Don Bonin first signed on on the 99.1 frequency in January 1969[1] as the FM counterpart of KNIR with the calls KNIR-FM. KNIR-FM eventually became KDEA-FM in the early 1970s, playing beautiful music-easy listening for the Lafayette and Baton 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 with KTDY with a mainstream adult contemporary format.
On August 21, 1992, at 6 pm KDEA started playing the song "American Pie" by Don 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 "Hot Country 99.1, KXKC". This was followed by "Friends in Low Places", by Garth Brooks, and KXKC was born. It has lasted for 21 years.
The station had normal operations for only one day as Hurricane Andrew was approaching. On Tuesday, August 25 at 10 am, the station began continuous coverage of the ever-closer hurricane. The storm came ashore early Wednesday morning, knocking the station off the air for 20 hours when water shorted out the transmitter in Parks, 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.
The original lineup was: The KXKC Coffee Club with Scott Daniels (now with Townsquare Media - Lafayette), and Renée’ Revett (now with Big 102.1 in Crowley) Kelly Thompson middays (now in radio sales in Mississippi) Jerry Methvin afternoons (retired) Randi Clark nights (deceased) Joel the Overnight Guy (whereabouts unknown)
In 2003, Don Bonin exited the radio business, selling KNIR to Radio Maria and KXKC to Citadel Broadcasting in exchange for KRXE (now KFXZ-FM) and KFXZ (now KYMK-FM), which he immediately sold to Pittman Broadcasting Services.[citation needed] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[2]
On September 4, 2020, KXKC dropped Nash FM and rebranded back as "99.1 KXKC."[3]
On September 2, 2022, KXKC shifted their format to 90s-based classic country.[4]
Possibly in the future, KXKC may add a bunch more pre-90s country stuff to really bring back a full time classic country station especially to Baton Rouge when they haven’t had one since KYPY flipped to sports in 2013.
kxkc, radio, station, licensed, iberia, louisiana, lafayette, louisiana, metropolitan, area, airs, classic, country, music, format, under, ownership, cumulus, media, studios, located, galbert, road, lafayette, transmitter, located, north, martinville, louisian. KXKC 99 1 FM is a radio station licensed for New Iberia Louisiana in the Lafayette Louisiana metropolitan area It airs a classic country music format and is under ownership of Cumulus Media Its studios are located on Galbert Road in Lafayette and its transmitter is located north of St Martinville Louisiana KXKCNew Iberia LouisianaBroadcast areaLafayette metropolitan areaFrequency99 1 MHzBranding99 1 KXKCProgrammingFormat90s based countryAffiliationsWestwood OneOwnershipOwnerCumulus Media Radio License Holding CBC LLC Sister stationsKNEK AM FM KRRQ KSMBHistoryFirst air dateJanuary 1969 as KNIR FM Former call signsKNIR FM 1969 1970s KDEA FM 1970s 5 18 1979 KDEA 5 18 1979 08 24 1992 Call sign meaningVariation of KXKWTechnical informationFacility ID6350ClassC0ERP100 000 wattsHAAT300 metersLinksWebcastListen liveListen Live iHeart Websitekxkc com Contents 1 History 2 Previous logos 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Don Bonin first signed on on the 99 1 frequency in January 1969 1 as the FM counterpart of KNIR with the calls KNIR FM KNIR FM eventually became KDEA FM in the early 1970s playing beautiful music easy listening for the Lafayette and Baton 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 with KTDY with a mainstream adult contemporary format On August 21 1992 at 6 pm KDEA started playing the song American Pie by Don 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 Hot Country 99 1 KXKC This was followed by Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks and KXKC was born It has lasted for 21 years The station had normal operations for only one day as Hurricane Andrew was approaching On Tuesday August 25 at 10 am the station began continuous coverage of the ever closer hurricane The storm came ashore early Wednesday morning knocking the station off the air for 20 hours when water shorted out the transmitter in Parks 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 The original lineup was The KXKC Coffee Club with Scott Daniels now with Townsquare Media Lafayette and Renee Revett now with Big 102 1 in Crowley Kelly Thompson middays now in radio sales in Mississippi Jerry Methvin afternoons retired Randi Clark nights deceased Joel the Overnight Guy whereabouts unknown In 2003 Don Bonin exited the radio business selling KNIR to Radio Maria and KXKC to Citadel Broadcasting in exchange for KRXE now KFXZ FM and KFXZ now KYMK FM which he immediately sold to Pittman Broadcasting Services citation needed Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16 2011 2 On September 4 2020 KXKC dropped Nash FM and rebranded back as 99 1 KXKC 3 On September 2 2022 KXKC shifted their format to 90s based classic country 4 Possibly in the future KXKC may add a bunch more pre 90s country stuff to really bring back a full time classic country station especially to Baton Rouge when they haven t had one since KYPY flipped to sports in 2013 Previous logos Edit References Edit Broadcasting amp Cablecasting Yearbook 1984 Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting Atlanta Business Journal September 16 2011 Retrieved September 16 2011 KXKC Drops Nash FM Branding KXKC Shifts to 90s Country Radioinsight September 9 2022External links EditKXKC in the FCC FM station database KXKC on Radio Locator KXKC in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 30 12 07 N 91 46 37 W 30 202 N 91 777 W 30 202 91 777 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KXKC amp oldid 1167073786, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
