8 , ▁they ▁were ▁K K CM ▁( air ing ▁religious ▁formats ), ▁before ▁rever ting ▁to ▁their ▁previous ▁calls . ▁ ▁They ▁upgrad ed ▁their ▁power ▁to ▁ 8 , 6 0 0 ▁w att s ▁after ▁adopt ing ▁the ▁K K CM ▁call ▁sign . ▁ ▁The ▁station ▁has ▁been ▁limited ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁by ▁a ▁pre domin antly ▁day time - only ▁signal ▁( though ▁its ▁ 1 0 - w att ▁night time ▁signal ▁covers ▁a ▁few ▁far - western ▁sub ur bs ). ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁many ▁own ers ▁and ▁formats . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁at ▁least ▁six ▁different ▁formats . ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁station ▁was ▁le ased , ▁along ▁with ▁W MIN , ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁that ▁program med ▁local ▁and ▁synd ic ated ▁progress ive ▁talk ▁programming , ▁primarily ▁from ▁Air ▁America ▁Radio . ▁When ▁the ▁format ' s ▁program mers ▁purchased ▁K T NF ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁transferred ▁programming ▁there , ▁K S MM ▁was ▁up ▁for ▁sale ▁once ▁again , ▁and ▁played ▁random ▁music ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁a ▁Spanish - language ▁format . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁after ▁an ▁ill - f ated ▁try ▁with ▁a ▁smooth ▁jazz / t alk ▁format , ▁the ▁station ▁started ▁playing ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁songs ▁mixed ▁with ▁listener ▁comment ary , ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁the