KACV-FM (89.9

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, 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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KACV-TV KACV-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as Panhandle PBS, is a PBS member television station in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It is owned by Amarillo College alongside student-operated radio station KACV-FM (89.9). The two outlets share studios ...

(channel 2). 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, featuring

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music during the week. Beginning in 1987, the station carried the syndicated program '' Dr. Demento''. Under a special contract, KACV was the only station allowed to air the program after Dr. Demento canceled his terrestrial broadcast in 2010 and moved exclusively to the Internet. KACV carried the Internet version of the show until early 2011.

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KACV-FM official website
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