KYYO

Radio station in McCleary–Olympia, Washington

47°5′8.00″N 123°11′19.00″W / 47.0855556°N 123.1886111°W / 47.0855556; -123.1886111Translator(s)HD2: 95.3 K237FR (Tumwater)LinksWebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Listen Live (HD3)Websitekayofm.com
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 Olympia/Tacoma area. 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.

Digital subchannel HD3 broadcasts classic country under the brand name "KAYO Legends", while subchannel HD2 broadcasts classic hits under the brand name "Olympia's 95.3 KGY". The latter is simulcast on translator station K237FR in Tumwater on 95.3 FM.

History

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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

On November 19, 2013, the station took its current KYYO call sign.^[5]

References

^ "Site of the Week 12/16/11: KGY, Olympia, Washington". 16 December 2011.
^ Venta, Lance (February 26, 2012). "KGY-FM Goes Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
^ "KGY-F Flips to Country as South Sound Country".
^ "Ken's Corner & the Real News… » Blog Archive » KGY FM radio is local country".
^ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions". 13 December 2015.

External links

Official website
KYYO in the FCC FM station database
KYYO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
K237FR in the FCC FM station database
K237FR at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in the Olympia–Centralia, Washington region

By AM frequency

680
920
1030
1240
1280
1340
1420

By FM frequency

88.1
89.3
90.1
93.7
94.5
95.1
96.1
96.9
97.7
98.5
99.3
102.9

LPFM	106.7
Translators	89.7 89.7 90.1 90.1 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.9 95.3 99.7 100.3 100.5 101.1 101.7 101.9 102.3 103.3 104.1 104.7 106.3 107.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

KOLP-LP (100.3 FM)
KOWA-LP (106.5 FM)

Nearby regions: Longview-Kelso; Northwest Washington; Portland; Seattle; Yakima

See also: List of radio stations in Washington

v t e Country radio stations in the state of Washington
Stations	KAPS – Mount Vernon KBAM – Longview KBSN - Moses Lake KCLK-FM - Clarkston KCLX – Colfax KCVL – Colville KDBL – Toppenish KDRK-FM – Spokane KHTR - Pullman KIEV-LP - Camas KIOK – Richland KKRV – Wenatchee KKWF – Seattle KKXA - Everett KMNT – Chehalis KNCW – Omak KORD-FM – Richland KPLZ-FM - Seattle KPNW-FM - Seattle KSTI - Port Angeles KTRI - Royal City KUBS - Newport 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 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

Country radio stations in the state of Washington

Stations

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