 Simmons moved KIVA's adult standards format and call letters to 1580 kHz in 1999 as part of a cluster-wide format shuffle.In its place on 1310 bowed a new talk outlet, KBTK "City Talk".Four years later, Simmons rebranded the station as KKNS "News Source 1310", which lasted until 2005 and a flip to sports talk as "The Ticket".