 On May 9, 2013, Univision announced that KESS would rebrand to "Hot 107.9" as it shifts directions to a more conventional Rhythmic Top 40 presentation, in part due to an increase in the ratings since phasing out the Spanish music and content.On May 17, at Noon, the station officially rebranded as "Hot 107.9" and made the evolution to a Rhythmic direction, putting it in line with sister stations KBBT/San Antonio and KKSS/Albuquerque.On July 29, 2013, Univision pulled the plug on KESS' Rhythmic format after 2 months without a word of a format change announcement, making it not only the shortest-ran rhythmic station in the metroplex, but one of the shortest-ran format periods for both the Rhythmic format and radio history, and leaving said metro area without such a format once again.