KKSS signed on with the format on September 16, 1985 after upgrading the signal and acquiring new broadcasting equipment. The station was owned by New Mexico Broadcasting Inc. In 1986 KKSS and AM sister station KAFE 810 were sold to SunGroup Broadcasting for $2.2 million. In 1998 SunGroup had planned to sell KKSS to Trumper Communications which owned the 94.1, 100.3, 104.1 and 107.9 signals in the market for $6 million. However Trumper would later withdraw from the deal and KKSS would then be sold to Simmons Media Group for $5.5 million in November 1998. KKSS had detoured to mainstream Top 40 a few times, mostly when they got new competition and would do so again in early 2001. But that all changed when Univision bought the station in late 2002 from Simmons Media Group and flipped it back to its current Rhythmic Top 40 direction after its former owners tried to make it a mainstream Top 40 again. Today KKSS has managed to do successfully well with its mix of R&B-hip hop and rhythmic pop product, despite the competition it is getting from mainstream Top 40 rival KOBQ. Since its launch as a Rhythmic, the Albuquerque/Santa Fe had the distinction of having the most Top 40s competing in one medium-sized market, and KKSS have managed to outlast them. On April 4, 2014, three KKSS of airstaff, including program director and midday host DJ Lopez, Johnny V, and MQ, had left the station to join KAGM along with former KJFA personality Julian Robles who moves to KLVO at American General Media. This all came amidst restructuring at Univision Radio which then had KKSS sharing on-air personalities and programming with sister station KBBT in San Antonio, Texas. KKSS would return to mostly local programming after it was sold in 2017. On June 14, 2017, Univision announced that it would sell KKSS to American General Media, which had attempted repeatedly to challenge KKSS over the years. AGM would pay $5 million for the Univision cluster that its predecessor paid $22.5 million for in 2002, showing a significant drop in value over 15 years. The sale was approved by the FCC on August 23, 2017, and was consummated on September 1, 2017.
Current staff
Mornings:Gina Lee Fuentez and Ando Middays:The Dana Cortez Show Afternoons: DJ Animal Nights: Weekends:
Kyzer Sozay
Former staff
Mornings: Cadillac Jack, Chaz Malibu, Brody Scott
Middays: Brody Scott
Middays: Randy Savage
Middays: DJ Lopez
Afternoons: Johnny V
Afternoons: JJ Morgan
Afternoons:
Nights: The 'Bad Boys' Carlos D, Big Moon & DJ Trauma
