page_title: KBKS-FM
section_title: Shift to Hot AC
hierarchical_section_title: KBKS-FM / History / Kiss era / Shift to Hot AC
caption_attribution_description: English: New Ident for KBKS-FM KISS FM 1061.
context_page_description: KBKS-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a Top 40/CHR radio format.
  The studios and offices are located on Elliot Avenue West in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle. The transmitter is on Tiger Mountain, in Issaquah.
context_section_description: As part of a major format shuffle involving four of iHeartMedia's Seattle stations, on January 19, 2016, at Noon, KBKS's Top 40 format moved to 93.3 FM (as KPWK, "Power 93.3"), displacing KUBE's Rhythmic Top 40 format (which moved to co-owned KKBW). At the same time, KBKS shifted to Hot AC, adopting the format from KYNW, which flipped to alternative (then, after a sale to Bustos Media in 2019, Regional Mexican). Bender & Molly remained in mornings, with midday host Karen Wild and afternoon host Eric Tyler being let go as part of the change.
caption: KBKS logo, 2011-2018 (also with purple and gray lettering from 2018-2020)
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