KZYP

Infobox Radio station
name = KZYP


city = Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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branding = "Zyp 99"
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frequency = 99.3 MHz
format = Urban Adult Contemporary
erp = 3,000 watts
haat = 48 meters (157 feet)
class = A
facility_id = 33726
coordinates = coord|34|11|33|N|92|02|42|W
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owner = Community Broadcast Group Inc.
licensee = M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.
sister_stations = KPBQ-FM, KOTN, KCLA
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KZYP (99.3 FM, "Zyp 99") is a radio station licensed to serve Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA. The station is owned by M.R.S. Ventures, Inc. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary music format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]

The station was assigned the KZYP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 7, 1984.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=33726&Callsign=KZYP |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

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. [cite news |work=Arkansas Business |title=Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations |date=2002-04-22 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25315697_ITM] 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. [cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25316523_ITM |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=2002-04-29]

Buddy Deane bought his first radio station, KOTN, in 1960 and moved from Baltimore, where he had hosted a dance-show known as the "Buddy Deane Show", in 1964. [cite news |work=Arkansas Business |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23303917_ITM |title=Big Pine Bluff radio deal |date=2003-05-12] (This show was parodied as the "Corny Collins Show" by John Waters in the film "Hairspray".) [cite book |first=John |last=Waters |authorlink=John Waters (filmmaker) |title=Shock Value: The Obsessions of John Waters |origyear=1986 |edition=1st Edition |publisher= MacMillan Publishing Company |location=New York, NY |language=English |isbn=0-02-62440-3 |pages=p. 89 |chapter=Ladies and Gentlemen…The Nicest Kids in Town!] 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.cite news |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-07-16-deane-obit_x.htm |work=USA Today |title=Radio pioneer Buddy Deane dies |date=2003-07016]

References

External links

*FMQ|KZYP
*FML|KZYP
*FMARB|KZYP