KAND

For the airport serving Anderson, South Carolina assigned the ICAO code KAND, see Anderson Regional Airport.

KAND (1340 AM) was a radio station that serves the Corsicana/Ennis/Waxahachie area. The station previously aired a classic country music format. However, the station shut down on October 31, 2024.

KAND

Corsicana, Texas
Broadcast area	Corsicana/Ennis/Waxahachie
Frequency	1340 kHz
Branding	KAND 1340
Programming
Language	English
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Texas State Network
Ownership
Owner	New Century Broadcasting, LLC
History
First air date	May 17, 1937
Last air date	October 31, 2024 (6 months ago) (2024-10-31)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	13968
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	32°6′53.5″N 96°27′47.9″W
Translator(s)	104.9 K285HC (Corsicana)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kandradio.com

History

KAND began in 1937 as a Variety/Entertainment station on 1310 kHz but four years later moved to AM 1340 and has maintained its variety format until the 1980s when they made a slow transition to Country music. The original station owner was J.C. West, who also owned the Wolf Brand (canned) Chili plant in Corsicana. West had applied for callsign WOLF, but the Federal Communications Commission wouldn't permit it because the WOLF call letters are currently in use on Syracuse, New York's AM station.

In March 2008 Yates Communications announced FCC approval to buy KAND.

On July 9, 2010, Yates decided to sell this station to New Century Broadcasting^[2]

In 2014, KAND shifted to country full-time and switched news sources from ABC News to CBS News.

On October 31, 2024, after 87 years of operations KAND went silent.^[3][4]