 KBOX had never been able to defeat KLIF in the Top 40 arena, so on January 24, 1967, KBOX flipped to a country music format.The first song played on the new country KBOX was "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" by Buck Owens (a nod to the station's former "Tiger Radio" moniker).KPCN (730 AM) was the first country station in the area, having started in 1962, but it broadcast only during daytime hours.