KAPS (660
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format to the
Mount Vernon, Washington
Mount Vernon is the county seat of Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 35,219 at the 2020 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon- Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Ar ...
, United States, area. The station is owned by J & J Broadcasting, INC and features programming from Westwood One.
The signal reaches many parts of Skagit County, as far north as Vancouver, BC, and as far south as Lynnwood and Edmonds at times. KAPS was formerly owned by Totem Broadcasters, Inc. with George B. Aller, owner and President, who sold the station in 1979. It also operates a translator station simulcasting its signal on 102.1 FM, K271AH.
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FCC History Cards for KAPS*
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1963
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