KLYY

KLYY
City	Riverside, California
Broadcast area	Inland Empire; Greater Los Angeles Area;
Frequency	97.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	José 97.5 y 107.1
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	FM/HD1: Spanish Norteno Adult Hits; HD2: Hispanic Oldies
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications ; (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KSSE\|KSSD
History
First air date	1959 (as KDUO)
Former call signs	KDUO (1959-1992); KHTX (1992-1994); KHTX-FM (2/1994-12/1994); KVAR (1994-1997); KSSE (1997-2003)
Technical information
Facility ID	58809
Class	B
ERP	72,000 watts
HAAT	557 meters (1,827 ft)
Repeater(s)	107.1 FM KSSE\|KSSD
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.joseradio.com

KLYY (97.5 MHz, "José 97.5") is a commercial FM radio station located in Riverside, California, broadcasting to the Inland Empire , Greater Los Angeles areas. KLYY airs a Spanish adult hits music format. It operates from studios in Los Angeles with the transmitter located in the San Bernardino National Forest.

KLYY broadcasts in HD Radio.^[1]

History[]

KLYY signed on in 1959 under the call letters of KDUO, airing religious programming. It had been originally KQXM, owned by Leslie Morgan Wills, but was sold before it signed on. The KDUO call letters were used as it is the acronym for the phrase "Do Unto Others". KDUO was initially owned by the College of Medical Evangelists, a predecessor to Loma Linda University, until being sold to the Southeastern California Broadcasting Company and then the KFXM Broadcasting Company in 1961.

KDUO would later adopt an easy listening music format. However, the format was in decline in the 1980s and KDUO's ratings were in a steady decline.

On the morning of January 25, 1992 at 6 a.m after playing "Up on the Roof" by the Nick Ingman Orchestra, KDUO dropped the easy listening music format and began stunting as a "public radio" outlet. Disc jockeys from other radio stations took over the station and each played a different music format every hour, including classic rock, pop, country, oldies, and smooth jazz. On January 31, 1992 at 5:00 p.m., the 97-hour stunt ended with an announcement that the new format would be oldies. The station adopted the name "K-Hits 97.5"; the first song played was "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys. Soon after, KDUO changed its call letters to KHTX. Despite the changes, the station's ratings did not improve much; this might be attributed to KHTX's marketing strategy. Instead of a direct challenge to KOLA, which was airing a similar format via satellite, it elected to target KRTH. This move was not successful, likely because it did not cover the entire Greater Los Angeles area and competition in the market was fierce as KCBS-FM aired an oldies music format at this time.

In 1994, KHTX dropped the oldies format in favor of country music. This put KHTX in direct competition with KFRG, which had a loyal listening audience evident by its high ratings. KHTX was acquired by Noggales Broadcasting.

KHTX's format was changed yet again in 1995, this time to Spanish hits under the call letters KVAR as "Variedades 97.5". In 1997, the station was flipped to Latin pop as “Super Estrella" adopting the call letters of KSSE.

On January 16, 2003, KSSE moved to 107.1 FM and a call letter swap landed the present KLYY call letters on 97.5 FM.

On January 8, 2018, Entravision flipped the KLYY/KDLD/KDLE trimulcast, carrying Spanish adult hits format "José 97.5", to Regional Mexican as "La Tricolor 97.5 y 103.1".^[2] Just four months later, on May 2, KLYY reverted to the previous Spanish hits format and "José 97.5" branding. On July 26, 2018, the station was flipped to "José 97.5".^[3]

On January 7, 2019, the KSSE/KSSD/KSSC simulcast on 107.1 began to simulcast "José 97.5", extending its coverage area to multiple cities and other areas.^[4]

History of the KLYY call letters[]

From 1996 to 1999, KLYY was known as alternative rock "Y107" at 107.1 MHz. Spanish Hits station, "Viva" (KLYY, KVYY, KSYY) operated on the 107.1 frequency from 1999 to 2003 but was divested by Big City after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As of July 2018, the 107.1 frequency carries KSSE, a Spanish Adult Hits station known as "José 97.5 y 107.1 ".

Previous logos[]

KLYY Jose97.5-107.1 logo.jpg

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2015-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) HD Radio Guide for Los Angeles
^ Venta, Lance (January 10, 2018). "Entravision Brings La Tricolor To Los Angeles; Suavecita To 11 Markets". Radio Insight. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
^ Venta, Lance (May 2, 2018). "José Returns to Riverside After Four Months Away". Radio Insight. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ https://radioinsight.com/headlines/173492/jose-returns-to-los-angeles-replacing-la-suavecita/

External links[]

Jose Radio Los Angeles Facebook
KLYY official website
KLYY in the FCC FM station database
KLYY on Radio-Locator
KLYY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
List of ¨Grandfathered¨ FM ¨Superpower¨ radio stations in the United States

Coordinates: 34°14′04″N 117°08′27″W / 34.2345°N 117.1409°W / 34.2345; -117.1409

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2015-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) HD Radio Guide for Los Angeles

[2] Venta, Lance (January 10, 2018). "Entravision Brings La Tricolor To Los Angeles; Suavecita To 11 Markets". Radio Insight. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[3] Venta, Lance (May 2, 2018). "José Returns to Riverside After Four Months Away". Radio Insight. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

[4] ttps://radioinsight.com/headlines/173492/jose-returns-to-los-angeles-replacing-la-suavecita/

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Defunct	KFVR – Crescent City KNCR – Fortuna KSKD – Livingston
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other