KPBQ-FM

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KPBQ-FM
City of license Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Branding Q Country 101
Frequency 101.3 MHz
Format Country
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (328 feet)
Class C3
Facility ID 52619
Transmitter Coordinates 34°03′58″N, 91°57′36″W
Owner Community Broadcast Group Inc.
(M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.)
Sister stations KOTN, KZYP, KCLA

KPBQ-FM (101.3 FM, "Q Country 101") 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 Country music format.[1]

The station was assigned the KPBQ-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 14, 1989.[2]

[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.[3] Delta Radio, owned by W.M. "Buddy" and Helen Deane, sold AM station KOTN. SeArk Radio, owned by their daughter Dawn Deane, sold FM stations KPBQ-FM and KZYP plus AM station KCLA.[4] KOTN sold for a reported $350,000 and the other three sold for a combined $1.05 million.[5]

Buddy Deane bought his first radio station, KOTN, in 1960 and moved from Baltimore, Maryland, where he had hosted a dance-show known as the Buddy Deane Show, in 1964.[6] (This show was parodied as the Corny Collins Show by John Waters in the film Hairspray.)[7] Deane retired from broadcasting in May 2003 after completing the sale of his family's radio stations. He passed away in July 2003.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  2. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ "Big Pine Bluff radio deal", Arkansas Business, 2003-05-12. 
  4. ^ "Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations", Arkansas Business, 2002-04-22. 
  5. ^ "Changing Hands", Broadcasting & Cable, 2002-04-29. 
  6. ^ Gleck, Talmadge (2006-07-25). Pine Bluff, Struttin' Our Stuff!. Mr. Gleck's Five Flavors.
  7. ^ 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. 
  8. ^ "Radio pioneer Buddy Deane dies", USA Today, 2003-07016. 

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