KLBQ (FM)

Last updated
KLBQ
Broadcast area El Dorado, Arkansas
Frequency 101.5 MHz
Branding101.5 The Hog
Programming
Format Classic Country
Affiliations ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation
KELD (AM), KAGL, KMRX, KIXB, KELD-FM
History
First air date
2000 (as KMLK)
Former call signs
KHBX (1998-2000, CP)
KMLK (2000-2017)
Technical information
Facility ID 85169
Class A
ERP 4,500 watts
HAAT 114 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 32°56′10″N92°37′29″W / 32.93611°N 92.62472°W / 32.93611; -92.62472

KLBQ (101.5 FM), broadcasting as 101.5 The Hog, is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Junction City, Arkansas, United States, the station serves the El Dorado, Arkansas area. The station is currently owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation and features programming from ABC Radio. [1] [2]

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History

The station went on the air as KHBX on July 17, 1998. On August 31, 2000, the station changed its call sign to KMLK. The station moved its community of license from El Dorado to Junction City on April 21, 2017.

The station founder was Jerome Orr, who had worked for Noalmark at KELD, El Dorado and at Hobbs. Orr had recently been managing the company's then KIOL in Midland/Odessa.

On July 13, 2017, KMLK and its urban adult contemporary format moved to 98.7 FM El Dorado, swapping frequencies and call signs with country-formatted KLBQ. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "KLBQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KLBQ Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Noalmark Swaps Formats El Dorado Radioinsight - July 17, 2017


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