KQKI-FM (95.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format. Licensed to

Bayou Vista, Louisiana Bayou Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,652 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Bayou Vista is located at (29.69 ...

, United States, the station serves St. Mary Parish and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by Teche Broadcasting Company. The station is notable in that it plays an occasional song from the

swamp pop Swamp pop is a music genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south Louisiana and an adjoining section of southeast Texas. Created in the 1950s by young Cajuns and Creoles, it combines New Orleans–style rhythm and blues, country and western ...

genre inserted into their normal country music playlist. The station is an affiliate of the

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radio network.

History

KQKI-FM came onto the air in 1976 as a 3,000 watt station serving the St. Mary parish area in addition to their KQKI AM station already on the air. In 1995 they upgraded to their current 16,500 watt signal and closed permanently the AM station in 1996.

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* Radio stations in Louisiana Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1976 1976 establishments in Louisiana {{Louisiana-radio-station-stub