KOTN

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name = KOTN


city = Pine Bluff, Arkansas
area =
branding =
slogan = "Information Radio"
airdate = 1934
frequency = 1490 kHz
format = News/Talk/Sports
power = 1,000 watts
class = C
facility_id = 4236
coordinates = coord|34|13|15|N|91|58|20|W
callsign_meaning = "Cotton"cite web |work=The Broadcast Archive |title=Call Letter Origins |url=http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html |last=Nelson |first=Bob |date=2008-05-31 |accessdate=2008-06-08]
former_callsigns =
owner = Community Broadcast Group Inc.
licensee = M.R.S. Ventures, Inc.
sister_stations = KPBQ-FM, KZYP, KCLA
webcast =
website =
affiliations = Westwood One, ESPN Radio

KOTN (1490 AM) 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 News/Talk/Sports format.cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile] The station was assigned the KOTN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=4236&Callsign=KOTN |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 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25315697_ITM |work=Arkansas Business |title=Community Broadcast Group Inc. buys 4 Pine Bluff stations |date=2002-04-22] 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]

KOTN has been on the air since 1934 and is one of south Arkansas' oldest stations. Buddy Deane bought the station in 1960 and moved from Baltimore, where he had hosted a dance-show known as the "Buddy Deane Show", in 1964.cite web |date=2006-07-25 |work=Mr. Gleck's Five Flavors |url=http://talgleck.blogspot.com/2006/07/pine-bluff-struttin-our-stuff.html |title=Pine Bluff, Struttin' Our Stuff! |first=Talmadge |last=Gleck] (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!] He sold KOTN in 1983 but bought it back in 1995.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] 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 |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

*cite web |url=http://www.jwstone.com/kotn.htm |title=KOTN Official Top "30" Hit List |date=1971-04-17
*AMQ|KOTN
*AML|KOTN
*AMARB|KOTN