KGAS (1590 AM) is a terrestrial

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, paired with an FM translator, broadcasting a

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format with local news, weather, and sports interspersed. Licensed to

Carthage, Texas Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Panola County, Texas, United States. The city is situated in deep East Texas, 20 miles west of the Louisiana state line. Its population was 6,569 at the 2020 census. History Carthage was founded in ...

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, the station serves the state line area of far

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and western Louisiana.

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History

The facility received a License to Cover on January 6, 1956, as a 1 kilowatt daytime only facility, from a transmission site on Old Carthage-Deadwood Road, 0.2 mile east of the Carthage city limits. The station was first proposed in 1955 by Thomas Alford and F.E. Barr, as the Carthage Broadcasting Company, with the studios located at 318 East Sabine St. Carthage, Texas, 75633. The facility is currently owned by Wanda J. Hanszen and Jerry T. Hanszen, through licensee Hanszen Broadcasting, Inc. In 2014, an FM translator was acquired by Hanszen Broadcasting to operate at channel 279 (103.7 MHz). The translator was issued a License to Cover on September 8, 2014. K279CF operates with 250 watts ERP, from an elevation of 50 meters height above average terrain.

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FCC History Cards for KGAS
ESPN Radio stations Panola County, Texas Radio stations established in 1955

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1955 establishments in Texas {{Texas-radio-station-stub