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KVET-FM (98.1 MHz, "98.1 K-VET") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Austin, Texas.It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a gold-based country music radio format.KVET-FM shares studios and offices with other iHeart sister stations in the Penn Field complex in Austin's South Congress district (or "SoCo") near St. Edward's University.
KVET switched formats on April 14, 1969, to country music, and the "Country Giant" was born. "Noche de Fiesta" moved from KVET to sister station KASE-FM, airing in the morning from 5:30am-8am. [13] Popular celebrity DJs Arleigh Duff, Penny Reeves, Jerry Gee and Sammy Allred took KVET to the top of the local ratings during the 1970s. [14]
In September, Spur reached a deal—the second ever radio local marketing agreement—to simulcast KVET on the 98.1 frequency, displacing contemporary hits outlet KHFI-FM ("K-98"). Joyner moved to fire the entire airstaff of the underperforming KQFX and brought the entire airstaff, format and call letters of KHFI-FM to 96.7 MHz, creating "K96.7".
KVET-FM, a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Austin, Texas, United States Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding.
On July 12, 2023, owner Genuine Austin Radio announced that the "Horn" format would be moved exclusively to KTAE and FM translator K270CO (101.9 FM) effective August 1. While the station retained the sports talk format and Rangers games, it lost the Texas Longhorns to a partnership of iHeartMedia 's KVET and KVET-FM , a move announced the ...
The Longhorns announced a partnership with iHeartMedia stations KVET and KVET-FM the following day. [8] [9] On August 2, Norsan Media announced that it had acquired KTXX-FM and K287FG, making the station a sister to Spanish-language KZNX. [10] KTXX-FM began simulcasting KZNX, while K287FG began airing a Spanish-language CHR format. [2]
In February 1999, the station changed its call letters to KCYI, moved to 97.9 FM, and became "The City 97.9", retaining the Smooth Jazz format.. On January 24, 2000, at noon, KCYI dropped its smooth jazz format and began stunting with a Microsoft robotic countdown (similar to Willow Pond's text-to-speech male voice), counting down until 6:45 a.m. on January 27.
In August 1975, KZOK moved from its free-form progressive format to a more mass-appeal and better–researched AOR format. With the success of KZOK's rock format on FM, in 1982, the AM station switched to a different rock format, modern rock, allowing KZOK's advertisers to have two choices for their commercials aimed at Seattle's rock audience.