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The Little Rock–Pine Bluff media market, which encompasses the state capital and two of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. state of Arkansas, maintains a variety of broadcast, print and online media outlets serving the region. The Little Rock–Pine Bluff market includes 38 counties in the central, north-central and west-central portions of the state, serving a total population of 1,172,700 residents ages 12 and over as of 2021. As of September 2021, it is ranked as the 59th largest American television market by Nielsen Media Research and the 92nd largest American radio market by Nielsen Audio.[1][2]

The Little Rock–Pine Bluff designated market area is served by 13 television stations (nine full-power and four low-power digital stations) and 54 radio stations (11 AM/MW stations, 28 full-power and five low-power FM stations, and 10 low-power FM translators) licensed to communities within 30 miles (48 km) of downtown Little Rock, along with nine television stations (three full-power and six low-power digital stations) and 110 radio stations (17 AM/MW stations, 55 full-power and six low-power FM stations, and 32 low-power FM translators) serving counties outside of the core metropolitan area.

The following is a list of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and online media that currently operate or have previously operated in Central Arkansas. In addition to referencing broadcast media outlets that serve the immediate Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway and Pine Bluff metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), the article also lists television and radio stations licensed to non-metro counties within the broader Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA.

Newspapers and magazines

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See also: List of newspapers in Arkansas

The major daily newspaper published in Little Rock is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which is circulated statewide and publishes standalone print and digital editions focusing on the Arkansas River Valley and Ozark regions from a satellite facility based in Lowell. Founded as the Arkansas Gazette by William E. Woodruff in November 1819, it was the first newspaper to begin publication in the then-Arkansas Territory and was originally published in the pre-statehood territorial capital of Arkansas Post, before relocating to Little Rock shortly after it became the capital city in 1821. The Gazette and the rival Arkansas Democrat were consolidated into a single publication in October 1991, after Gannett sold the Gazette, which had been in financial decline for several years, to Democrat parent WEHCO Media. The Democrat-Gazette transitioned from print delivery to offering digital-only replica editions of its Monday-Saturday editions statewide in 2019, though it continues to produce a Sunday print edition.[3]

In addition to the Democrat-Gazette, a number of other regional and special-interest newspapers are published in the area such as the alternative weekly Arkansas Times and business publication Arkansas Business. Several local magazines are also published in the city, most of which maintain a focus on business, lifestyle or religious interests.

Daily

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  • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • Daily Record (business, real estate and legal newspaper)[4]

Weekly

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Community

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College

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Business, legal, entertainment and other local periodicals

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  • 501 Life Magazine
  • Arkansas Bride (biannual magazine)
  • Arkansas Flavor (food magazine)
  • Arkansas Food and Farm (periodical focused on small farm agriculture and locally sourced foods)
  • Arkansas Green Guide (annual magazine)
  • Arkansas Life
  • Arkansas Living Magazine
  • Arkansas Money & Politics
  • Arkansas Next - Money (biannual magazine)
  • Arkansas Next PROS (biannual magazine)
  • Arkansas Next: A Guide to Life After High School (annual magazine)
  • Arkansas Total
  • Arkansas Wild (outdoor magazine)
  • Aspire Arkansas
  • At Home in Arkansas
  • AY Magazine
  • ENGAGE Magazine
  • Greenhead (annual magazine)
  • Inviting Arkansas
  • Lease Guide (annual magazine)
  • Little Rock Beauty Black Book (annual magazine)
  • Little Rock Family (monthly magazine)
  • Little Rock Guest Guide (annual magazine)
  • Little Rock Soirée (monthly magazine)
  • Living in Arkansas (annual magazine)
  • Meeting Planner (annual magazine)
  • Metro Little Rock Guide (annual magazine)
  • Oxford American
  • Rural Arkansas Magazine
  • Savvy Kids (family-oriented magazine)
  • URBANE Magazine (Black-oriented lifestyle magazine)
  • Venture

Defunct newspapers and publications

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Digital media

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Television

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See also: List of television stations in Arkansas

The first television station to operate in Arkansas, KRTV (channel 17), signed on from Little Rock on April 4, 1953; however, the station faltered mainly because it transmitted on the then-unviable UHF band, as television sets were not required to be manufactured with built-in UHF tuners at the time of its sign-on (requiring a more expensive external tuner to be able to view KRTV's signal). In April 1954, KRTV forfeited its license to the Federal Communications Commission and sold its studio facility to Central-South Sales Co. to serve as an auxiliary studio for the state's first VHF station, KATV (channel 7), which began operations in Pine Bluff in December 1953 and moved its city of license to Little Rock in 1958.[15][16] KETS (channel 2) signed on as the state's first educational station on December 4, 1966; between 1976 and 2006, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission (a statutory non-cabinet state agency operated through the Arkansas Department of Education) expanded its Little Rock-based station into a statewide education television network, now known as Arkansas PBS, signing on five satellite stations to provide educational programming throughout Arkansas.

Most of the transmitters belonging to television and radio stations in the area are located atop Shinall Mountain, just west of the immediate Little Rock city limits and near its Chenal Valley neighborhood; transmitter facilities for certain other area broadcasters are maintained near Redfield in Jefferson County.

Local broadcast stations

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Channel Callsign City of license Network Subchannels Owner Website
(Virtual/RF) Channel Programming
2.1 (7) KETS Little Rock PBS 2.2
2.3
2.4		 Arkansas PBS Create
Arkansas PBS Kids
Arkansas PBS World		 Arkansas Educational
Television Commission		 [1]
4.1 (32) KARK-TV Little Rock NBC 4.2
4.3
4.4		 Laff
Grit
Antenna TV		 Nexstar Media Group [2]
7.1 (22) KATV Little Rock ABC 7.2
7.3
7.4		 Comet
Charge!
TBD		 Sinclair Broadcast Group [3]
11.1 (12) KTHV Little Rock CBS 11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6		 Court TV
True Crime Network
Quest
Circle
Twist		 Tegna Inc. [4]
16.1 (30) KLRT-TV Little Rock Fox 16.2 Court TV Mystery Mission Broadcasting
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 [5]
19.1 (19) KIPB-LD Pine Bluff NRB TV 19.2
19.3
19.4		 — Immanuel Broadcasting Corporation —
20.1 (20) KLRA-CD Little Rock Univision 20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6		 Heartland
Meaningful Newlife TV
The Walk TV
Jewelry Television
HSN		 Pinnacle Media, LLC [6]
25.1 (24) KVTN-DT Pine Bluff Religious independent — — Victory Television Network, Inc. [7]
27.1 (27) K27JP-D Little Rock 3ABN 27.4
27.6
27.7
27.8
27.9		 Quo Vadis TV
N/A
3ABN Radio
3ABN Radio Latino
Radio 74		 Edge Spectrum —
30.1 (21) KKYK-CD Little Rock Telemundo 30.2
30.3
30.4		 HSN
Stadium
Buzzr		 Pinnacle Media, LLC
(sale pending to Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc.)		 —
36.1 (36) KKAP Little Rock Daystar 36.2 Daystar En Español Word of God Fellowship, Inc. [8]
38.1 (33) KASN Pine Bluff The CW 38.2
38.3
38.4
38.5		 Rewind TV
Ion Television
Defy TV
TrueReal		 Mission Broadcasting
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 [9]
42.1 (28/30) KARZ-TV Little Rock MyNetworkTV 42.2
4.1
7.1
11.1
16.1
42.1		 Bounce TV
ATSC 3.0 simulcast of KARK-TV
ATSC 3.0 simulcast of KATV
ATSC 3.0 simulcast of KTHV
ATSC 3.0 simulcast of KLRT-TV
ATSC 3.0 simulcast of KARZ-TV		 Nexstar Media Group [10]

Outlying areas

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Areas outside the immediate Little Rock–Pine Bluff metropolitan statistical area are served by mostly low-power stations (a few of which transmit into Little Rock proper), with the exceptions of three full-power stations, two of which operate as satellite stations of the Arkansas PBS network and one acting as a satellite of the locally programmed religious Victory Television Network.

Channel Callsign City of license Network Subchannels Owner Website
(Virtual/RF) Channel Programming
6.1 (13) KEMV Mountain View PBS 6.2
6.3
6.4		 Arkansas PBS Create
Arkansas PBS Kids
Arkansas PBS World		 Arkansas Educational
Television Commission		 [11]
9.1 (13) KETG Arkadelphia PBS 9.2
9.3
9.4		 Arkansas PBS Create
Arkansas PBS Kids
Arkansas PBS World		 Arkansas Educational
Television Commission		 [12]
18.01 (18) KTVV-LD Hot Springs Spirit TV 18.02
18.03
18.04
18.05
18.06
18.07
18.08
18.09
18.10		 TheGrio
This TV
QVC
QVC2
NTD America
Shop LC
The Country Network
ACE TV
Infomercials		 Pinnacle Media, LLC —
26.1 (16) KVTH-DT Hot Springs Religious independent — — Victory Television Network, Inc. [13]
30.1 (16) K16IP-D Bonnerdale 3ABN 30.2
30.3
30.4
30.5
30.6
30.7		 3ABN Proclaim
3ABN Dare to Dream
3ABN Latino
3ABN Radio
3ABN Radio Latino
Radio 74		 Edge Spectrum —
34.1 (29) KWMO-LD Hot Springs Novelisima 34.2
34.3
34.4
34.5
34.6		 beIN Sports Xtra
GetTV
Newsy
beIN Sports Xtra en Español
N/A		 HC2 Holdings —
38.1 (23) K23OW-D Hot Springs Azteca America 38.2
38.3
38.4
38.5
38.6		 Infomercials
Infomercials
Infomercials
Azteca Corazón
Infomercials		 HC2 Holdings —
41.1 (26) KENH-LD Hot Springs Shop LC 41.2
41.3
41.4
41.5
41.6
41.7		 Azteca Corazón
beIN Sports Xtra
beIN Sports Xtra en Español
Shop LC
Infomercials
Infomercials		 HC2 Holdings —
49.1 (25) KMYA-LD1 Sheridan MeTV 49.2
49.3
49.4
49.5
49.6		 Cozi TV
Heroes & Icons
Start TV
SonLife
Dabl		 LR Telecasting, LLC [14]

Defunct stations

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Channel Callsign City of license Network Operated from
9 KFOY-TV Hot Springs NBC February 1, 1961 – April 17, 1963
17 KRTV Little Rock CBS/DuMont April 5, 1953 – March 31, 1954
17 KLEP Newark Educational independent November 12, 1985 – May 16, 2005
26 KRZB-TV Hot Springs Independent February 7, 1986 – March 30, 1988

Local independent cable channels

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  • Little Rock Television (public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel)
  • LRSD TV (public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel, operated by the Little Rock School District)
  • North Little Rock Government TV (public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel)
  • University of Central Arkansas – Channel 6 (public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel; Conway)
  • University Television (public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel, operated by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

Subscription television

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Subscription television service in the Little Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is primarily provided by Comcast (for cable television) and AT&T U-verse (for Internet Protocol television). Cable television service in Pulaski County began in 1973, with service divided between Arkansas Cable Television in suburban Little Rock, North Little Rock Cablevision in North Little Rock (which would be acquired by Times Mirror Cablevision in 1977), Television Inc. in the suburbs of North Little Rock and Sherwood, and Sherwood Cablevision in Sherwood; they would later be joined by Riverside Cable in Little Rock in 1980.[17][18][19] Cable service was established in Pine Bluff the year prior through Television Communications Corp.-owned Pine Bluff Video (subsequently renamed Pine Bluff Cable TV).[20][21] Conway Corporation, which also provided electricity, water and telephone service to residents in Conway, began offering cable service in 1979.[22]

Arkansas Cable Television became part of Storer Cable in 1979; Storer expanded into North Little Rock and Jacksonville in July 1985, as part of a system swap—then the largest system trade in cable television history—that resulted in Storer also acquiring Times-Mirror's cable systems in Louisville, Kentucky and Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, and Times-Mirror acquiring Storer-owned systems in Phoenix, Paradise Valley and Mesa, Arizona, and Laguna Beach, California. Storer's Central Arkansas systems became part of Comcast (which had been operating Storer Cable under a joint venture with Tele-Communications, Inc. since 1988) in June 1994.[23][24]

Radio

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See also: List of radio stations in Arkansas

WOK was the first radio station in Arkansas, founded by Arkansas Power & Light Co. (AP&L) founder Harvey Couch and debuting in Pine Bluff on February 18, 1922. In its two-year existence, among other firsts, it became the first broadcaster in Arkansas to broadcast a sermon (presented by Little Rock-based Missionary Baptist minister Ben Bogard, whose program often promoted Initiated Act 1, a proposed legislative ban on the teaching of evolution), to broadcast a sports event (an October 1922 high school football game between Pine Bluff and Prescott high schools), and to broadcast a concert (conducted during the station's inaugural broadcast by The Federation of Music Clubs of Arkansas). The non-commercial station was entirely financially supported by AP&L, ultimately becoming a financial drain on the utility company, the limited number of frequencies then available led to complaints of WOK's signal causing interference with other stations. WOK ceased operations in June 1923 and its license was terminated by the FCC in June 1924. (Couch loaned WOK's equipment to help start a student-run station at Henderson-Brown College in Arkadelphia, where he was a trustee board member, in February 1924.)[25][26][27] The first radio station in Little Rock was WSV, which debuted on April 8, 1922. Little Rock's first continuous radio station, KLRA (1470 AM, later on 1420 and then 1010 AM), began in Fort Smith as WLBN in June 1927 and was reassigned to Little Rock in January 1928 (after having broadcast from the city since the previous October). The station, which would become a CBS Radio affiliate in 1929, employed an on-staff band for live in-studio broadcasts and often conducted remote broadcasts. KLRA-AM would remain popular into the 1980s and was among the last Little Rock stations with a staff of full-time news reporters.[26][28]

KAAY (1090 AM) began operations on 800 AM in Hot Springs in December 1924; the station, which became an NBC Blue (later ABC Radio) affiliate in March 1929 and switched to CBS Radio in June 1953 (along with a short-lived secondary Mutual affiliation from 1938 to 1939), was reassigned to Little Rock—following an aborted attempt in 1949 to relocate it to West Memphis—and became the state's first 50,000-watt clear channel station—relocating its transmitter to a tower in Wrightsville, which produced a nighttime signal that covered much of the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley regions and could be received as far as parts of Cuba—in March 1953.[29] Following its 1962 purchase by LIN Broadcasting, the rechristened KAAY switched to an innovative mixed format for the time of top 40 music, news and agricultural reports, and religious programs; KAAY became known for its Arkansas Razorbacks football broadcasts and for being the originating station of Beaker Street, an underground music program that gained a cult following throughout the Central United States during its 1966–72 run. After earlier attempts to shift to adult contemporary, country music and oldies, following its sale to Beasley Broadcasting Group in 1985, KAAY adopted a religious format consisting of Southern gospel music and brokered religious programs, which it maintains to this day.[26][30][31]

KOKY (1440 AM) signed on as a daytime-only station in October 1956; as the first Arkansas radio station to employ an African American staff and to feature programming directed towards a Black audience, it gained a following among Little Rock's Black community due partly to the station's direct community involvement, including hosting and sponsoring various events throughout the city. Programming focused on Black rock-and-roll, blues and R&B music, religious programming (including several programs hosted by KOKY religious director R.L. Weaver, who became known as the "Top Religious Radio Personality in Arkansas") and specialty programs (such as Teen Time, a Saturday afternoon program hosted by Bill Hill, then a student at the city's Horace Mann High School). One of the station's DJs, Al Bell (who would later become an executive at Stax Records), regularly visited local restaurants, barbershops and record stores in the city's Black neighborhoods to help influence the content on his programs around the community's musical interests and tastes. (The station, now KTUV, switched to a Spanish-language variety format in 2006; the KOKY call letters and format—which also incorporates the all-day Saturday blues and Sunday gospel blocks that originated on the AM station—now reside on 102.1 FM.)[32][33]

The Arkansas Radio Network (ARN) syndication service was founded in Little Rock in 1967 as the Delta Farm Network, originating as an early-morning program hosted by Bob Buice (who was then farm news director at KARK-FM [103.7 FM, now KABZ] and also conducted farm reports for KARK-TV). Utilizing news staff from KARK radio (920 AM, now KARN), general manager Ted Snider founded ARN following his 1971 purchase of the KARK radio stations from the Arkansas Radio & Equipment Company (which concurrently sold KARK-TV to Mullins Broadcasting) and expanded its offerings to include statewide news, weather and sports updates as well as specialty programs, along with its agricultural reports. By the late 1980s, ARN programming was distributed to nearly 70 radio stations across Arkansas. On February 21, 2022, Cumulus Media (which acquired ARN through its 2011 purchase of Citadel Broadcasting) announced plans to suspend the network's operations effective March 20.[34]

AM

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Frequency Callsign City of license Branding Format Translator Owner Website
690 AM KAFN Benton Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock K257GP (99.3 FM, Benton) Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [15]
760 AM KMTL Sherwood Radio La Raza Regional Mexican K250CF (97.9 FM, Sherwood) Estate of George V. Domerese
(sale pending to Radio La Patrona, LLC)		 [16]
880 AM KLRG Sheridan Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock K233BF (94.5 FM, Greenbrier) Broadcast Industry Group, LLC [17]
920 AM KARN Little Rock The Sports Animal 920 Sports (CBS Sports Radio) — Cumulus Media [18]
1050 AM KJBN Little Rock KJBN AM 1050 Urban gospel — Joshua Ministries & Community Development Corp. [19]
1090 AM KAAY1 Little Rock 1090 AM KAAY Christian — Cumulus Media [20]
1190 AM KASZ White Hall Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock K255AX (98.9 FM, Pine Bluff) Broadcast Industry Group, LLC [21]
1250 AM KFOG Little Rock Power 92 Jams Urban contemporary
(simulcast of KIPR)		 — Cumulus Media [22]
1380 AM KZTS North Little Rock Rejoice 105.5 Gospel K277DP (103.3 FM, Little Rock)
K288EZ (105.5 FM, Little Rock)		 Salem Media Group [23]
1440 AM KTUV Little Rock La Voz Spanish Variety K260DT (99.9 FM, Little Rock) Birach Broadcasting Corporation
(operated by Radio La Patrona, LLC)		 —
1530 AM KVDW England Victory 100.9 FM & 1530 AM Southern gospel/Talk K265EO (100.9 FM, England)
K237GW (95.3 FM, North Little Rock)		 Habibi's Broadcasting, Inc. [24]

FM

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Frequency Callsign City of license Branding Format HD Radio Translator Owner Website
88.3 FM KABF Little Rock 88.3 KABF, The Voice of the People Community — — Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation Inc. [25]
89.1 FM KUAR Little Rock FM 89 Public radio (News/Talk/Jazz) — K233AD (94.5 FM, Monticello) UALR Public Radio [26]
90.5 FM KLRE-FM Little Rock Classical 90.5 Classical music — — UALR Public Radio [27]
90.9 FM KNFR Gravel Ridge KNFR 90.9 FM Christian — — Fellowship Christian Church [28]
91.1 FM KANX Sheridan AFR Inspirational (AFR Hybrid) — — American Family Association [29]
91.7 FM KBDO Des Arc AFR Talk Religious talk (AFR) — — American Family Association [30]
92.3 FM KIPR Pine Bluff Power 92 Jams Urban contemporary — — Cumulus Media [31]
92.7 FM KCON Vilonia 99.3 and 105.5 The Eagle Classic rock — — East Arkansas Broadcasters [32]
93.3 FM KKSP Bryant 933 FM The Fish Contemporary Christian — — Salem Media Group [33]
94.1 FM KKPT Little Rock The Point 94.1 Classic rock — — Signal Media [34]
94.9 FM KHKN Maumelle Hot 94.9 Top 40 (CHR) HD2: Supercuts Hits — iHeartMedia [35]
95.7 FM KSSN Little Rock KSSN 96
(calls pronounced as "Kissin'")		 Country HD2: "Wild" (Top 40 / Pop) — iHeartMedia [36]
96.5 FM KHTE-FM England 96.5 The Box Urban contemporary — — Bradford Media Group [37]
96.9 FM KWLR Bigelow K-Love Contemporary Christian
(K-Love)		 — — Educational Media Foundation [38]
98.1 FM KINC-LP Little Rock KINC 98.1 FM Variety — — Multicultural Expo Center —
98.5 FM KURB Little Rock B-98.5 FM Adult contemporary — — Cumulus Media [39]
98.9 FM KWCP-LP Little Rock West Central Community Radio R&B — — John Barrow Neighborhood Association [40]
99.1 FM KILB-LP Paron — Religious — — Amazing Grace Church —
99.5 FM KDIS-FM Little Rock Faith Talk 99.5 Christian — — Salem Media Group [41]
100.3 FM KDJE Jacksonville 100.3 The Edge Modern rock HD2: Island music
(Atlantis Radio)		 — iHeartMedia [42]
101.1 FM KDXE Cammack Village 101.1 FM The Answer Conservative talk — — Salem Media Group [43]
101.7 FM KVLO Humnoke 101.7 Jack FM Adult hits — — Arkansas County Broadcasters, Inc. —
102.1 FM KOKY Sherwood KOKY 102.1 FM Urban adult contemporary — — Last Bastion Station Trust [44]
102.5 FM KPZK-FM Cabot Praise Radio Gospel — — Last Bastion Station Trust [45]
102.9 FM KARN-FM Sheridan Newsradio 102.9 KARN News/talk — — Cumulus Media [46]
103.7 FM KABZ Little Rock 103.7 The Buzz Sports (ESPN Radio) — — Signal Media [47]
104.3 FM KJSS-LP North Little Rock — Variety — — Pulaski County Learning Center, Inc. —
104.7 FM KFLI Des Arc Cool 104.7 Classic hits — — Flinn Broadcasting, Inc. [48]
105.1 FM KMJX Conway 105.1 The Wolf Classic country HD2: Classic rock — iHeartMedia [49]
106.3 FM KOLL Lonoke La Zeta Regional Mexican — — La Zeta 95.7 Inc. [50]
106.7 FM KBZU Benton 106.7 The Buz2 Sports (ESPN Radio) — — Signal Media [51]
107.3 FM KZLI-LP Little Rock — Spanish Christian — — Little Rock Hispanic Education Family Fundation —
107.7 FM KLAL Wrightsville Alice @ 107.7 Top 40 (CHR) — — Cumulus Media [52]

Outlying areas

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Areas outside the immediate Little Rock metropolitan statistical area are served by radio stations of various formats (which include some stations which have signals that propagate into Little Rock proper):

Stations are organized by band and assigned frequency
Frequency Callsign City of license Branding Format Translator Owner Website
AM Radio
610 AM KARV Russellville KARV 101.3FM - 610AM News/Talk K226CU (93.1 FM, Russellville)
K251CO (98.3 FM, Dardanelle)		 East Arkansas Broadcasters [53]
670 AM KHGZ Glenwood Caddo Country Radio Country K255BH (98.9 FM, Glenwood)
K300DJ (107.9 FM, Glenwood)		 MLS Broadcasting [54]
800 AM KVOM Morrilton Motown Radio Oldies K223CR (92.5 FM, Morrilton)
K223CR (98.9 FM, Conway)		 East Arkansas Broadcasters —
860 AM KWRF Warren True Oldies Oldies K223BM (92.5 FM, Warren) Pines Broadcasting, Inc. —
980 AM KCAB Dardanelle AM 980 KCAB Talk K246CT (97.1 FM, Dardanelle) East Arkansas Broadcasters [55]
1110 AM KGFL Clinton Cruisin' Oldies 1110 Classic Hits K234BV (94.7 FM, Clinton)
K247CQ (97.3 FM, Guy)		 King-Sullivan Radio [56]
1240 AM KVRC Arkadelphia Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock — Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [57]
KWAK Stuttgart Oldies 102.7 & 1240 Oldies K241CY (96.1 FM, Stuttgart)
K274BX (102.7 FM, Stuttgart)		 Arkansas County Broadcasters, Inc. —
1300 AM KSMD Searcy Dam Country 106.5 Country — Crain Media Group —
1310 AM KZYP Malvern Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock K281CK (104.1 FM, Sheridan) Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [58]
1340 AM KCAT Pine Bluff The Cat Rhythmic oldies K224FN (92.7 FM, Pine Bluff) Broadcast Industry Group, LLC —
KZNG Hot Springs News Talk 1340 KZNG News/Talk K250CE (97.9 MHz, Hot Springs)
K288FP (105.5 MHz, Hot Springs)		 US Stations, LLC [59]
1360 AM KGMR Clarksville True Country Country — Radio La Raza, LLC —
1370 AM KAWW Heber Springs News Talk 1370 News/talk K242AZ (96.3 FM, Searcy) Crain Media Group, LLC —
1420 AM KBHS Hot Springs 1420 La Zeta Regional Mexican K292HG (106.3 FM, Hot Springs) La Zeta 957 Inc. —
1490 AM KWXT Dardanelle KWXT 1490 AM Southern Gospel — Caldwell Media LLC —
1590 AM KBJT Fordyce Talk Radio 1590 News/Talk K255DI (98.9 MHz, Fordyce) KBJT, Inc. [60]
FM Radio
88.7 FM K204DO Pine Bluff CSN Inspirational (CSN International) — The River Christian Fellowship [61]
KLUY Searcy K-Love Contemporary Christian (K-Love) — Educational Media Foundation [62]
89.5 FM KBMJ Heber Springs AFR Inspirational (AFR Hybrid) — American Family Association [63]
89.7 FM KUAP Pine Bluff Hot 89.7 Urban contemporary — Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas [64]
90.1 FM KLRO Hot Springs K-Love Contemporary Christian (K-Love) K226AG (93.1 FM, Pine Bluff) Educational Media Foundation [65]
90.7 FM KLRM Melbourne K-Love Contemporary Christian (K-Love) K229CF (93.7 FM, Batesville) Educational Media Foundation [66]
91.1 FM KMTC Russellville KMTC 91.1 FM Contemporary Christian — Russellville Educ B/C Foundation [67]
91.3 FM K217BW Warren AFR Inspirational (AFR Hybrid) — American Family Association [68]
KUCA Conway The Bear 91.3 CHR — University of Central Arkansas —
91.5 FM KALR Hot Springs Air1 Christian worship music (Air1) K241AP (96.1 FM, Ferndale) Educational Media Foundation [69]
91.9 FM K220EF Arkadelphia AFR Religious talk (AFR Talk) — American Family Association [70]
KXRJ Russellville — College — Arkansas Tech University [71]
KWQX-FM Perryville — — — Perry County Educational Media, Inc. —
92.1 FM KHPQ Clinton Hot Country - Q 92.1 Country — King-Sullivan Radio [72]
92.7 FM KCON Vilonia Arkansas Sports Radio Sports — East Arkansas Broadcasters —
92.9 FM KVRE Hot Springs Village KVRE 92.9 FM Adult standards/oldies — Caddo Broadcasting Company [73]
93.1 FM KHDX Conway KHDX 93.1 College — Hendrix College [74]
93.5 FM KPWA Bismarck KHCB Radio Network Christian
(simulcast of KHCB-FM/Houston, Texas)		 — Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. [75]
95.1 FM KPGC-LP Norman LifeTalk Radio Christian (LifeTalk Radio) — His Will, Inc. —
95.3 FM KVHU Judsonia Harding Radio Variety — Flinn Broadcasting Inc.
(operated by Harding University)		 [76]
96.5 FM KQIX-LP Perryville — Variety — St. Francis Chapel —
96.7 FM KLXQ Hot Springs 96.7 The Rocket Classic rock — US Stations, LLC [77]
KOKR Newport River Country 96.7 Country — Newport Broadcasting Company [78]
97.3 FM KDEW-FM De Witt Country 97.3 Country — Arkansas County Broadcasters, Inc. [79]
97.5 FM KQUS-FM Hot Springs US97 Country — US Stations, LLC [80]
97.7 FM KJSM-FM Augusta Sonlife Radio Network Religious (Sonlife Radio) — Family Worship Center Church —
98.1 FM KTPB Altheimer 98.1 The Hog Classic country — Bluff City Radio, LLC [81]
99.1 FM KRZS Pangburn 99.1 The Hawg Classic rock K293CE (106.5 FM, Searcy) Crain Media Group [82]
99.3 FM KASR Atkins Arkansas Sports Radio Sports — East Arkansas Broadcasters —
KPBA Pine Bluff 99.3 The Beat Urban contemporary — Bluff City Radio, LLC
(operated by PB Radio)		 [83]
99.5 FM KMTB Murfreesboro B 99.5 Country — Arklatex Radio, Inc. [84]
99.7 FM KWPS-FM Caddo Valley Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock — Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [85]
99.9 FM KWCK-FM Searcy Continuous Country 99.9 KWCK Country — Crain Media Group, LLC [86]
100.5 FM KUOZ-LP Clarksville Ozarks Radio College — University of the Ozarks [87]
100.7 FM KEAZ Kensett My Z100.7 Top 40 — Crain Media Group, LLC [88]
KSRK-LP Pine Bluff — College — Southeast Arkansas College —
100.9 FM KDEL-FM Arkadelphia Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock — Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [89]
KWKK Russellville River Hits 100.9 Adult contemporary — East Arkansas Broadcasters [90]
101.3 FM KARV-FM Ola KARV 101.3FM - 610AM News/Talk K226CU (93.1 MHz, Russellville)
K252FX (98.3 MHz, Dardanelle)		 East Arkansas Broadcasters [91]
KDPX Pine Bluff Oldies 101.3 KDPX Oldies — Bluff City Radio. LLC [92]
101.5 FM KLBL Malvern Kool 101.5 Classic hits — US Stations, LLC [93]
KOAR Beebe Air1 Contemporary Christian (Air1) — Educational Media Foundation [94]
101.7 FM KVOM-FM Morrilton The Voice of Morrilton Country — East Arkansas Broadcasters [95]
101.9 FM KJDS Mountain Pine Radio Amistad Spanish religious — Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. [96]
KSUG Heber Springs 101.9 The Lake Classic Hits — Red River Radio [97]
102.3 FM KCJC Dardanelle River Country 102.3 Country — East Arkansas Broadcasters [98]
KQEW Fordyce KQEW Regional 102.3 News/Talk — Dallas Properties, Inc. [99]
102.5 FM KSWH-LP Arkadelphia The Pulse 102.5 College/Adult alternative — Henderson State University Foundation [100]
KUHS-LP Hot Springs KUHS 102.5 FM Variety — Low Key Arts Incorporated [101]
KOTN Gould 105.5 & 102.5 The Duck Classic country — Arkansas County Broadcasters, Inc. —
103.1 FM K276BQ Hot Springs The Fort 94.5 Active rock (translator of KFPW-FM/Barling) Pharris Broadcasting [102]
104.1 FM KBRI Clarendon 99.3 and 105.5 The Eagle Classic rock — East Arkansas Broadcasters, Inc. [103]
104.5 FM KHHS Pearcy KHCB Radio Network Christian
(simulcast of KHCB-FM/Houston, Texas)		 — Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. [104]
KTRN White Hall 104.5 KTRN (K-Train) Adult contemporary — Bluff City Radio, LLC [105]
104.9 FM K285AY Havana KFSA News Talk 950 AM and 93.1 FM Conservative talk (translator of KFSA/Fort Smith) Star 92, Co. [106]
105.5 FM KWAK-FM Stuttgart 105.5 The Duck Classic country — Arkansas County Broadcasters, Inc. —
KWRF-FM Warren K Kountry Country — Pines Broadcasting, Inc. —
KYEL Danville 99.3 and 105.5 The Eagle Classic rock — East Arkansas Broadcasters [107]
105.9 FM KLAZ Hot Springs 105.9 KLAZ Top 40 (CHR) — US Stations, LLC [108]
106.1 FM KFFB Fairfield Bay Timeless 106.1 KFFB Variety
(News/talk / Adult standards /
Adult contemporary / Oldies / Classic hits)		 — Freedom Broadcasting [109]
106.9 FM KXIO Clarksville KIC 106.9 Country K244FP (96.7 FM, Clarksville) East Arkansas Broadcasters —
KXFE Dumas Country 97.3 Country
(simulcast of KDEW-FM/De Witt)		 — Arkansas County Broadcasters [110]
KYXK Gurdon Arkansas Rocks FM Classic rock K281CK (104.1 FM, Sheridan) Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network [111]
107.1 FM KCNY Greenbrier My Country 107.1 Country — Crain Media Group [112]
107.3 FM KCHR-FM Cotton Plant Bob FM Adult hits — Caldwell Media, LLC —
KHSA-LP Hot Springs Radio 74 Religious (Radio 74) — Maranatha Broadcasting Ministry, Inc. [113]

NOAA Weather Radio

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All NOAA Weather Radio stations serving the Little Rock market are operated by the National Weather Service office based in North Little Rock.

Frequency (MHz) Callsign City of license
162.400 KXI96 Russell
162.400 WXJ54 Star City
162.425 KXI92 High Peak
162.450 WXL66 Mountain View
162.475 KXI91 Morrilton
162.525 WWF96 Russellville
162.550 WXJ55 Little Rock

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Local TV Market Rankings" (PDF). Nielsen Media Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Out of Home Advertising Association of America.
  2. ^ "Radio Market Survey Population, Rankings & Information: Spring 2021" (PDF). Nielsen Audio. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "UPDATE: Digital replica — Frequently asked questions". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. WEHCO Media. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Daily Record [Little Rock]". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Arkansas Catholic". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Morgan (1981), p. 85
  7. ^ "Arkansas Freeman". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Morgan (1981), p. 86
  9. ^ "Arkansas Traveller [Ku Klux Klan newspaper]". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d Morgan (1981), p. 87
  11. ^ "Das Arkansas Echo". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "Little Rock Free Press". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  13. ^ a b c "Newspapers of the Civil War". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "Woman's Chronicle". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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  23. ^ "Financial Wire Currency Trading". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Times Mirror Company. April 2, 1985. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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  25. ^ "WOK". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  26. ^ a b c Ray Poindexter (1974). Arkansas Airwaves (PDF).
  27. ^ Tom Dillard (March 2, 2008). "REMEMBERING ARKANSAS: After WOK in 1922, 'radioitis' spread quickly in the state". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. WEHCO Media. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  28. ^ Rex Nelson (October 23, 2021). "A rich radio state". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. WEHCO Media. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  29. ^ "KTHS". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  30. ^ Michael Hibblen (June 29, 2018). "Celebration Planned For Legendary Little Rock Radio Station KAAY, The Mighty 1090". UALR Public Radio. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  31. ^ "KAAY". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  32. ^ Julia Thomas (April 26, 2019). "KOKY's long history of amplifying black voices in Little Rock". Arkansas Times. Arkansas Times Limited Partnership. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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Notes

1 KMYA-LD is a translator of KMYA-DT in Camden; although KMYA-DT brands itself as a Little Rock station and is officially assigned by Nielsen to the Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA, the station's transmitter is based in Union County (located four miles [6.4 km] northwest of El Dorado), which is within the boundaries of the El Dorado–Monroe, Louisiana market, and its signal contour extends as far north into the Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA as Dallas, Cleveland and Clark counties. Because of this, KMYA relies on the Sheridan translator, and on cable and satellite distribution to cover Central Arkansas. 2 Indicates clear-channel station with extended nighttime coverage.

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