 The "Continuous Country" format became a hit with Austin listeners and has consistently been voted by radio general managers as one of the top twenty "Most Admired Stations" in America.It was the first station to win the "Station of the Year" award from the Country Music Association four times and was given its second Billboard Magazine "Station of the Year" award in 1997.In 1990, KASE-FM got a country sister station on the FM dial, when AM 1300 KVET began simulcasting on 98.1 MHz.