Kiss (UK radio station)

Kiss
	Logo used since 2006
London;
Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Frequency	DAB: 11D/12A Digital One (UK); DAB: 12C London 1; FM: 97.2 MHz (Bristol); FM: 100.0 MHz (London); FM: 101.0 MHz (Severn Estuary); FM: 106.1 MHz (Norwich);
RDS	KISS (in Norwich); KISS 100 (in London) ; KISS 101 (in Somerset and South Wales)
Branding	KISS
Programming
Format	Rhythmic CHR
Network	Kiss Network
Ownership
Owner	Bauer Media Audio UK
Sister stations	Kisstory; Kiss Fresh; Absolute Radio; Greatest Hits Radio; Heat Radio; Hits Radio; Jazz FM; Kerrang Radio; Magic; Planet Rock; Scala Radio;
History
First air date	7 October 1985 (as a pirate); 1 September 1990 (as a legal station);
Former names	Kiss FM; Kiss 100
Former frequencies	105.6 MHz (Cambridge); 106.4 MHz (Ipswich & Colchester); 107.7 MHz (Peterborough)
Links
Webcast	Rayo
Website	KISS

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

It is primarily aimed at the 15-34 age group and broadcasts nationally to the UK on DAB Digital Radio, as well as on FM in London, Bristol, the Severn Estuary and Norwich. 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 March 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 2.2 million listeners according to RAJAR.^[2]

^ Goddard, Grant. KISS FM: From Radical Radio to Big Business. Radio Books, 2011.
^ "KISS - listening figures". media.info. Retrieved 26 November 2021.