KHYL

KHYL
City	Auburn, California
Broadcast area	Sacramento metropolitan area
Branding	V101.1
Slogan	Throwback Hip-Hop And R&B
Frequency	101.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	December 21, 1961 (as KAFI)
Format	Classic hip hop HD2: Evolution
ERP	36,000 watts
HAAT	176 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	10144
Callsign meaning	K-HYL COOL' (previous branding)
Former callsigns	KAFI (1961-1978)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KBEB, KFBK, KFBK-FM, KQJK, KSTE
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	v1011fm.com

KHYL (101.1 MHz) is an FM radio station serving the Sacramento, California area and broadcasting a classic hip hop radio format. KHYL calls itself V 101.1. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and is licensed to Auburn, California. The station has studios in North Sacramento near the Arden Fair Mall, and its transmitter is near Auburn.

History

The station signed on December 21, 1961, with the call letters KAFI, largely simulcasting 950 AM KAHI in Auburn, California, a sister station at the time.^[1]

After a signal upgrade in 1977 to target the Sacramento metropolitan area, the call letters were changed to KHYL and the station carried an oldies format known as "K-HYL". It dabbled with adult contemporary music in the mid 1980s.

The studios were moved to 2435 Marconi in Sacramento and the branding became "Solid Gold 101" in the late 80's and "Oldies 101" until 1991. John Parker owned the station until American Media purchased and re-branded the station as "COOL 101" in 1991.

COOL 101 was imaged in the style of Drake-Chenault (KYNO/KHJ/KFRC) Top 40 Radio delivery, with the use of the Johnny Mann Boss Radio Jingles, top the hour timpani and the booming voice of Charlie Van Dyke. COOL 101 also added the San Francisco 49ers football broadcasts to the station's schedule, not a common move for FM music stations in those days. KHYL was usually one of the top 5 stations in the 25-54 ratings demographic during this time (per Arbitron) until May 25, 1999, when the Gold format was switched to Urban Oldies.^[2]

In 1996, Chancellor Media purchased American Media, and in 1997, moved to the current location at 1440 Ethan Way in Sacramento. On May 25, 1999, AMFM changed its longtime "Cool" oldies format to Rhythmic Oldies as "Magic 101".^[3] Rival station 101.9 KCCL (now known as KNTY picked up to "Cool" oldies format.

V101.1

In 2001, Magic 101 branding was dropped in favor of "V101.1." After the switch, the station added R&B product to the playlist, followed by more Rhythmic Pop tracks. KHYL made adjustments in its direction by becoming more current with Rhythmic hits and less focused on R&B and Old School product, possibly to entice younger listeners away from Rhythmic Top 40 rivals KSFM and KHHM. By August 2014, KHYL officially transitioned to Rhythmic contemporary, giving Sacramento three different stations with the same format. With V101.1 seeing the lowest ratings of the three, it transitioned to classic hip hop on January 9, 2015.

KHYL-HD2

From 2008 to 2013, KHYL's HD2 subcarrier offered the Dance Top 40 "Club Phusion" format, which was programmed through iHeartMedia, Inc.'s Format Lab.^[4] It replaced an Urban Ballads & Love Songs format, which was launched in 2006. In 2013, Club Phusion's successor "Evolution" has taken its place.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KHYL

Radio-Locator information on KHYL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KHYL

Radio stations in the Sacramento, California market

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NOAA WX frequency	162.55

Digital radio	1140 1320 88.1-1 88.9-1 89.3-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.7-1 94.7-2 96.1-1 96.1-2 96.9-1 96.9-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 99.9-1 100.5-1 100.5-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 102.5-1 102.5-2 103.5-1 104.3-1 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 106.5-1 106.5-2 107.9-1 107.9-2

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iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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Coordinates: 38°51′29″N 121°01′44″W / 38.858°N 121.029°W / 38.858; -121.029

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