KYNG (AM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KYNG
| logo = KYNG TheTicket2-1590 logo.png
| city = Springdale, Arkansas | country = US
| area = Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas
| branding = The Ticket 2
| frequency = 1590 kHz
| licensing_authority = FCC
| airdate = {{Start date|1966|7|15}}
| format = Sports
| power = 2,500 watts day
50 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 71702
| coordinates = {{coord|36|12|24|N|94|7|9|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KSPR (1966–1980)|KQXK (1980–1994)|KZRA (1994–2005)}}
| affiliations = Infinity Sports Network
| owner = Cumulus Media
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.theticket1590.com}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.theticket1590.com/}}
}}
KYNG (1590 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Springdale, Arkansas. The station broadcasts a sports format. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KYNG |title=KYNG Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=2009-10-07}} It is programmed along with co-owned 92.1 KQSM-FM as "The Ticket". Both stations carry nationally syndicated sports shows from Infinity Sports Network.
History
The station began broadcasting as KSPR on July 15, 1966. It was owned by Autus Johnson and broadcast during daylight hours only with 500 watts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-open-house-held/132975580/|date=July 15, 1966|page=5|title=Open House Held At Radio Station|newspaper=Northwest Arkansas Times|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 6, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/efe1dc0d-5714-b0f6-3192-bdfbbaee5f6b|title=FCC History Cards for KYNG|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} The station license was transferred to Johnson Communications, Inc., in 1969, shortly before Autus's death.{{r|hc}} The station increased power to 1,000 watts in 1979{{r|hc}} and changed its call sign to KQXK on November 17, 1980.{{r|hc}}
In March 1991, Moran Communications of Wichita Falls, Texas, took KQXK and KCIZ-FM off the air after a dispute over a mortgage. The stations were then bought by Westark Broadcasting, which installed easy listening formats on both of them.{{Cite news|page=10C|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/springdale-radio-stations-return-new-owner/deybnvfhygxfhowjrxesfzrjxopfhzzi_ip-10-166-46-78_1696554124277|title=Springdale radio stations to return with new owner|first=Patricia|last=May|date=April 2, 1991|work=Arkansas Gazette}} By 1994, the station was broadcasting a Spanish-language format;{{Cite news|title=Springdale Up In Arms Over Aliens: Parties, crowding spark call for additional police|page=1B|date=July 24, 1994|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|first=Mike|last=Rodman}} it then changed its call sign to KZRA that September; the station was known as {{lang|es|italic=no|La Zeta}} The station's ownership changed several times in the late 1990s. It was owned by the Power Radio Group{{Cite news|page=1D|date=September 9, 1996|title=Power Radio adds AM-FM station|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|first=Leroy|last=Donald}} and Hochman Communications before Cumulus Media acquired the Power cluster in 1998.{{Cite news|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|title=Cumulus buying 6 more radio stations|page=2D|date=October 13, 1998}} The station switched call signs with KYNG (950 AM) in Denison, Texas, in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=71702&Callsign=KYNG |title=KYNG Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=2009-10-07}} When La Zeta moved off 1590, the station changed names twice, first to La Más Bonita and then to La Máquina Musical, primarily airing Regional Mexican music.{{cite news|date=July 1, 2010|language=es|title=Explosión en el dial: Radios hispanas crecen a ritmo enloquecedor|first=Jocelyne|last=Pruna|work=La Prensa Libre|trans-title=Explosion on the dial: Hispanic radio stations grow at furious pace}}
The station switched formats to sports in 2016.
References
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External links
{{AM station data|71702|KYNG}}
{{Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Arkansas}}
{{Cumulus Media}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1966
Category:1966 establishments in Arkansas
Category:Cumulus Media radio stations
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