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| Broadcast area | Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas |
| Frequency | 1590kHz |
| Branding | The Ticket 2 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Infinity Sports Network |
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| History | |
First air date | July 15, 1966 (1966-07-15) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71702 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500watts day 50watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°12′24″N94°7′9″W / 36.20667°N 94.11917°W /36.20667; -94.11917 |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KYNG (1590kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationlicensed toSpringdale, Arkansas. The station broadcasts asportsformat. The station is currently owned byCumulus Media.[2] It is programmed along with co-owned 92.1KQSM-FM as "The Ticket". Both stations carrynationally syndicated sports shows fromInfinity Sports Network.
The station began broadcasting as KSPR on July 15, 1966. It was owned by Autus Johnson and broadcast during daylight hours only with 500 watts.[3][4] The station license was transferred to Johnson Communications, Inc., in 1969, shortly before Autus's death.[4] The station increased power to 1,000 watts in 1979[4] and changed its call sign to KQXK on November 17, 1980.[4]
In March 1991, Moran Communications ofWichita Falls, Texas, took KQXK andKCIZ-FM off the air after a dispute over a mortgage. The stations were then bought by Westark Broadcasting, which installedeasy listening formats on both of them.[5] By 1994, the station was broadcasting a Spanish-language format;[6] it then changed its call sign to KZRA that September; the station was known asLa Zeta The station's ownership changed several times in the late 1990s. It was owned by the Power Radio Group[7] and Hochman Communications beforeCumulus Media acquired the Power cluster in 1998.[8] The station switched call signs withKYNG (950 AM) inDenison, Texas, in 2005.[9] When La Zeta moved off 1590, the station changed names twice, first to La Más Bonita and then to La Máquina Musical, primarily airingRegional Mexican music.[10]
The station switched formats to sports in 2016.
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