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

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Tigers and Navarro College Bulldogs football games, and the latest

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from the Texas State Network News, and

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. As of July 11, 2008, it airs sports programming from

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during overnights and weekends. For many years, the KAND call sign was assigned to the station now called

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History

KAND began in

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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

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's AM station. In March 2008 Yates Communications announced FCC approval to buy KAND. Although the 1,000- watt station doesn't cover the immediate Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, KAND will be streaming online to North Texas listeners with a Real Country format that offers programs currently not available in Dallas. On July 9, 2010; Yates decided to sell this station to New Century BroadcastingKAND Radio Sale Finalized
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'' (released July 9, 2010) In 2014, KAND shifted to country full-time and switched news sources from ABC News to CBS.

References

External links

KAND Radio official websiteGreenRadio.net DFW Radio/TV History

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