KTPB

Last updated
KTPB
City Altheimer, Arkansas
Broadcast area Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Frequency 98.1 MHz
Branding98.1 The Hog
Programming
Format Classic country
Ownership
OwnerPaul Coats and Mike Huckabee
(Bluff City Radio, LLC)
OperatorPB Radio
KDPX, KPBA, KTRN
History
First air date
2015
Technical information
Facility ID 190416
Class C3
ERP 9,500 watts
HAAT 137 meters (449 ft)
Links
Website www.deltaplexnews.com

KTPB is an FM radio station at 98.1 MHz in Altheimer, Arkansas, serving Pine Bluff. The station is owned by Bluff City Radio, a company of Mike Huckabee and Paul Coats, and operated by PB Radio under a local marketing agreement; it broadcasts a classic country format known as 98.1 The Hog.

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History

The station received its callsign in February 2015 and launched later that year. Huckabee and Coats had bought the permits for three stations from Nancy Miller and acquired KTRN from another owner. [1]

In March 2018, Huckabee and Coats struck a local marketing agreement to have the four Pine Bluff stations he owned be operated by PB Radio, which is owned by Mike and Alpha Horne. PB Radio also has the option of purchasing them. [2]

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References

  1. "Deal Digest for the week of July 2, 2015". Inside Radio. July 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  2. "Mike Huckabee LMAs Arkansas Stations To PB Radio". Inside Radio. April 3, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2019.

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