:KZTD

KZTD broadcast a Spanish-language Regional Mexican music format to the greater Little Rock, Arkansas, area.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile |accessdate=May 8, 2009}} KZTD was one of several radio stations in Arkansas that aired weather warnings in Spanish.{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Fox |work=The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |title=Hispanic newcomers add tornado sirens to things-to-learn list |url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=AKDG000020040816e08g0008r |date=August 16, 2004}} KZTD also carried select sporting events, also in Spanish, as a game-day affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio.{{cite web |publisher=ESPN Deportes Radio |title=Estaciones afiliadas a ESPN Deportes Radio en EE.UU. |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=226774 |date=November 10, 2008}}{{cite news |work=Hispanic Market Weekly |title=Hispanic Sports Business: News in Brief for April 17, 2009 |url=http://www.hispanicmarketweekly.com/featureArticle.cms?id=1597 |date=April 17, 2009}}

Cabot Broadcasting received this station's original construction permit for a new 500-watt daytime-only AM station broadcasting at 1350 kHz from the Federal Communications Commission on July 22, 1980.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=13154 |title=Application Search Details (BP-19790821AF) |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |date=July 22, 1980}} The new station was assigned the call letters KBOT, chosen to match the "Cabot" community of license.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=25861&Callsign=DKZTD |accessdate=May 8, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} KBOT received its license to cover from the FCC on December 10, 1980.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=24507 |title=Application Search Details (BL-19801023AC) |date=December 10, 1980}}

KBOT applied to the FCC in September 1982 for authorization to increase its signal power to 2,500 watts.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=47150 |title=Application Search Details (BP-19820921AB) |date=March 15, 1983}} The FCC issued a new construction permit to allow the station to make this upgrade on March 15, 1983.

In July 1984, Cabot Broadcasting announced an agreement to sell this station to Douglas Norman Schneider. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 1, 1984, and the transaction was consummated on December 7, 1984.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19840724FI) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=71253 |date=December 7, 1984}}

In March 1985, Douglas Norman Schneider filed an application to transfer the broadcast license for this station to a corporation he created called KBOT, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 8, 1985, and the transaction was consummated on April 29, 1985.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19850311FR) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=76781 |date=April 29, 1985}} While the transfer was pending, the station applied for new call letters and was assigned KYXZ by the FCC on April 1, 1985.

KBOT, Inc. announced a deal to sell this station to Texar Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 31, 1990, but ultimately fell through after station owner Douglas Norman Schneider died, so control of KYXZ remained with KBOT, Inc.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19890925EA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=133443 |date=}} In February 1990, an application was filed with the FCC to involuntarily transfer control of KBOT, Inc. from the deceased Douglas N. Schneider to Herbery B. Wittenberg, acting as the executor of Schneider's estate.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=145466 |title=Application Search Details (BTC-19900227EC) |date=May 7, 1990}} The FCC approved the transfer of control on May 7, 1990.

In August 1991, KBOT, Inc. reached a new agreement to sell this station, this time to Hall Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 23, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on October 22, 1991.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19910809EG) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=163796 |date=October 22, 1991}}

The station applied for and was assigned the call sign KBBL by the FCC on January 3, 1995. The KBBL call letters are perhaps better known as belonging to the fictional radio station on The Simpsons.{{cite news |first=Liam |last=Fay |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article740188.ece |work=The Sunday Times |title=Pure unadulterated Channel 6 |date=March 12, 2006 |quote=Of course, as Springfield’s premier local radio station, KBBL is actually a satirical send-up of contemporary media from the writers of The Simpsons.}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In October 1998, Hall Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to sell KBBL to Equity Broadcasting Company (Larry Morton, president) for a reported price of $75,000.{{cite news |first=Alisa |last=Holmes |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53190466.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112194054/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53190466.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |title=Changing Hands - 1998-11-02l |date=November 2, 1998}} The deal was approved by the FCC on December 11, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on May 7, 1999.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=276021 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19981023GL) |date=May 7, 1999}}

As part of an internal corporate reorganization, Equity Broadcasting Company filed an application with the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for KBBL to its Cabot Radio, Inc. subsidiary. The transfer was approved by the FCC on September 3, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on September 15, 1999.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19990630GF) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=286635 |date=September 15, 1999}}

In preparation to sell the station, KBBL's owner applied to the FCC for a new call sign, and the station was assigned KZTD on September 18, 2003. In late September 2003, Equity Broadcasting Corp. (Gordon W. Heiges, VP) through its Cabot Radio, Inc. subsidiary reached an agreement to sell this station to Searcy Broadcasting, Inc. (Ken Madden, president) for a reported $55,000.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 2004-01-26 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/152102-Changing_Hands.php |date=January 25, 2004}} The deal was approved by the FCC on November 20, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on November 26, 2003.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20030926AAU) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=683855 |date=November 26, 2003}} At the time of the sale, KBBL broadcast a Spanish-language sports radio format.

In November 2006, Searcy Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to sell this station to New World LLC (Arik Lev, member/president) for a reported cash price of $190,000.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals - 2007-02-24 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/107874-Deals.php |date=February 25, 2007}} The deal was approved by the FCC on January 10, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on February 2, 2007.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20061116ABK) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1159096 |date=February 2, 2007}} At the time of the sale, KZTD played a Regional Mexican music format.

The FCC cancelled the station's license on June 2, 2020, due to a failure to file a license renewal application.

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• [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=25861 Facility details for Facility ID 25861 (KZDT)] in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/d2407155-be41-e385-0fb5-2073fef5f25f FCC History Cards for KZDT] (covering 1980 as KBOT)

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On Juanary 2013 KZTD Start Broadcasting Radio Exitos 1350. Spanish Pop and International Hits 80 and 90 with Alex el Genio Lucas in the Morning Show and Dago El Pirata del Aire de Radio Exitos on noon and evening.

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Category:Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States

Category:ESPN Radio stations

Category:Radio stations established in 1980

Category:Lonoke County, Arkansas

Category:1980 establishments in Arkansas

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Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2020

Category:2020 disestablishments in Arkansas