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Frequency
  
97.1 MHz

Branding
  
97.1 Kiss FM

First air date
  
1963

Broadcast area
  
Billings Metropolitan Area

Slogan
  
Montana’s Hit Music Station

KKBR (97.1 FM) - operating as 97.1 Kiss FM - is a commercial radio station in Billings, Montana. Licensed to Billings, Montana, United States, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media Billings License, LLC. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 100,000 watts.

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Former programming

Notable former personalities on the station on weekdays included:

  • Greg from 6AM -10AM
  • Jami Bond from 10AM - 3PM,
  • John Thomas from 3PM - 7PM
  • The Mike Harvey Show from 7PM - 12AM
  • Notable former personalities on the station on Saturdays included:

  • Major Miller's Great Gold 6AM - 12PM
  • Mike Harvy's Supergold 7PM -12AM
  • Notable former personalities on the station on Sundays included:

  • Machine Gun Kelly's American Hitlist from 8AM to 11am
  • Types of music

    The radio station previously aired classic hits, focusing on the hits from 1968 to 1988, as "97.1 K-Bear". On July 3, 2013, after stunting with Christmas music as "97.1 Santa FM", the station launched a CHR format as "PopCrush 97.1" with a weekend of commercial free music, including a contest to be the first person to call the station at the first commercial break. The first 3 songs as PopCrush 97.1 were Pitbull/Christina Aguilera's Feel This Moment, Justin Timberlake's Mirrors, and Rihanna's Umbrella. On July 25, 2016, KKBR rebranded as "97.1 Kiss FM".

    Slogans

  • "Billings Greatest Hits for over 20 Years" - 2013
  • "Billings Greatest Hits" 2010 - 2013
  • "Billings' Hit Music" 2013-present
  • Ownership

    In October 2007, a deal was reached for KKBR-FM to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57 station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million. What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.

    References

    KKBR Wikipedia


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