- KKPT
Infobox Radio Station
name = KKPT
airdate =1960
frequency = 94.1 (MHz)
city =Little Rock, Arkansas
area = Little Rock metropolitan area
format =Classic rock
owner = Signal Media
erp = 100,000watt s
haat = 488meter s
branding = The Point
slogan = Classic Rock
class = C
facility_id = 60364
webcast = [http://www.point941.com/pointweb/listen.html Listen Live]
website = [http://www.point941.com/ www.point941.com]KKPT is a commercial
radio station located inLittle Rock, Arkansas , broadcasting on 94.1 FM. KKPT airs aclassic rock music format branded as "The Point".This station originally broadcasted from the antenna on the side of the Tower Building in downtown Little Rock as KMMK, also know as K-Rose, a classical/easy listening format. In 1973, Bernie Mann/Mann Media, purchased the station,changed the calls to KEZQ and moved the tower out West to
Shinall Mountain , and eventually increased the ERP/Tower height to cover the entire Metro. The station aired the Bonneville "Beautiful Music" format, and did well. Mann Media sold this station to Multi-Media Communications in 1976. He sold the other station he owned, KALO-AM 1250 to Ron Curtis, who had purchased Dan Garner's KLAZ, 98.5 FM. Multi-Media changed the 94.1 FM call letter and format shortly after closing to KLPQ(KQ-94)and launched a Rock format. THe market was in uproar for quite some time, while the Beautiful format was aired in mid days and evenings on Ted Snider's AM,KARN-920. Then in in 1978, ED Muniz from New Orleans purchased 100.3 FM in Jacksonville and purchased the "intellectual property" from Gary Fries/GM of KLPQ-FM, and launched FM-100/KEZQ. KLPQ survived until late 1983 when Phillip Jonssen from Dallas purchased the station, and launched KHLT-"K-Lite". This format survived several years, but changed to CHR as K-Rock in approx. 1991. In 1994, the change was made to "The Point" , a classic/pop rock format, which was an early hybrid of Classic leaning Top-40 and Classic Rock. When Magic 105FM, left the harder edge Classic Rock format for"We Play Everything" Tom-FM in early 2008, The Point was left as the lone Classic Rock station in Little Rock!External links
* [http://www.point941.com/ Official Website]
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