KPZK-FM
Radio station in Cabot, Arkansas, United States
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KPZK-FM (102.5 MHz, better known locally as Praise 102.5 FM) plays a gospel format in the Little Rock metropolitan area. It is under ownership of The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, though most of its operations are sub-contracted to Cumulus Media, successor-in-interest to its former owner, Citadel Broadcasting. The station's studios are located with other Cumulus stations in West Little Rock, and the transmitter tower is located in Cabot.
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Broadcast area | Little Rock metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
| Branding | Praise 102.5 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC |
| Operator | Cumulus Media (de facto) |
| History | |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Praise, or Pulaski County, which has Little Rock as its county seat |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | A |
| ERP | 4,100 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
Former sister station KPZK (at 1250 AM), which initially shared its call sign, remained with Citadel Broadcasting when KPZK-FM and another former sister station, KVLO, were transferred to the trust. KPZK (AM) has simulcast another Cumulus station, KIPR, ever since; it changed its call sign to KFOG in 2019 to warehouse the historic call sign of KNBR-FM in San Francisco.
The choice of KOKY and KPZK for spin-off into the trust was probably made to increase the likelihood that both KOKY and KPZK-FM, which also targets an African American audience, would be sold together to an African American owner; the Federal Communications Commission order that required the divestitures to Last Bastion strongly suggested that the trust seek out minority owners, a process that has not been completed as of 2026[update] (19 years since Citadel's acquisition of ABC Radio closed), since many of the station's operations continue under the management of Cumulus Media, including its website, on-air operations, engineering, and advertising sales. KOKY and KPZK are the last two stations still owned by Last Bastion, which last sold a station in 2014.
On July 3, 2012, KVLO split from its simulcast with KPZK-FM and changed to an adult hits format.[2]