 On December 20, 1965, Wallace Barbee purchased controlling interest of KGKB stock from Harry O'Connor, requesting the newly available call set of KDOK which Buford Broadcasting had recently dropped on 1330 as a part of a format switch from Top 40 to Country music and obtaining a new call of KZAK.Barbee would bring 1490 back to life with the abandoned format and calls, moved the transmission site and studios to the famed NNE Loop 323 location, where the current tower still stands and operates, and increased the overall height of the single tower.The changes were completed and officially licensed by the FCC on June 28, 1966.