KMIA is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Spanish

Spanish language

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 hits

Contemporary hit radio

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 format. Licensed to Auburn, Washington

Auburn, Washington

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, USA, it serves the Seattle metropolitan area

Seattle metropolitan area

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. The station is currently owned by Adelante Media Group. The station began as KASY in 1958 (broadcasting on 1220 AM), running an MOR format until 1989. It was then a simulcast of KBSG until around 2002, before changing to a business format as KNWX, the former callsign of KTTH until 2001, from 2002-2004 before switching to the regional Mexican format, first as KWMG and later as KTBK.

The station switched to a Spanish popular hits format on November 7, 2011, calling itself "Latino 1210" and operating under the call letters of KMIA.