KASE-FM
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KASE-FM is an Austin
, Texas
radio station operating a Country
format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas
with an ERP of 100,000 Watts at 100.7 MHz from a transmitter
site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel
Radio.
All New Country music can be heard on 100.7 HD-2 (HD Radio
needed).
" format.
Bill Mayne, KASE Program director at the time, recalled in a 2010 interview the Friday afternoon in 1981 KASE "came out of Mantovani
and went into Waylon Jennings
' 'Are You Ready for the Country,' ... and had every dentist's office, nursing home and doctor's office in the city of Austin calling to complain."
The "Continuous Country" format became a hit with Austin listeners and since then has consistently been voted by radio general managers as one of the top twenty "Most Admired Stations" in America. It was the first station to win the "Station of the Year" award from the Country Music Association
four times and was given its second Billboard Magazine "Station of the Year" award in 1997.
Over the years KASE has dominated the Austin radio market along with sister station KVET-FM
. According to Arbitron
ratings, both stations consistently rank in the top three, sometimes #1 and #2.
Former:
KASE-FM shares a building with sister stations KHFI, KPEZ, KVET, and KVET-FM
.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
radio station operating a Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
with an ERP of 100,000 Watts at 100.7 MHz from a transmitter
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...
site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel
Clear channel
A clear-channel station is an AM band Radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. Usually known as class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former...
Radio.
All New Country music can be heard on 100.7 HD-2 (HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
needed).
History
KASE-FM (100.7 MHz) debuted on March 30, 1969, then playing an automated "beautiful musicBeautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
" format.
Bill Mayne, KASE Program director at the time, recalled in a 2010 interview the Friday afternoon in 1981 KASE "came out of Mantovani
Mantovani
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani known as Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. The book British Hit Singles & Albums states that he was "Britain's most successful album act before The Beatles .....
and went into Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
' 'Are You Ready for the Country,' ... and had every dentist's office, nursing home and doctor's office in the city of Austin calling to complain."
The "Continuous Country" format became a hit with Austin listeners and since then has consistently been voted by radio general managers as one of the top twenty "Most Admired Stations" in America. It was the first station to win the "Station of the Year" award from the Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
four times and was given its second Billboard Magazine "Station of the Year" award in 1997.
Over the years KASE has dominated the Austin radio market along with sister station KVET-FM
KVET-FM
KVET-FM is an Austin, Texas radio station operating a Country format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas with an ERP of 49,800 watts from a transmitter site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel Radio....
. According to Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
ratings, both stations consistently rank in the top three, sometimes #1 and #2.
Personalities
Current:- Mornings: The KASE Morning Crew with Bama, Rob, & Heather
- Bama Brown
- Rob Mason
- Heather White
- Producer: Matt Kaspar
- The group also used to produce a music intensive afternoon show on XM11 Nashville!Nashville!Nashville! was a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio. It was located on XM 57 and lays a wide range of country music hits from the early 1990s through today. The channel was programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertising sales are handled by Premiere Radio Networks...
- The group also used to produce a music intensive afternoon show on XM11 Nashville!
- Middays: Bob Pickett
- Afternoons: Cody
- Nights: Anne HudsonAnne HudsonAnne Hudson is a television host on Music and Entertainment Television, the afternoon traffic reporter for Clear Channel Austin Cluster , and the Mid-Day show host on Gap Broadcasting station KIXS 108 in Victoria, Texas. Anne hosted Music Fest Host in 2007, 2008, and 2009 in Steamboat Springs, CO...
- Image Voice: Jack IngramJack IngramJack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...
(Country Artist)
Former:
- Tom Allen (Moved to sister station KVET-FMKVET-FMKVET-FM is an Austin, Texas radio station operating a Country format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas with an ERP of 49,800 watts from a transmitter site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel Radio....
) - Erin Austin
- Deena Blake
- Mike Carta
- Bob Cole (Moved to sister station KVET-FMKVET-FMKVET-FM is an Austin, Texas radio station operating a Country format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas with an ERP of 49,800 watts from a transmitter site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel Radio....
) - Gary Dixon
- Gerry Harmon
- Michael Hart (as Rick Shaw)
- Keith Jacobs
- Julie K
- Troy Kimmel
- Rodney Lay, Jr.
- Rachel Marisay
- Marvin Mempin
- Anna McCann
- Michelle Roebuck
- Scarlett
- Mark Williams
- John Zenor
Studio location
The Clear Channel Radio Austin studios are in an industrial business complex in south-central Austin, within walking distance of St. Edwards University. The complex, Penn Field, was Austin's first military air base. The Clear Channel Radio studios are located in the former hangar building.KASE-FM shares a building with sister stations KHFI, KPEZ, KVET, and KVET-FM
KVET-FM
KVET-FM is an Austin, Texas radio station operating a Country format. It is licensed to Austin, Texas with an ERP of 49,800 watts from a transmitter site near West Lake Hills, TX, and is owned by Clear Channel Radio....
.