Early years (1966–2004) This station signed on in 1966 as
KGME-FM, with
Centralia as its city of license. In 1968, the station changed its callsign to
KELA-FM, holding this callsign until 1983 when the calls changed to
KMNT. During the 1990s, KMNT was branded as "The Mountain", and served the Centralia/Chehalis area.
Country (2004–2011) In 2004, their tower moved to Capitol Peak near Olympia, the station shifted their focus to the South Sound, adopted a new call sign of
KNBQ and a new branding: "Q Country 102.9". Its studios were moved to Tacoma as well.
Sports (2011–2013) On November 4, 2011, at 7 a.m., KNBQ started simulcasting
sports talk station
KJR, becoming "Sports Radio 950 and 102.9 KJR". The station's calls were not changed because its sister station
KJR-FM, located on 95.7 FM, already has them. This is a similar move made by
KFRC-FM San Francisco,
WCFS-FM Chicago, and
WSBB-FM Atlanta after those stations began simulcasting
KCBS,
WBBM and
WSB (respectively) due to their sister stations owning the same calls with the -FM suffix having a different format from the AM counterpart and did not want to transfer them over.
Adult top 40 (2013–2016) On June 14, 2013, at 10 a.m., KNBQ flipped to
Adult Top 40 as "102.9 Now," targeting Olympia and the South Sound region. The first song on "Now" was "
Poker Face" by
Lady Gaga. The KJR simulcast moved to KJR-FM HD2. On June 19, 2013, the station took the
KYNW call sign. It is noted that both this station and
Dallas/Fort Worth area sister station KDMX shared the same branding and logo. Although KDMX flipped to Adult Top 40 in 2012, it was unsuccessful as it reverted to its
Hot AC format. Most of the station's airstaff consisted of voicetracked and syndicated shows from Johnjay & Rich (from sister
KZZP Phoenix),
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest,
Mario Lopez, and "The Rendevouz" with Simon Marcel and Kim Iversen. Lori Bradley was the station's only local host, hosting middays from 10am-2pm.
Alternative (2016–2017) On January 13, 2016, KYNW announced they will be changing formats on January 19 at Noon, and began redirecting listeners to sister station
KBKS-FM. At that time, after playing "
Hello" by
Adele and the first minute of "
Counting Stars" by
OneRepublic, KYNW's format moved to KBKS (and was modified to a more broad-based
Hot AC); at the same time, KYNW flipped to
alternative rock as "ALT 102.9." The first (and ultimately last) song on "ALT" was "
Smells Like Teen Spirit" by
Nirvana. The move was part of a format shuffle on four of iHeart's Seattle stations, with KBKS's Mainstream Top 40 format moving to 93.3 FM, displacing
KUBE's longtime Rhythmic Top 40 format, which would move to
KKBW. KKBW's
active rock format would be modified to
alternative and move to KYNW. On February 5, 2016, KYNW changed its call letters to
KFOO, referencing the Seattle-based band
Foo Fighters.
Smooth jazz (2017–2019) On November 1, 2017, iHeart announced that they would acquire
KFNQ,
KJAQ, and
KZOK from
Entercom as part of its merger with
CBS Radio, and divest KFOO and
KUBE to the Ocean Station Trust in preparation for their sale to a third-party (which was completed on December 19). As part of the impending divestment, the station swapped callsigns with
KFNY in
Riverside, California on November 14, 2017. On December 11, 2017, KFNY switched to an unbranded
smooth jazz format with the slogan "The South Sound’s Smooth Jazz Station" as interim programming, while the previous alternative format and "ALT" branding were moved to an
HD Radio subchannel of
KJAQ as
Alt 96.5 HD2.
Spanish (2019–present) On May 6, 2019, Bustos Media acquired KFNY from iHeartMedia's divestiture trust for $3 million. On June 28, 2019, KFNY flipped to
regional Mexican. The purchase by Bustos Media was consummated on July 1, 2019, with the new owners changing the station's call sign to
KZTM. In 2021, Bustos filed an application to relocate KZTM's transmitter to a site northwest of
Shelton, in order to improve the station's coverage into Seattle and the
Olympic Peninsula. The station would operate with an effective radiated power of 90,000 watts. In addition, KZTM changed their city of license from Centralia to
McKenna. ==HD radio==