KYNG (AM)
Radio station in Springdale, Arkansas, United States
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KYNG (1590 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Springdale, Arkansas. The station broadcasts a sports format. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.[2] It is programmed along with co-owned 92.1 KQSM-FM as "The Ticket". Both stations carry nationally syndicated sports shows from Infinity Sports Network.
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Broadcast area | Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas |
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| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| Branding | The Ticket 2 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Infinity Sports Network |
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First air date | July 15, 1966 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500 watts day 50 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°12′25.2″N 94°7′10″W |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
History
The station began broadcasting as KSPR on July 15, 1966. It was owned by Autus Johnson and broadcast during daylight hours only with 500 watts.[3][4] The station license was transferred to Johnson Communications, Inc., in 1969, shortly before Autus's death.[4] The station increased power to 1,000 watts in 1979[4] and changed its call sign to KQXK on November 17, 1980.[4]
In March 1991, Moran Communications of Wichita Falls, Texas, took KQXK and KCIZ-FM off the air after a dispute over a mortgage. The stations were then bought by Westark Broadcasting, which installed easy listening formats on both of them.[5] By 1994, the station was broadcasting a Spanish-language format;[6] it then changed its call sign to KZRA that September; the station was known as La Zeta The station's ownership changed several times in the late 1990s. It was owned by the Power Radio Group[7] and Hochman Communications before Cumulus Media acquired the Power cluster in 1998.[8] The station switched call signs with KYNG (950 AM) in Denison, Texas, in 2005.[9] When La Zeta moved off 1590, the station changed names twice, first to La Más Bonita and then to La Máquina Musical, primarily airing Regional Mexican music.[10]
The station switched formats to sports in 2016.
