KOTN
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- For the game sometimes called "KotN", see The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine.
| KOTN | |
| City of license | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Slogan | "Information Radio" |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| First air date | 1934[1] |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 4236 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | "Cotton"[2][3] |
| Affiliations | Westwood One, ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Community Broadcast Group Inc. (M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KPBQ-FM, KZYP, KCLA |
KOTN (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA. The station is owned by Community Broadcast Group Inc. and licensed to M.R.S. Ventures, Inc. It airs a News/Talk/Sports format.[4] The station was assigned the KOTN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[5]
[edit] Ownership
In April 2002, Tyler, Texas based Community Broadcast Group Inc., through its MRS Ventures subsidiary, purchased four Pine Bluff radio stations from SeArk Radio and Delta Radio of Pine Bluff. SeArk Radio, owned by Dawn Deane, sold FM stations KPBQ-FM and KZYP plus AM station KCLA.[6] Delta Radio, owned by W.M. "Buddy" and Helen Deane, sold AM station KOTN. KOTN sold for a reported for $350,000 and the other three sold for a combined $1.05 million.[7]
KOTN has been on the air since 1934 and is one of south Arkansas' oldest stations.[1] Buddy Deane bought the station in 1960 and moved from Baltimore, where he had hosted a dance-show known as the Buddy Deane Show, in 1964.[2] (This show was parodied as the Corny Collins Show by John Waters in the film Hairspray.)[8] He sold KOTN in 1983 but bought it back in 1995.[1] Deane retired from broadcasting in May 2003 after completing the sale of his family's radio stations and passed away shortly thereafter in July 2003.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Big Pine Bluff radio deal", Arkansas Business, 2003-05-12.
- ^ a b Gleck, Talmadge (2006-07-25). Pine Bluff, Struttin' Our Stuff!. Mr. Gleck's Five Flavors.
- ^ Nelson, Bob (2008-05-31). Call Letter Origins. The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
- ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations", Arkansas Business, 2002-04-22.
- ^ "Changing Hands", Broadcasting & Cable, 2002-04-29.
- ^ Waters, John [1986]. "Ladies and Gentlemen…The Nicest Kids in Town!", Shock Value: The Obsessions of John Waters, 1st Edition (in English), New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company, p. 89. ISBN 0-02-62440-3.
- ^ "Radio pioneer Buddy Deane dies", USA Today, 2003-07016.
[edit] External links
- KOTN Official Top "30" Hit List (1971-04-17).
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KOTN
- Radio Locator Information on KOTN
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KOTN
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