early 2013, the station has made a slight change in branding to Kiss 102.3 and reverted to a more mainstream CHR approach including more pop-rock artists. HD Radio operations In 2005, WKKF upgraded to IBOC digital radio alongside the rest of Clear Channel's Albany stations. On August 17, 2006, WKKF began airing an HD2 channel with a pop and new music-heavy CHR format known as the Hot Spot (later rebranded as the Verizon New Music Channel) which is heard on several other Kiss stations across the United States. The HD2 channel flipped formats in 2011 to a 1980s and 1990s hip hop and R&B channel; a few years later, the format was dropped in favor of NickRadio, eventually On Air with Ryan Seacrest Replay Channel and now iHeart2010s. References External links KKF KKF Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1968 IHeartMedia radio stations