KZEY (AM)
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| City | Marshall, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | |
| Branding | Fox Sports |
| Frequency | 1410 kHz |
| First air date | September 3, 1957 |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 500 watts (day) 90 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 18262 |
| Former callsigns | KADO (1957-1967) KDOX (1967–1977) KKYR (1977–1983) KCUL (1983-2015) KZEY (April 24 2015-present) |
| Affiliations | None |
| Owner | RCA Broadcasting LLC (RCA Broadcasting LLC) |
| Sister stations | KFRO |
KZEY (1410 AM, "Fox Sports") is an American radio station licensed to serve Marshall, Texas. KZEY is owned by RCA Broadcasting LLC.
On December 19, 2014, Access.1 filed to transfer the license of KCUL 1410 to RCA Broadcasting LLC of Texas. The FCC approved the transfer to RCA Broadcasting on February 7, 2015. The sale to RCA Broadcasting was consummated March 20, 2015, ending Access.1's 15-year ownership of KCUL.
1410 KZEY first signed on the air in 1957 as KADO, and was owned by the Caddo Broadcasting Company. 1410 was built at 200 Interstate 20 West, along I-20 and highway 59 south on the feeder road. 1410 was a complete Gates turn-key facility, including a BC500K transmitter and Gates Phasor. 1410 was sold many many times in its early days.
In 1967, 1410 was sold and the call letters were changed to KDOX.
In 1977, 1410 changed formats and its call letters became KKYR "Kicker 1410". KKYR was a country music station, but only lasted six years due to saturation by the FM country stations.
On November 11, 1983, 1410 changed call letters again to KCUL. For 20 years the KCUL stations played oldies (50s and 60s rock and roll).
The KCUL call letters were originally on 1540 (now KZMP) in University Park, Texas from 1949-1967.
In 2005 (with the acquisition of the Waller Media stations by Access.1) the live, local oldies programming ceased. Access.1 created a trimulcast of 104.1 KKUS Tyler and 1370 KFRO Longview, "The Ranch" (Classic Country).
KCUL, for a brief period, switched to Christian Talk from the Moody Bible Institute.
KCUL formerly simulcasted the Fox Sports Radio Network with former sister station KFRO.
1410 KCUL is still at its original transmitter site along I-20 at the Hwy 59 exit. The control point is once again at the transmitter and studio site.
On March 20, 2015, RCA Broadcasting officially closed on KCUL at a purchase price of $25,000, and the FCC consummated the sale from Access.1 to RCA Broadcasting. KCUL is RCA's first radio station.
On April 24, 2015, 1410 KCUL changed its call sign to KZEY. This was to completely distance the AM from the FM that was kept by Access.1 and went into an LMA sales agreement with Alpha Media. It was also done to better position 1410 in Marshall, as the KZEY-FM call sign was in the market for 10+ years.
1957-1958 Caddo Broadcasting Company (Virgil E. Stone and J.D. Johnson)
1958-1959 Marshall Broadcasting Corporation (William R. Sinkin)
1959-1964 Lone Star Steel Company (Now part of U.S. Steel)
1964-1966 Gemini Enterprises (Orman L. Kimbrough and Delwin W. Morton)
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