Format change: KCIY flips from smooth jazz to country

KCIY/Liberty, MO (Kansas City) drops smooth jazz to pick up country from WDAF (610 kHz).

10 August 2003

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Entertainment

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• kciy
• wdaf
• 61
• country
• kansas
• city
• format
• change
• radio
• aircheck
• legal
• id
• jingles

[Tungzout]

What song was that kicking off the new Country format on 106.5?

[therobz]

@Tungzout "Are You Ready For The Country" by Waylon Jennings

[FLhighrolla]

whats the name of the song at 3:28?

[BigPO2]

I'm miss this station so much. Does anyone have the radio jingles to KCIY106.5?

[jwmellott]

Deep is the Midnight Sea-- reason enough to keep smooth jazz.

[ZoneCountry]

The beginning of the slow decline of WDAF....

[mathiasvolta]

Thanks for upload ! 5*

[Reed488]

A sad day in Kansas City radio history, as I was a faithful Smooth Jazz 106.5 listener. I'm also a Country fan and recognize the Supply-and-Demand laws of Economics, but was still saddened that Entercom moved 61 (610 AM) Country to 106.5 FM, preventing Smooth Jazz from having an entire station of its own in Kansas City, when 610 adopted a Sports format, given that two other FM country stations were already in the market (admittedly, one focused more on Classic Country and the other on Modern).