 KOOL 94.5 was promoted as "Clutter-Free", featuring a music-intensive presentation without programming elements such as personality announcers, news, weather and traffic reports.KRKE however generated low ratings and since July 2013 faced additional competition from KABQ-FM 104.7 which featured a 1970s-centric version of the format.In early 2014, the format had been shifting to focus more on music from the 1980s.