KPBQ-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = KPBQ-FM


city = Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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branding = "Q Country 101"
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frequency = 101.3 MHz
format = Country
erp = 25,000 watts
haat = 100 meters (328 feet)
class = C3
facility_id = 52619
coordinates = coord|34|03|58|N|91|57|36|W
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owner = Community Broadcast Group Inc.
licensee = M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.
sister_stations = KOTN, KZYP, KCLA
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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.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]

The station was assigned the KPBQ-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 14, 1989.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52619&Callsign=KPBQ-FM |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.cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23303917_ITM |work=Arkansas Business |title=Big Pine Bluff radio deal |date=2003-05-12] 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. [cite news |date=2002-04-22 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25315697_ITM |title=Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations |work=Arkansas Business] KOTN sold for a reported $350,000 and the other three sold for a combined $1.05 million. [cite news |date=2002-04-29 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25316523_ITM |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands]

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. [cite web |date=2006-07-25 |url=http://talgleck.blogspot.com/2006/07/pine-bluff-struttin-our-stuff.html |title=Pine Bluff, Struttin' Our Stuff! |first=Talmadge |last=Gleck |work=Mr. Gleck's Five Flavors] (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. He died 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|KPBQ
*FML|KPBQ
*FMARB|KPBQ