KIZS

This article is about the Spanish Oldies formatted radio station on 101.5FM in the Tulsa, Oklahoma market. For the frequency formerly occupied by these call letters, see KTBT.

KIZS

City of license	Collinsville, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Tulsa
Branding	101.5 El Patrón
Frequency	101.5 (MHz)
First air date	early 1980s
Format	Regional Mexican, Spanish Oldies
ERP	6,200 watts
Class	C3
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Website	http://m.1015elpatron.com/main.html

KIZS is an American radio station broadcasting at a frequency of 101.5 MHz in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station plays a Spanish Oldies format. Its studios are located at the Tulsa Event Center in Southeast Tulsa and its transmitter site is in Owasso.

History

Before September 2005, these call letters were on the 92.1 frequency, broadcasting the Clear Channel KISS-FM brand of Top 40. Despite carrying the "KISSFM" brand name, KIZS was not always a Top 40 station. When 92-1 KISSFM launched, it was a Mainstream Top 40 station, competing with 106.9 KHITS. However, that format was not working in terms of ratings or revenue and the format was tweaked to an adult-leaning Top 40, described by some as a "90s and Now" Hot AC. After a year in this format and with the station still not garnering the success that Clear Channel would have liked, the format was once again tweaked, this time back toward Mainstream Top 40 in mid-2004, again with limited success.

On September 23, 2005, KTBT moved from its 101.5 frequency to the much stronger 92.1 frequency in order to better compete with 106.9 KHITS. The format on the 101.5 frequency was then adjusted to the station Clear Channel Communications's current configuration, the "La Preciosia" brand featuring Spanish Oldies.

External links

• http://tulsa.lapreciosa.com/main.html
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KIZS
• Radio-Locator information on KIZS
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KIZS