KYYO

KYYO
City	McCleary, Washington
Broadcast area	Olympia and Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area
Branding	96.9 KAYO Country
Slogan	South Sound Country
Frequency	96.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	95.3 K237FR (Tumwater, relays HD2)
First air date	1992 (as KGY-FM)
Format	Country HD2: Oldies "95.3 KGY"
ERP	11,000 watts
HAAT	321 meters (1,053 ft)
Class	C2
Facility ID	34485
Transmitter coordinates	47°5′8.00″N 123°11′19.00″W / 47.0855556°N 123.1886111°W / 47.0855556; -123.1886111Coordinates: 47°5′8.00″N 123°11′19.00″W / 47.0855556°N 123.1886111°W / 47.0855556; -123.1886111
Callsign meaning	KAY-YO
Former callsigns	KGY-FM (1992-2013)
Owner	KGY, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	kayo.fm kgyfm.com (HD2)

KYYO (96.9 FM), known as "South Sound Country 96.9 KAYO" is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format in the Seattle-Tacoma area.^[1] Licensed to McCleary, Washington, the station is owned by KGY Inc, and broadcasts at 96.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 11,000 watts. Its transmitter is located near McCleary, Washington on Maxwell Hill, and operates from its studios at the Port of Olympia.

History

KGY/KYYO studios over Budd Inlet in Olympia

This station signed on the air on March 29, 1992 as Classic Rock 96.9 KGY-FM, by current owner, KGY, Inc. A format change in 1997 featured a shift to Real Country, originally one of the Satellite Music Network stations, with local information and sports, and Washington State Cougars football.^[2]

On February 25, 2012, the station changed its format to country, branded as "96.9 KAYO Country", taking the old format and branding of KDDS.^[3]^[4] It had previously been "96.9 The Sound" with "Cool Classics and Hot Hits," and before that, used the Real Country satellite classic country network.^[5]

On November 19, 2013, the station took its current KYYO call sign.^[6]

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
↑ http://www.fybush.com/site-of-the-week-121611-kgy-olympia-washington/
↑ Venta, Lance (February 26, 2012). "KGY-FM Goes Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/102844/kgy-f-flips-to-country-as-south-sound-country
↑ http://kenbalsley.com/2012/02/26/kgy-fm-radio-is-local-country/
↑ https://www.fcc.gov/document/media-bureau-call-sign-actions-43

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KYYO

Radio-Locator information on KYYO

Country radio stations in the state of Washington

Stations	KANY – Cosmopolis KAPS – Mount Vernon KBAM – Longview KCLX – Colfax KCVL – Colville KDBL – Toppenish KDRK-FM – Spokane KEYG – Grand Coulee KFBW-HD3 – Vancouver KHTR - Pullman KIIX-FM – Opportunity/Spokane KIOK – Richland KJRB – Spokane KKRV – Wenatchee KKWF – Seattle KMNT – Chehalis KMPS-FM – Seattle KNCW – Omak KNHK-FM - Newport KORD-FM – Richland KRKZ – Forks KRLC – Clarkston Lewiston KUKN – Longview KVAS-FM – Ilwaco KWIQ-FM – Moses Lake KXDD – Yakima KXLE-FM – Ellensburg KXLY-FM – Spokane KXXK – Hoquiam KYSN – East Wenatchee KYYO – McCleary KYYT – Goldendale KZAL – Manson KZUS- Ephrata KZZL-FM – Pullman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Washington

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