KIVY, K275AS, & K288HF (1290 AM, 102.9 & 105.5 FM) is an AM

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

combined with dual FM translators broadcasting an adult standards format to the rural communities of southern

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and most of

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, including Crockett, Latexo, Grapeland, and Elkhart. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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- Palestine area. The station is currently owned by Leon Hunt. Current

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announcer

Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born March 30, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Early life and education Blackburn was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Kerrville, in the Texas Hill Country ...

began his broadcast career at KIVY, calling

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games.

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Adult standards radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Texas {{Texas-radio-station-stub