It is owned by Sea Mar Community Health Centers, LLC, and it airs a classic regional Mexican radio format.

KKMO transmits with 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna from its transmitter location on Browns Point, near Puget Sound in Tacoma.

Notable on-air personalities include nationally syndicated host Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo in morning drive time.

On May 25, 1932, the Federal Communications Commission authorized KMO to go from limited-time to full-time operation along with changes in frequency and power.

[1] On April 30, 2008, Salem Communications announced that it had reached an agreement to sell KKMO to Tron Do-run Intelli LLC for $3,690,000.