The first application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Twin City Broadcasting was filed in December 1974.
[5][6] The station originally transmitted from a tower on the southern outskirts of Cave City along U.S. Route 31W.
[6] Evidence from old radio-and-TV-hobbyist publications dating from the 1970s to 1984 show that WKVE broadcast a Top-40 format.
The permanent sign off was also because the station was unable to maintain a good-quality signal and/or gain consistent listenership and ratings against Munfordville's WCLU-FM, Bowling Green's WBLG-FM (now WUHU), or Nashville's WYHY (now WRVW), all of which also broadcast an adult contemporary format (in the case of WRVW, now broadcasting a top-40 format as of February 1996).
Currently, WHHT is the only radio station in the market that has a broadcasting license to the town of Cave City itself.