KGAS (AM) explained

KGAS
City:Carthage, Texas U.S.
Area:Panola County, Texas
De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Branding:The Heartbeat of East Texas
Frequency:1590 kHz
Translator:See § Translator
Airdate:January 6, 1956
Format:Sports
Power:2,500 watts (daytime)
128 watts (night)
Class:D
Facility Id:31065
Coordinates:32.1533°N -94.3144°W
Callsign Meaning:natural gas (the area historically has produced oil and gas)
Affiliations:ESPN Radio
Owner:Wanda J. Hanszen and Jerry T. Hanszen
Licensee:Hanszen Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister Stations:KGAS-FM, KMHT, KMHT-FM
Website:KGAS website
Licensing Authority:FCC

KGAS (1590 AM) is a terrestrial radio station, paired with an FM translator, broadcasting a sports format with local news, weather, and sports interspersed. Licensed to Carthage, Texas, United States, the station serves the state line area of far East Texas and western Louisiana.

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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