KCLA

Infobox Radio station
name = KCLA


city = Pine Bluff, Arkansas
area =
branding = "The Fan SportsRadio 1400"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1400 kHz
format = Sports
power = 1,000 watts (unlimited)
class = C
facility_id = 33725
coordinates = coord|34|11|33.00|N|92|2|42.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = CLAssic
former_callsigns =
owner = M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.
licensee = M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.
sister_stations = KOTN, KPBQ-FM, KZYP
webcast =
website =
affiliations = Fox Sports, Westwood One, The Hog Sports Radio Network, ESPN Radio

KCLA (1400 AM, "The Fan, SportsRadio 1400") is a radio station broadcasting a Sports format. Licensed to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA. The station is operated under a Time Brokerage Agreement by Hodges Broadcasting, LLC, and is currently owned by M.R.S. Ventures, Inc., and licensed to M.R.S. Ventures, Inc. [cite web |title=KCLA Facility Record |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KCLA |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division] KCLA features programming from Fox Sports, Westwood One, The Hog Sports Radio Network, and ESPN Radio.

Ownership

In April 2002, Tyler, Texas based Community Broadcast Group Inc., through its MRS Ventures subsidiary, purchased four Pine Bluff radio stations from the Deane family's SeArk Radio and Delta Radio of Pine Bluff. 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 |title=Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations |date=2002-04-22 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25315697_ITM |work=Arkansas Business] 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 moved to Pine Bluff from Baltimore, where he had hosted a dance-show known as the "Buddy Deane Show", in 1964. [cite news |date=2003-05-12 |title=Big Pine Bluff radio deal |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23303917_ITM |work=Arkansas Business] (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 died shortly thereafter in July 2003.cite news |title=Radio pioneer Buddy Deane dies |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-07-16-deane-obit_x.htm |date=2003-07-16 |work=USA Today]

References

External links

*AMQ|KCLA
*AML|KCLA
*AMARB|KCLA