KZYP (AM)

KZYP
City Malvern, Arkansas
Broadcast area Hot Springs, Arkansas
Branding Fox Sports Arkansas
Frequency 1310 kHz
Translator(s) K281CK (104.1 MHz, Sheridan)
First air date August 1951[1]
Format Sports radio
Power 1,000 watts (day only)
Class D
Facility ID 39750
Transmitter coordinates 34°22′25″N 92°49′52″W / 34.37361°N 92.83111°W / 34.37361; -92.83111
Former callsigns KBOK (1951-2014)
Owner Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman
(High Plains Radio Network, LLC)
Sister stations KAFN, KDEL, KVRC, KWPS, KYXK
Website www.foxsportsarkansas.com

KZYP (1310 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Malvern, Arkansas, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1951, is currently owned by Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, LLC. It was owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation until 2014.

Until 2015, KBOK/KZYP broadcast a classic country format. After losing ratings to US Stations, LLC's 104.5 The Bull, KZYP changed their format to regional Mexican. On July 7, 2016, KZYP went silent.[2] On February 13, 2017, KZYP went back on the air with a sports radio format. On April 29, 2017, KZYP went silent again.

The station was assigned the KBOK call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.[3] The station changed to the current KZYP call sign on June 1, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-15.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 10, 2009.


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