KAND (1340 AM) is a radio station that serves the Corsicana/Ennis/Waxahachie area, and is owned by New Century Broadcasting. This station runs a country music format, and is also the home of Corsicana High School Tigers and Navarro College Bulldogs football games, and the latest news from the Texas State Network News, and CBS News. As of July 11, 2008, it airs sports programming from Fox Sports Radio during overnights and weekends. For many years, the KAND call sign was assigned to the station now called KWPW.
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Broadcast area | Corsicana/Ennis/Waxahachie |
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Frequency | 1340 kHz |
Branding | KAND 1340 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | CBS News Texas State Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | New Century Broadcasting |
History | |
First air date | May 17, 1937 |
Call sign meaning | CANneD chili |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 13968 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Translator(s) | 104.9 MHz K285HC (Corsicana) |
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Public license information | |
Website | kandradio.com |
History
editKAND began in 1937 as a Variety/Entertainment station on 1310 kHz but 10 years later moved to AM 1340 and has maintained its variety format until the 1980s when they made a slow transition to Country music. The original station owner was J.C. West, who also owned the Wolf Brand (canned) Chili plant in Corsicana. West had applied for callsign WOLF, but the Federal Communications Commission wouldn't permit it because the WOLF call letters are currently in use on Syracuse, New York's AM station.
In March 2008 Yates Communications announced FCC approval to buy KAND.
On July 9, 2010, Yates decided to sell this station to New Century Broadcasting[2]
In 2014, KAND shifted to country full-time and switched news sources from ABC News to CBS.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAND". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ KAND Radio Sale Finalized - Corsicana Daily Sun (released July 9, 2010)
External links
edit- KAND Radio official website
- GreenRadio.net
- DFW Radio/TV History
- Facility details for Facility ID 13968 (KAND) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KAND in Nielsen Audio's AM station database