J BS ▁ 1 1 0 0 ▁( now ▁K FA X ) ▁by ▁Julius ▁Brun ton ▁& ▁S ons , ▁transm itting ▁from ▁the ▁( st ill ▁existing ) ▁tower ▁at op ▁Clay ▁Jones ▁A part ments ▁at ▁ 1 2 5 0 ▁Jones ▁Street . ▁ ▁As ▁K J BS ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁full - service ▁station ▁with ▁news , ▁weather , ▁and ▁sports ▁programming , ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁relay , ▁interrupt ing ▁programming ▁over night , ▁to ▁alert ▁police ▁and ▁fire ▁personnel ▁to ▁inc idents , ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁depart ments ' ▁own ▁radio ▁dispatch ▁systems . ▁ ▁The ▁FM ▁station ▁was ▁finan cially ▁un success ful , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁CBS . ▁ ▁K C BS - FM ▁had ▁been ▁operating ▁with ▁substantial ly ▁lower ▁power ▁on ▁ 1 0 3 . 7 ▁when ▁it ▁made ▁the ▁move ▁to ▁ac quire ▁this ▁station . ▁ ▁Under ▁CBS ▁it ▁re bro ad cast ▁K C BS ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁when ▁it ▁began ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁synd ic ated ▁CBS ▁autom ated ▁programming , ▁" The ▁Young ▁Sound ". ▁ ▁Later , ▁it ▁produced ▁its ▁own ▁locally ▁origin ated ▁rock ▁programming . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁owner ▁CBS ▁wanted ▁a ▁still ▁more ▁powerful ▁FM ▁assignment , ▁so ▁they ▁arranged ▁a ▁three - station ▁swap ▁that ▁enabled ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁heard ▁on ▁a ▁much ▁stronger ▁signal . ▁K C BS - FM , ▁their