KHGG-FM

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KHGG-FM
City of license	Waldron, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Fort Smith
Branding	Sports Hog 103.1
Frequency	103.1 (MHz)
Format	Sports radio
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	C2
Owner	Pharis Broadcasting
Website	Official site

KHGG-FM is an all sports radio station in Waldron, Arkansas, broadcasting at 103.1 MHz FM to the Fort Smith market, ranked by Arbitron as the nation's 176th largest market.^[1]

The station was originally a low-power FM station with the call letters KRWA (K Radio Waldron Arkansas), playing country music and southern gospel. It was put on the air by Haskell Jones, who owned two radio stations in DeQueen at the time. KRWA went through a number of owners. After a power upgrade by Family Communications in 2003, it received a license to broadcast with 50,000 watts of power. The signal can currently be heard in most of Western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma.

Pharis Broadcasting purchased the station in 2003, installing an adult contemporary format. The station was known as "Hit 103" for nearly two years. In March 2005, the station installed an all sports format utilizing Fox Sports Radio.

The station is the area's official home for Arkansas Razorbacks football, basketball, and baseball. It is also home of the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Royals and the flagship station for Northside High School. Other area colleges and high school sporting events including the UAFS Lions basketball games can be heard on the station throughout the winter.

Known as the "Sports Hog 103.1", the station broadcasts "Press Row" morning show from Fayetteville with Northwest Arkansas Morning News' Grant Hall and Vernon Tarver from 7-9 AM. The Jim Rome Show live from 11 AM-2PM, A local afternoon show, "Sports In The Fort" featuring the popular local personality Jimmy "The Freak" Haas airs, followed by the statewide program Drive Time Sports with Randy Rainwater in Little Rock and Rick Schaeffer who broadcasts from Northwest Arkansas.

The station is owned and operated by Pharis Broadcasting.