KYYK is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Palestine, Texas

Palestine, Texas

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, USA, the station serves the Lufkin

Lufkin, Texas

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-Nacogdoches

Nacogdoches, Texas

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 area. The station is currently owned by Tomlinson–Leis Communications, L.P.

History

The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

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KYYK on 1981-11-18. On 1987-07-01, the station changed its call sign to KNET-FM and on 1987-09-21, back to the current KYYK.