KACV-FM (89.9 FM, "FM90") is a

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Amarillo, Texas Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Co ...

, United States. The station is owned and operated by the city's

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, Amarillo College along with its television partner,

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station KACV-TV (channel 2). The station is also an affiliate of the

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. Both KACV-FM-TV operate studios at Gilvin Broadcast Center on Amarillo College's Washington Street campus, while KACV-FM's transmitter is located north of Amarillo in unincorporated Potter County. Founded in 1976, the station is a typical, unaffiliated

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station, airing

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music during the weekdays. The station airs the syndicated " Dr. Demento" radio program, a feature of KACV-FM since 1987. Due to a special contract, KACV was the only station continuing to air Dr. Demento after June 6, 2010, after Dr. Demento canceled his terrestrial show and moved exclusively to the Internet. KACV carried the Internet version of the show, presumably censored to meet FCC guidelines, until it left KACV in January 2011.

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KACV-FM official website
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