KFCD

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KFCD is a radio station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that features talk programming from the Biz Radio network. This station is licensed in Farmersville, Texas and is licensed to Bernard Dallas LLC. KFCD was a network affiliate radio station for the Frisco RoughRiders, and a Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball club.

[edit] History

The station started out originally in Wichita Falls as K-Nine (KNIN), a popular Top 40 station during the 60's and 70's. After several format and call letter changes during the 80's and 90's, the station moved to Farmersville as KCAF Cafe 990 as a short-lived women's talk format. Two months later, it changed to conservative talk via Radio America. The name, however stayed the same. "Cafe 990" has the unenviable distinction of having the shortest run of any regular format in D/FW radio history, signing off the format after just three days, due to monetary problems involved with the owners of the station. After Cafe 990 signed off, Radio America programming resumed.

In 2004, the station changed its call letters to KMSR while maintaining its talk format, but on December that year, the station was re-imaged as KFCD. A year later, KFCD was transferred to the bankrupcty court appointed "debtor-in-possession" along with sister station KHSE.

Starting on January 15, 2007, the frequency began broadcasting Sports Talk radio. In the opinion of Dallas Observer blogger Richie Witt, the new format was destined to fail. While the call sign references the FC Dallas Major League Soccer team, the team's games no longer air on this station. English-language broadcast rights now belong to country station KTFW. The station lasted with a sports format until November 2007 when it switched to a gospel music theme. [1]

On December 28, 2006, the FCC accepted a voluntary license transfer from DFW Radio License, LLC to Bernard Dallas LLC.[2] On February 27, 2007, an application was filed with the FCC to transfer the license from Bernard Dallas LLC to Principle Broadcasting Network - Dallas, LLC [3], which has entered into a transaction to acquire the two stations from the bankruptcy court.[4]

KFCD previously had a Spanish gospel format.

As of November 29, 2009, KFCD became a 24 hour affiliate of the Biz Radio network. Biz Radio was previously affiliated with KVCE 1160 which only carried a partial schedule intermixed with conservative and Pakistan/Indian talk programs. KFCD provides a stronger signal in the city of Dallas than KVCE, but signal quality is generally poorer than KVCE in Fort Worth due in part to the lower transmitter power of KFCD and location of transmission tower east of Dallas.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KFCD
• Radio Locator Information on KFCD
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KFCD