emergence of hip-hop music. In 1998, SunGroup had planned to sell KKSS for $6 million to Trumper Communications, which owned the 94.1, 100.3, 104.1 and 107.9 signals in the market. However, Trumper later withdrew from the deal; instead, KKSS was sold to the Simmons Media Group for $5.5 million in November 1998. While it mostly had a rhythmic contemporary sound, KKSS had detoured to mainstream Top 40 a few times, mostly when new competition came to the Albuquerque market (most of them short-lived). In 2001, KKSS again shifted toward mainstream Top 40. In late 2002, after Univision bought the station, the station shifted back to its current Rhythmic Contemporary direction. Today, KKSS has managed to do well with its mix of R&B-hip hop and rhythmic pop product, despite competition from mainstream Top 40 rival KOBQ. On April 4, 2014, three KKSS air staffers, including program director and midday host DJ Lopez, Johnny V, and MQ, had left the station to join KAGM. (The three were later let go in December 2015 when KAGM revamped its direction.) Former KJFA personality Julian Robles also left, moving to KLVO. This all came amidst restructuring at Univision Radio, which then had KKSS sharing on-air personalities and programming with sister station KBBT in San Antonio, Texas. KKSS would return to mostly local programming after it was sold in 2017. On June 14, 2017, Univision announced that it would sell KKSS (as well as sister stations KIOT and KKRG-FM) to American General Media, which had attempted repeatedly to challenge KKSS over the years. AGM paid $5 million for the Univision cluster that its predecessor paid $22.5 million for in 2002 (which also included KQTM), showing a significant drop in value over 15 years. The sale was approved by the FCC on August 23, 2017, and was consummated on September 1, 2017. Current staff Gina Lee Fuentez and Ando (mornings) The Dana Cortez Show (syndicated in middays) DJ Animal "The Street King of the 505!!!" (2-7pm Afternoons) Boy Loco (Weeknights) Club Kiss (Friday Night 9pm-1am) Weekends: Kyzer Sozay Kiss Mix (Saturday Night) Slowjams (Sunday Night) Former staff Mornings: Cadillac Jack, Chaz Malibu (now at KABG), Brandon Scott Middays/Mornings: Brandon Scott Middays: Randy Savage Middays: DJ Lopez (until April 2014) Afternoons: Johnny V (until April 2014) Afternoons: JJ Morgan Afternoons: Kumbia Show (Until March 2016) Nights: The 'Bad Boys' Carlos D (now at KOBQ), Big Moon & DJ