Kiss (UK radio station)

Kiss
Logo used since 2006
  • London
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Frequency
Programming
FormatRhythmic CHR
NetworkKiss Network
Ownership
OwnerBauer Media Audio UK
Kisstory
Kiss Fresh
Absolute Radio
Greatest Hits Radio
Heat Radio
Hits Radio
Jazz FM
Kerrang! Radio
Magic
Planet Rock
History
First air date
  • 7 October 1985 (as a pirate)
  • 1 September 1990 (1990-09-01) (as a legal station)
Former names
Kiss FM
Kiss 100
Former frequencies
97.2 MHz (Bristol)
100.0 MHz (London)
101.0 MHz (Severn Estuary)
105.6 MHz (Cambridge, Central Cambridgeshire, and South Cambridgeshire)
106.1 MHz (Norwich)
106.4 MHz (North Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk)
107.7 MHz (Peterborough, North West Norfolk and South Lincolnshire)
Links
WebcastRayo
WebsiteKISS

Kiss is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Kiss Network.

Kiss broadcasts nationally to the UK via DAB Digital Radio, as well as on Bauer's Rayo platform.

The station started in 1985 as a pirate radio station, Kiss FM, before becoming the UK's first legal black and dance music specialist radio station in 1990.[1]

As of June 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 2 million listeners according to RAJAR.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Goddard, Grant. KISS FM: From Radical Radio to Big Business. Radio Books, 2011.