KFCD
| City | Farmersville, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Denison/Paris |
| Frequency | 990 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | After the move from Wichita Falls: 2002 as KCAF |
| Format | Brokered Programming |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Power | 7,000 watts (day) 920 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 43757 |
| Callsign meaning | Former flagship station for FC Dallas Soccer Team |
| Former callsigns | KNIN (1950s - 1983) KGTM (1983 - 1990), KKCR (1990 - 1991), KNIN (1991 - 1995), KWFT (1995 - 1998) , KTUB (1998 - 2000), KXXL (2000 - 2002), KCAF (2002-2004) KMSR (2004) |
| Owner | Vikram Shah (Vikram Shah Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KHSE |
KFCD is a radio station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that features religious radio programming. This station is licensed in Farmersville, Texas, USA, and the broadcast license is held by Vikram Shah, through licensee Vikram Shah Broadcasting, Inc.
The station started out originally in Wichita Falls as K-Nine (KNIN), a popular Top 40 station during the 1960s and 1970s. After several format and call letter changes during the 1980s and 1990s, the station moved to Farmersville as KCAF Cafe 990 as a short-lived women's talk format. Two months later, it changed to conservative talk via Radio America. The name, however stayed the same. "Cafe 990" has the unenviable distinction of having the shortest run of any regular format in D/FW radio history, signing off the format after just three days, due to monetary problems involved with the owners of the station. After Cafe 990 signed off, Radio America programming resumed.
In 2004, the station changed its call letters to KMSR while maintaining its talk format, but on December that year, the station was re-imaged as KFCD. A year later, KFCD was transferred to the bankruptcty court appointed "debtor-in-possession" along with sister station KHSE.
Starting on January 15, 2007, the frequency began broadcasting Sports Talk radio. In the opinion of Dallas Observer blogger Richie Whitt, the new format was "destined to fail". While the call sign references the FC Dallas Major League Soccer team, the team's games no longer air on this station. KFCD was a network affiliate radio station for the Frisco RoughRiders, and a Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball club. The station lasted with a sports talk format until October 29, 2007, when it abruptly switched to a gospel music format.
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