KXSS-FM (96.9
MHz, "96-9 KISS-FM") is a
Top 40 (CHR) formatted
radio station serving the
Amarillo, Texas, market. KXSS-FM is owned by
Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Southwest 34th Avenue in Southwest Amarillo, and its transmitter tower is based north of the city on the property of unrelated television station
KFDA-TV in unincorporated
Potter County.
Until 2008, the 96.9 frequency was home to a
country music format as "96.9 KMML," under the ownership of
Clear Channel Communications; however, it was one of close to 450 radio stations sold by Clear Channel in the process of privatization, beginning in 2007. KXSS, along with its sister stations
KPRF-FM,
KATP-FM,
KMXJ-FM, and KIXZ, was acquired along with approximately fifty other stations by
Gap Broadcasting for a total price of $139M.[2] What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of
GapWest Broadcasting) was folded into
Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[3]
The KMML call sign has been reissued to a radio station in Cimarron, Kansas.[4]