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| City of license | Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Broadcast area | Little Rock metropolitan area |
| Branding | The Point |
| Slogan | "Classic Rock" |
| Frequency | 94.1 MHz |
| First air date | October 26, 1960 (as KMMK) |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Language | English |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 488 meters (1,601 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 60364 |
| Callsign meaning | PoinT |
| Former callsigns | KMMK (1960-1973) KEZQ (1973-1976) KLPQ (1976-1983) KHLT (1983-1988) KHLT-FM (1988-1989) KHLT (1989-1994)[1] |
| Owner | Signal Media (Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KABZ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | point941.com |
KKPT (94.1 FM) is an American commercial radio station located in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. KKPT broadcasts a classic rock music format branded as "The Point".[2] The station is owned by Signal Media and the broadcast license held by Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc.
[edit] History
This station originally broadcast from the antenna on the side of the Tower Building in downtown Little Rock as KMMK, also known as "K-Rose", a classical/easy listening format. In 1973, Bernie Mann/Mann Media, purchased the station,changed the calls to KEZQ and moved the tower out west to Shinall Mountain, and eventually increased the ERP/tower height to cover the entire metro. The station aired the Bonneville "Beautiful Music" format, and did well.
Mann Media sold the station to Multi-Media Communications in 1976 along with the other station he owned, KALO-AM 1250 to Ron Curtis, who had purchased Dan Garner's KLAZ, 98.5 FM. Multi-Media changed the 94.1 FM call letter and format shortly after closing to KLPQ (KQ-94) and launched a rock format. The market was in an uproar for quite some time, while the beautiful music format was aired in mid-days and evenings on Ted Snider's KARN 920 AM.
In 1978, Ed Muniz from New Orleans purchased 100.3 FM in Jacksonville and purchased the "intellectual property" from Gary Fries/GM of KLPQ-FM, and launched FM-100/KEZQ. KLPQ survived until late 1983 when Philip Jonsson from Dallas purchased the station, and launched KHLT "K-Lite". This format survived several years, but changed to CHR as "K-Rock" in approximately 1991.
In 1994, the change was made to "The Point", a classic/pop rock format, which was an early hybrid of Classic leaning Top-40 and classic rock. The station was assigned the call sign KKPT by the Federal Communications Commission on June 17, 1994.[1] When Magic 105 FM left the harder edge classic rock format for "We Play Everything" Tom-FM in early 2008, The Point was left as the lone classic rock station in Little Rock.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60364&Callsign=KKPT. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
[edit] External links
- KKPT official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KKPT
- Radio-Locator information on KKPT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KKPT
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