KFWR is a
country music
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FM radio station
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in the
Dallas
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Fort Worth
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area in
Texas
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, transmitting on 95.9 FM and playing a
Texas Country
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format. This station is owned and operated by LKCM Radio Group. The station's studios are located in Sundance Square in
Downtown Fort Worth
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Attractions
Sundance Square
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, and its transmitter is located southeast of
Jacksboro, Texas
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His ...
(the city of license).
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
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.
On February 21, 2013, KFWR upgraded its signal from 80 kW at 329 metres to 100 kW at 425 metres and moved the
city of licence
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to
Jacksboro. This upgrade has caused better signal penetration in
Fort Worth
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and
Denton.
References
External links
The Ranch official website DFW Radio/TV History
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1970
1970 establishments in Texas
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