KOKY

KOKY

City of license	Sherwood, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Little Rock, Arkansas
Branding	KOKY 102.1 FM
Slogan	Little Rock's Adult Choice, Legendary Soul
Frequency	102.1 (MHz)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	4,100 watts
HAAT	118 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	15161
Owner	The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC
Sister stations	KPZK-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.koky.com

KOKY is a commercial radio station licensed to Sherwood, Arkansas, broadcasting to the Little Rock area on 102.1 FM. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary format, and is owned and operated by The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC. The station's studios are located in West Little Rock (in the same facility with its former sister stations now owned by Cumulus Media), and the transmitter tower is located west of the downtown area.

The original KOKY, at 1440 AM, was a longtime heritage urban station in Little Rock from its launch in 1956. It was the first station aimed at the African American community in Arkansas. Then located near Central High, one of its alumni, Al Bell, was influenced by the station during the heyday of the Civil Rights movement. He later became head of Stax Records. That KOKY changed its call letters to KITA and switched to gospel music in 1979; it is now KTUV, a Latino station. The call letters were also reused in the 1980s on the 1250 AM frequency, now KPZK (AM).

KOUN signed on at 102.1 FM in 1994, playing classic rock along with KLPQ.^[1]

The present KOKY was launched by Citadel Broadcasting in the mid-1990s, per its FCC filings. From the beginning, it has claimed the original KOKY as its inspiration and heritage; its website's history refers only to the original KOKY, and does not mention that its only connections to the 1440 AM station are the call letters and general format. Its logo was derived from the 1250 AM KOKY, which was owned by a Little Rock predecessor of Citadel; KPZK (AM) is still owned by Citadel.

In 2007, upon merger of nearly a couple dozen ABC Radio stations, Citadel relinquished 11 of its radio stations, including former sister stations KARN-FM & KVLO and current sister station KPZK-FM (which KVLO simulcast till it was sold in 2012), to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC. However, the trust decided it would not simulcast KARN, which had remained with Citadel, on KARN-FM; Citadel then transferred KOKY to the trust in exchange for KARN-FM. The choice of KOKY was probably made to increase the likelihood that both KOKY and KPZK-FM, which also targets an African American audience, would be sold together to an African American owner; the FCC order that required the divestitures to Last Bastion strongly suggested that the trust seek out minority owners.

Today the station's main competition is from its former sister station KIPR (its former sister station, now owned by Cumulus - which purchased Citadel), and which KPZK (AM) now simulcasts, as well as Mainstream Urban station KZTS. KOKY is the market's home to two nationally syndicated programs: The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and The Michael Baisden Show in the afternoons.

References

↑ Stark, Phyllis (July 16, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard 106 (29): 84.

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Radio stations in the Little Rock, Arkansas market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.5 96.9 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.7

By AM frequency	690 760 880 920 1050 1090¹ 1250 1350 1380 1440

By WX frequency	162.400 (Russell) 162.400 (Star City) 162.425 162.450 162.475 162.525 162.550

By callsign	K288EZ KAAY¹ KABF KABZ KAFN KANX KARN KARN-FM KASR KBDO KDIS-FM KDJE KDXE KFLI KHKN KHLR KHTE KIPR KJBN KKPT KKSP KLAL KLRG KLRE KMJX KMTL KNFR KOKY KOLL KPZK KPZK-FM KSSN KTUV KUAR KURB KVLO KWLR KZTD KZTS KXI91 KXI92 KXI96 WWF96 WXJ54 WXJ55 WXL66

Nearby radio markets Clarksdale El Dorado Ft. Smith Hot Springs Jonesboro Memphis See also List of radio stations in Arkansas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of Arkansas

Stations	KAKJ - Marianna KAMJ - Gosnell KCLT - West Helena KDXE - North Little Rock KIPR - Pine Bluff KMGC - Camden KMLK - El Dorado KOKY - Sherwood KTOY - Texarkana KUAP - Pine Bluff KZTS - Cammack Village

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas

Coordinates: 34°45′58″N 92°20′20″W / 34.766°N 92.339°W / 34.766; -92.339

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