From 1962 to 1967, KOL-FM was owned by television producers and game show moguls Mark Goodson and Bill Todman;[2] during this period, KOL-AM-FM aired top 40 and middle of the road formats.

[13] To meet ownership limits set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), sister stations KFNQ, KJAQ, and KZOK-FM were divested to iHeartMedia.

[15][16] At noon on the same day as the completion of the merger, after playing "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks, KMPS-FM switched to all-Christmas music, leading to speculation that the station was planning to change formats after the holiday season.

The change briefly made KKWF the only country station in Seattle, before KVRQ abruptly flipped to the format in response later that morning.

[24] In May 2018, Smokey Rivers (who previously worked for iHeartMedia's Phoenix cluster and KMXZ-FM, and was CBS Radio's president of adult contemporary from 2000 to 2005) was named the station's program director, and began to additionally host afternoons.

[27] KSWD broadcasts in HD Radio with one digital subchannel and a former channel:[28] ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group.