KXKC

Infobox Radio station
name = KXKC


city = Lafayette, Louisiana
area = Lafayette metropolitan area
branding = "99.1 KXKC"
slogan = "The Most Country in Acadiana"
airdate = 1960s
frequency = 99.1 (MHz)
format = Country
power = 100,000 watts
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KNIR-FM (?), KDEA-FM (?-5/18/1979), KDEA (5/18/1979-11/2/1992)
webcast =
owner = Citadel Broadcasting
website = [http://www.kxkc.com/ kxkc.com]
affiliations =
sister_stations = KNEK-AM/FM, KRRQ, KSMB

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 Citadel Broadcasting.

History

Don Bonin first signed on the 99.1 frequency in the early 1960s 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 24, 1992, as Hurricane Andrew was making its way towards South Louisiana, KDEA abruptly ended its brief run as an Adult Contemporary station and began to play "American Pie" by Don McLean on a continuous loop. After stopping on August 26 and 27 to relay hurricane information, the stunt continued on the morning of Friday, August 28. At 12:00 PM on that day, KDEA took advantage of the Country music boom that was taking place at that time and became "Hot Country KD99." On November 2, KDEA changed calls to KXKC.

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.