KANI (1500 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to Wharton, Texas, United States, it serves the

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area. The station is currently owned by Martin Broadcasting.

History

KANI was first proposed, and a construction permit issued by the

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in 1975 by Beverly Ann Irish, under the licensee name of Radio Wharton County, Inc. The facility was licensed on September 1, 1978 at its current 500

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s, from a transmission site 1.4 miles east & .4 miles north of Wharton Junior College. Martin Broadcasting, the current owner of KANI, acquired the facility on September 12, 1990.

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