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Omaha , NE. Fort Collins , CO. Fayetteville , AR. Huntington , WV. Mobile , AL. Anchorage , AK. Melbourne , FL. Roanoke , VA. Savannah , GA. Little Rock , AR. Portsmouth , NH. Davenport , IA. Beaumont , TX. Ofcom punished Kiss for "numerous and serious breaches" of broadcasting codes after receiving 10 complaints from April to November They involved prank calls on the Bam Bam breakfast show where consent was not sought from the "victims" and controversial material aired when children were likely to be listening.

Kiss said it accepted the findings and apologised for any offence [4]. Emap introduced a second major revamp of the Kiss brand on 6 September The relaunch was implemented simultaneously with the rebranding of Kiss 's sister dance stations, Vibe and Vibe as Kiss and Kiss respectively.

Their programme content is the same as that of Kiss , but with advertising and traffic information relevant to their broadcast areas. The changes at Kiss were introduced to address falling listener figures and to keep the station competitive in the highly contested London market. In December , Ofcom approved the request from Bauer Radio to drop local programming content from the three Kiss stations, creating a national service on the condition that Kiss would be available on 35 DAB multiplexes around the UK on the day local information is dropped, rising to 38 within 3 months of the changes.

He in turn replaced the previous long serving breakfast host Bam Bam real name Peter Poulton in April , moving from the drive-time slot. Mark returned to TV whilst Sarah went to Radio 1. Bam Bam left shortly after the station received a record fine from the industry regulator, Ofcom after a series of breaches of the broadcasting code. In , Adam K left and Mikey joined and is still going now. If they do so, Tom and Charlie Tee will co-host their show. Patrick Forge hosted a two-hour show on Sunday nights from He played Soul Fusion, Acid jazz and associated forms, along with more modern records with underground jazzy, soulful sounds.

He is one of the longest serving hosts of a show on the station, as he joined near the time Kiss turned from a pirate radio station into a commercial operator and left in From September to January , John Digweed hosted a two-hour show featuring progressive house and trance.

The first hour featured music played by Digweed, either mixed live or recorded from one of his past gigs. The second hour was a guest mix by a different artist each week. The show features the latest promo releases and also interviews and guest mixes. Between March and November , he hosted a second weekly show focusing predominantly on Bassline. Logan Sama hosted the first dedicated Grime show on legal radio every Monday night between the hours of 11pm-1am but 12am-1am from as Kiss reduced its specialist output.

Acting as a platform for some of the most exciting British underground MCing talent, the show had seen artists such as Dizzee Rascal , Kano , Wiley , Lethal B and Roll Deep who all made several appearances.

As a vital source of new music from the British grime scene, the show had regularly pulled in a large and dedicated listener-ship over its 3-year history. Steve Smart presented a weekly dance music show on In the station, he still had his own weekly slot before being offered the new "Floorfillers" slot every Saturday nights from