KYYS became the most successful AOR station in Kansas City, hitting #1 in the ratings in 1979 when acts like Bad Company, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bob Seger, KISS and Journey were popular, along with legendary personality Max Floyd's anti-disco speeches under the name 'The Rock and Roll Army'. The first (and ultimately, last) song on 'KY' was ' Too Many People' by Paul McCartney. On July 1, 1974, one of Kansas City's legendary radio stations signed on, when WDAF-FM flipped to album oriented rock, branded as 'KY 102', and changed call letters to KYYS (the 'KY' in the slogan refers to the first and last letters in 'Kansas City').

By 1974, WDAF-FM was leaning middle of the road again, and completely automated. WDAF-FM returned to Top 40 just 4 months later in May 1971. Drake didn't actually call it oldies they referred to the automated programming as 'Vintage Top 40'. It began with Drake-Chenault's syndicated 'History of Rock and Roll'. Also that year, WDAF-FM flipped to oldies, the first time an FM station in Kansas City has attempted at the format. The station upgraded to 100,000 watts on New Year's Day, 1971. The FM started a middle of the road format on January 15, 1968, referring to themselves as 'Popular 102'. The new format aired in afternoons and nights, while maintaining a simulcast with the AM station in the morning and midday. WDAF-FM was an NBC affiliate, with 36,000 watts of power. Transcontinent TV signed on WDAF-FM on March 5, 1961, as a simulcast partner to the AM station (now KCSP and owned by Entercom).

This would only last for about two years as FM radio was still in its infancy, the company turned in the license in 1950. Cook Paint and Varnish Company owned the station. The station first signed on in 1948 as a simulcast for WHB.

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