KILT-FM was AOR (Album Oriented Rock) up until 1981 when it flipped to "Continuous Country Favorites, FM-100 KILT." Then KILT-610 added more country into it's format until the transformation was complete. There was never a simulcast. I was on 1230 KNUZ at the time and the phones died. Now, KNUZ and 1070 KENR had two 100KW FMs to contend with. Both were forced to change formats.
KILT-FM's main competition was KLOL. KILT-FM became very successful until recent years, when real personality was shown the door. As Paul Harvey would say, "........now you know the rest of the story."
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1981, I had some tickets to a rock concert (dont recall who) that FM100 was sponsoring, and FM100 flipped to country before the concert came, concert was cancelled and we had to get refunds on our tickets. FM100 as an album rock station was awesome...great jocks, great programming
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According to a trade magazine I picked up online, KILT-FM flipped first from AOR to Country in February 1981. KILT-AM followed suit in June of 1981. KULF was hoping to attract those older listeners. According to a 1989 Billboard magazine article.