The call sign “KHLY” was first assigned to the World War II Liberty Ship SS PIERRE L’ENFANT, O.N.
[2] The ship was sold in 1946 to commercial interests and after several owners, eventually grounded on the Black Sea near Tuapse and declared a total loss in 1970.
The station's call sign of KPTO was changed to KHLY to represent its new city of license of Hailey, where the company built another radio tower.
Parker also signed-on FM translator station K279DA (also known as KSUN) atop world famous Bald Mountain in America’s first ski resort of Sun Valley, Idaho (est.
1936) and re-broadcasts KHLY, serving listeners throughout the Wood River and Magic Valleys in Southern Idaho on the frequency of 103.7 MHz.