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| name = KKDM

| name = KKDM

| logo = KKDM-FM.png

| logo = KKDM-FM.png

| logo_size = 150px

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| city = [[Des Moines, Iowa]]

| city = [[Des Moines, Iowa]]

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| area = [[Greater Des Moines]]

| area = [[Greater Des Moines]]

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| branding = 107.5 KISS FM

| branding = 107.5 KISS FM

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| callsign_meaning = ”’K”’ome ”’K”’iss ”’D”’es ”’M”’oines (In ”’K”’ome the K is a substitute for a C)

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| affiliations = [[Premiere Networks]]

| affiliations = [[Premiere Networks]]

| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]

| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = [[KDRB]], [[KXNO (AM)|KXNO]], [[KXNO-FM]], [[WHO (AM)|WHO]], [[KASI]], [[KCYZ]]

| sister_stations = [[KDRB]], [[KXNO (AM)|KXNO]], [[KXNO-FM]], [[WHO (AM)|WHO]], [[KASI]], [[KCYZ]]

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| callsign_meaning = <!–do not apply special formatting–>”Kiss Des Moines”

| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| licensing_authority= [[FCC]]

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| class = C1

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|38|38.0|N|93|17|20.7|W}}

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KKDM’s studios and offices are located on Grand Avenue in Des Moines. Its [[transmitter]] is at South 57th Avenue West and West 124th Street South, near [[Colfax, Iowa|Colfax]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/KKDM-FM?loc=41.59094%2C-93.62087&locn=Des%20Moines%2C%20Iowa Radio-Locator.com/KKDM]</ref> KKDM broadcasts in the [[HD Radio]] format. Its HD-2 subchannel carries a simulcast of [[KXNO (AM)|KXNO]], which airs a [[sports radio|sports]] format. The HD-3 subchannel carries the [[K-Love]] [[Christian Contemporary music]] format from the [[Educational Media Foundation]] which is also heard on [[broadcast relay station|translator stations]] 95.3 ”’K237GC”’ in Des Moines<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/K237GC-FX Radio-Locator.com/K237GC]</ref>, 97.9 ”’K250BC”’ in [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]]<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/K250BC-FX Radio-Locator.com/K250BC]</ref>, and 103.7 ”’K279BX”’ in Des Moines.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/K279BX-FX Radio-Locator.com/K279BX]</ref>

==History==

==History==

KKDM was established by local businessman Rich Eychaner as Midwest Radio, Inc. KKDM [[sign-on|signed on]] the air for the first time as [[modern rock]]-formatted “107.5 the Dot”, on September 20, 1995.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1996/B-AL-MT-BC-YB-1996.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1996 page B-152]</ref><ref>Dale Kasler, “Dead air costly to new station,” ”The Des Moines Register”, August 14, 1995.</ref><ref>”New FM station signs on,” ”The Des Moines Register”, September 21, 1995.</ref> Eychanner sold Midwest Radio Inc. to [[Clear Channel Communications]] in July 1999. At 6 p.m. on July 2 of that year, Clear Channel swapped KKDM’s modern rock format and programming with new sister station [[KCYZ|KCCQ]] (which had recently moved to a new frequency and increased power) in exchange for that station’s CHR format. KKDM was rebranded as “Kiss 107.5”, which later rebranded as “107.5 KISS FM”.<ref>Kyle Munson, “KKDM radio’s fate sealed with a Kiss,” ”The Des Moines Register”, July 8, 1999.</ref><ref>Kyle Munson, “Death on the dial,” ”The Des Moines Register”, July 15, 1999.</ref>

KKDM was established by local businessman Rich Eychaner as Midwest Radio, Inc. KKDM [[signed on]] the air for the first time as [[modern rock]]-formatted “107.5 the Dot”, on September 20, 1995.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1996/B-AL-MT-BC-YB-1996.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1996 page B-152]</ref><ref>Dale Kasler, “Dead air costly to new station,” ”The Des Moines Register”, August 14, 1995.</ref><ref>”New FM station signs on,” ”The Des Moines Register”, September 21, 1995.</ref> Eychanner sold Midwest Radio Inc. to [[Clear Channel Communications]] in July 1999. At 6 p.m. on July 2 of that year, Clear Channel swapped KKDM’s modern rock format and programming with new sister station [[KCYZ|KCCQ]] (which had recently moved to a new frequency and increased power) in exchange for that station’s CHR format. KKDM was rebranded as “Kiss 107.5”, which later rebranded as “107.5 KISS FM”.<ref>Kyle Munson, “KKDM radio’s fate sealed with a Kiss,” ”The Des Moines Register”, July 8, 1999.</ref><ref>Kyle Munson, “Death on the dial,” ”The Des Moines Register”, July 15, 1999.</ref>

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==External links==

==External links==

*[https://1075kissfm.iheart.com/ Kiss 107.5 KKDM official website]

*https://1075kissfm.iheart.com/

{{FM station data|42108|KKDM}}

{{FM station data|42108|KKDM}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152213|K237GC}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152213|K237GC}}

*{{FXL|K237GC}}

*{{FXL|K237GC}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152169|K250BC}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|152169|K250BC}}

*{{FXL|K250BC}}

*{{FXL|K250BC}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|151569|K279BX}}

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|151569|K279BX}}

*{{FXL|K279BX}}

*{{FXL|K279BX}}

{{Des Moines radio}}

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{{IHeartMedia}}

{{IHeartMedia}}

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