- KFWR
Infobox Radio station
name = KFWR
city =Mineral Wells, Texas
area = Mineral Wells/Weatherford/
Stephenville/Granbury/Fort Worth
branding = "95.9 The Ranch"
slogan = "The Sound of Texas"
airdate = 1970 as KMWT
frequency = 95.9 MHz
format =Texas Country
power =
erp = 80,000watt s
haat = 329meter s
class = C1
facility_id = 31062
callsign_meaning = Fort Worth Radio
former_callsigns = KMWT (1970-1981)
KYXS (1981-2002)
owner = LKCM Radio Group
webcast = [http://www.streamaudio.com/stations/asx/KFWR_FM.asx Listen Live]
website = [http://www.959theranch.com/ www.959theranch.com]
affiliations =
sister_stations =KRVF , KTFWKFWR is a
country music FMradio station in the Dallas/Fort Worth area inTexas , transmitting on 95.9 FM and playing aTexas Country format. This station is owned and operated by LKCM Radio Group.History
The station first started out as KMWT in 1970, with an unknown format. In 1981, the call letters were changed to KYXS as a country music station. In 2002, the station made its permanent switch to KFWR, bringing listeners a country radio station with a blend of Texas country, current country hits, and country classics. On
May 1 ,2008 , the station dropped most of the current country hits in favor of "totally 100% TEXAS country music."KFWR focuses on the area west of the Tarrant-Dallas county line calling it the Westoplex as opposed to the entire area's nickname of Metroplex.
95.9 The Ranch also brings its listeners a free concert series featuring artists in Texas for 25 weeks every summer in downtown Fort Worth.
The Ranch radio format can also be heard on KRVF, 106.9,
Corsicana, Texas , and KRVA-FM, 107.1,Sulphur Springs, Texas .External links
*official|http://www.959theranch.com/ The Ranch
*FMQ|KFWR
*FML|KFWR
*FMARB|KFWR
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