KFWR is a

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in the

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area in

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, transmitting on 95.9 FM and playing a

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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

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, and its transmitter is located southeast of

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(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,

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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

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to Jacksboro. This upgrade has caused better signal penetration in

and Denton.

References

External links

The Ranch official website

DFW Radio/TV History
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