With the end of World War II , a group of Texas veterans pooled their resources to start a radio station in Austin . They chose a call sign that includes the word " Vet . " KVET AM 1300 signed on the air on October 1 , 1946 . The owners included future Texas Governor John Connally and future Congressman Jake Pickle . KVET , Austin 's third radio station , was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System , carrying its schedule of dramas , comedies , news , talk , cooking shows , soap operas and big band broadcasts during the " Golden Age of Radio . " Connally initially served as KVET 's president and general manager . Later as governor , he was seriously wounded in November 1963 during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as they rode together in an open limousine in Dallas
assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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