KCYE

KCYE
City Boulder City, Nevada
Broadcast area Las Vegas Valley
Branding 102.7 The Coyote
Slogan Vegas' New Country
Frequency 102.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
102.7-2: Radio Disney
First air date 1989 (as KJUL at 104.3)
Format Country
ERP 99,000 watts
HAAT 603 meters
Class C
Facility ID 57281
Callsign meaning K CoYotE
Former callsigns KJUL (1987-2005)
Former frequencies 104.3 MHz (1989-2009)
Owner Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.
(Beasley Media Group, LLC)
Sister stations KDWN, KKLZ, KOAS, KVGS
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1027thecoyote.com

KCYE (102.7 FM) - branded as 102.7 The Coyote - is a commercial radio station located in Boulder City, Nevada, broadcasting to the Las Vegas, Nevada area on 102.7 FM. KCYE broadcasts a country music format branded as "The Coyote".[1] The station's studios are located in the unincorporated Clark County area of Spring Valley, while its transmitter is on Black Mountain in Henderson.

KCYE broadcasts in HD Radio.[2]

History

Early years

The license for KCYE was originally applied for in 1981. The FCC granted a construction permit in 1986, and the callsign KJUL was adopted in 1987. KJUL finally took to the air in 1991, playing adult standards music.

104.3 The Coyote

On October 3, 2005, KJUL dropped the adult standards format for country music; on October 10, KJUL officially became KCYE. (The old callsign was immediately adopted by a station in St. George, Utah.)

Ironically, just a few months before changing formats to country, KJUL was awarded station of the year honors at the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Awards.

102.7 The Coyote

The station switched from 104.3 to 102.7 on August 25, 2009. The station switched with sister Top 40 station 102.7 Radio Now, which moved to the previous 104.3 frequency and became 104.3 Now FM (KFRH), Your Hit Music Channel.

On April 13, 2015, Disney announced that the Radio Disney network would become syndicated through affiliations with HD Radio subchannels. KCYE was the first HD Radio-affiliate of the network.[3]

102.7 Santa FM

After being branded on November 30, 2015 as "102.7 Rodeo Radio" during the National Finals Rodeo, KCYE on December 13, 2015 began stunting with Christmas music, branded as "102.7 Santa FM".[4] However the station did not change formats on December 26, 2015, as the station returned to a Country music format as "102.7 The Coyote".

Current DJs

KCYE alumni

References

  1. Gross, Dan (2006-09-19). "Cadillac Jack says he's in Vegas now". Philadelphia Daily News. After less than six months on the job, former 92.5 WXTU host Cadillac Jack is gone from Mobile, Ala.'s WYOK and working at Las Vegas country-music station 104.3 The Coyote, he tells us. Jack, real name Tom Kapsalis, had spent six years at 'XTU before leaving in February.
  2. http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=15
  3. "Radio Disney Launches on AM/FM Push on New HD Networks". Billboard. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. KCYE Las Vegas Vecomes 102.7 Santa FM

External links

Coordinates: 35°56′46″N 115°02′38″W / 35.946°N 115.044°W / 35.946; -115.044

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