KOGT (1600 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a full service country music format.

[3] KOGT's programming included country western music, sports, local news and weather, and was known for having live announcers; the station was not automated.

[5] The station began its country music format in 1966,[6] though, during the early 1970s, it programmed rock at night.

[7] Sabine Area Broadcasting sold KOGT to the owners of KVUE in Austin, which included Allan Shivers, for $488,000 in 1976,[8] a transaction approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the following year;[5] all but Shivers also owned KNET in Palestine.

[11] At 6:00 p.m that night, the KOGT transmitter went dark for the last time; The final song to play on AM 1600 was How Do I Live by Trisha Yearwood, followed by the station's sign off notice, and then the national anthem.