KXKC
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| City of license | New Iberia, Louisiana |
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| Broadcast area | Lafayette metropolitan area |
| Branding | "99.1 KXKC" |
| Slogan | Acadiana's New Country Leader |
| Frequency | 99.1 (MHz) |
| First air date | January 1969 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 6350 |
| Callsign meaning | Variation of KXKW |
| Former callsigns | KNIR-FM (?), KDEA-FM (?-5/18/1979), KDEA (5/18/1979-08/24/1992) |
| Owner | Cumulus Media |
| Sister stations | KNEK-AM/FM, KRRQ, KSMB |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kxkc.com |
KXKC is a radio station serving the Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area with a country music format. It operates on FM frequency 99.1 MHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
[edit] History
Don Bonin first signed on the 99.1 frequency in January 1969[1] as the FM counterpart of KNIR with the calls KNIR-FM. KNIR 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 6pm KDEA starting 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 6am 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.
The current staff of 99.1 KXKC consist of:
Program Director - Ray Robicheaux
Promotions Director - Jeni Lane
Daily Lineup
6-10 The More Music Morning Show with Ray Robicheaux and Jeni Lane
10-3 At Work with Jen at Ten
3-7 The Drive Home with Erik Tobias
7-12 Cody Alan CMT Radio Live
The original line-up on the station included:
6am-10am The KXKC Coffee Club with Scott Daniels and Renee' Revett
10am-2pm Jerry Methvin
2pm-7pm Kelly Thompson
7pm-12midnight Randi Clark
12midnight-6am Joel "The Overnight Guy"
The station had normal operations for only one day as Hurricane Andrew was approaching. On Tuesday, August 25 at 10am, 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.
Past on-air staff include:
Renee' Revett (Mornings and Program Director)---Renee' lives in Houston and does voice work as well as writing show prep for morning shows in major markets.
Scott Daniels (Morning Host)---Scott is a sales account executive for Townsquare Media which includes the number one radio station in Acadiana...973 The DAWG.
Jerry Methvin (Middays and News)---Jerry works for the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department and does the news on KQIS in Crowley as well as voice tracking afternoons on Country Legends 106.7.
Kelly Thompson (Afternoons and Music Director)---Kelly does radio sales at "95 Country" in Natchez, Mississippi. He is married to Randi Clark.
Randi Clark (Evenings)---Randi does Middays at "95 Country" in Natchez, Mississippi.
Joel "The Overnight Guy" (Overnights)---Whereabouts unknown.
Craig "The Brick" Wall (Morning Show Producer and fill-in announcer)---Craig now teaches school at Northside High in Lafayette Parish and still works for KXKC on the weekends.
Scott Segraves (Afternoons)---"Scooter" is retired and living in Harrison, Arkansas.
"Fast" Eddie (Afternoons)---"Fast" now does mornings at KQIS in Crowley, Louisiana.
"Goatboy" (Morning Show Producer)---"Goatboy" now does radio in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jamie Meaux (Weekends)---Jamie is a school teacher in St. Martin Parish.
Sean Riley (Nights and Music Director)---Sean works as a 911 operator in Avoyles Parish.
Jimi Foxx (Middays)---Jimi is a successful wedding photographer in Acadiana and currently does mornings at KPEL-FM.
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. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Broadcasting & Cablecasting Yearbook 1984
- ^ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/09/16/cumulus-now-owns-citadel-broadcasting.html. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KXKC
- Radio-Locator information on KXKC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KXKC
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