 2011)
[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/89602/beat-launches-in-beaumont/ "Beat Launches In Beaumont"] from Radio Insight (August 1, 2014)

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