KAYD-FM is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 music format. Licensed to Silsbee, Texas

Silsbee, Texas

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, USA, the station serves the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media

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History

KAYD originally broadcasted on 97.5 FM until that frequency

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 moved to the Houston

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market in 2001. The station was assigned the call letters KWDX on December 10, 1979. On February 11, 2000, the station changed its call sign to KLOI; on April 10, 2002, to the current KAYD.