KYSR (98.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and owned by iHeartMedia.
KYSR's studios are located in Burbank, while the transmitter resides in the Santa Monica Mountains on Briarcrest Peak in Beverly Hills.
Instrumentals were dropped altogether in November 1989, when the station became known as "Touch 98.7," positioned between Smooth Jazz-formatted KTWV and Soft AC-formatted KOST.
Bonaduce departed on July 1, 2005; his vacancy was filled by board-op Jack Heine and producer Mike "Stench" Roberts.
Starting in 2002, KYSR began to experience a drop in its ratings due to a combination of factors, including the decline of hit music product in the modern adult contemporary genre.
In September 2005, KYSR adjusted its playlist to focus on 1980s and 1990s hot adult contemporary music, supervised by sister station KHHT program director Mike Marino.
In addition, all on air personalities, including the morning show Jamie, Jack, and Stench, were temporarily pulled off the station.
While KYSR still reported to broadcasting trade publications as Modern AC, its musical lean favored Modern Rock/Alternative hits with an updated library of alternative titles from the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s, including Nirvana, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Third Eye Blind and R.E.M.
In addition, KYSR played more new modern rock hits from bands such as The Killers, Foo Fighters, Incubus and Linkin Park.
The cast includes the host "Woody" Fife, Greg Gory, Morgan Cook (associate Producer), Sammi Marino (executive producer), Renae Ravey (former), Sebastian "Sebas", Bort, Randy and Jason "Menace" McMurry, who had all last worked together at KITS, an alternative rock station in San Francisco.
She was one of several hundred employees fired by iHeart in a company-wide cut back, along with evening host Jake Dill, on January 20, 2020.
[16] On March 9, 2020, iHeart announced that KYSR will air Los Angeles Chargers football games as the team's new flagship station beginning with the 2020 season.
The Chargers broadcasts will only be heard on FM radio, whilst listeners on the iHeartRadio app (including Los Angeles) will get normal music programming.