They are owned by Townsquare Media, which acquired the station from Clear Channel Communications in 2003.
[3] WDKS first signed on the air on November 1, 1990 as WEKX and later changed call letters to WSYZ in 1991 and WJPS in 1992.
Originally an FM Talk station, they eventually switched to an Adult Top 40 format with the call letters WDKS in 1997.
Under the ownership of then-parent Clear Channel, and the direction of Program Director Jeremy 'Thompson' Fenech, WDKS switched formats to Top 40 Mainstream and was rebranded as 106.1 Kiss FM in 2001, putting them in direct competition with the more established rival WSTO.
Notable personalities on KISS include The Rob, Kat Mykals, Chandelle, Ryan O' Bryan, Melissa Awesome, and Nino InCognito.