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| Broadcast area | Lafayette metropolitan area (secondary coverage ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| Frequency | 99.1MHz |
| Branding | 99.1 KXKC |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KNEK-FM,KRRQ,KSMB | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1969 (1969-01) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Variation ofKXKW |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6350 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300 meters (980 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | |
| Website | kxkc.com |
KXKC (99.1FM) is an Americanradio station licensed forNew Iberia, Louisiana, in theLafayette metropolitan area. It airs aclassic country music format, and is under ownership ofCumulus Media. Its studios are located on Galbert Road inLafayette, and its transmitter, shared withKHXT andKTDY, is located north ofSt. Martinville, Louisiana.
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Don Bonin first signed on on the 99.1 frequency in January 1969[2] as the FM counterpart ofKNIR with the calls KNIR-FM. KNIR-FM became KDEA on August 1, 1972,[3] playingbeautiful music-easy listening for theLafayette andBaton Rouge radio markets. The format continued through the 1980s and into the early 1990s, when the popularity of the easy listening format began to decline nationwide and KDEA went into competition withKTDY with a mainstreamadult contemporary format.
On August 21, 1992, at 6 pm KDEA started playing the song "American Pie" byDon McLean on a continuous loop. Between each playing of the song, a voice could be heard saying, "A new day begins Monday." The song continued to play over and over until 6 am Monday, August 24, when a jingle played announcing that the station was now "HotCountry 99.1, KXKC". This was followed by "Friends in Low Places", byGarth Brooks.
The station had normal operations for only one day asHurricane Andrew was approaching. On Tuesday, August 25 at 10 am, the station began continuous coverage of the approaching hurricane. The storm came ashore early Wednesday morning, knocking the station off the air for 20 hours when water shorted out the transmitter inParks, Louisiana. Hurricane recovery information dominated the station for the next few days, but by the following Monday morning, August 31, 1992, KXKC was operating as normal.
In 2003, Don Bonin exited the radio business, selling KNIR to Radio Maria and KXKC toCitadel Broadcasting in exchange for KRXE (nowKFXZ-FM) and KFXZ (nowKYMK-FM), which he immediately sold to Pittman Broadcasting Services.[citation needed] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[4]
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On September 4, 2020, KXKC droppedNash FM and rebranded back to "99.1 KXKC".[5] On September 2, 2022, KXKC shifted its format to 1990s-based classic country.[6]
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