KARN
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| KARN | |
| City of license | Little Rock, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Little Rock metropolitan area |
| Branding | KARN News Radio |
| Slogan | Instant News and Stimulating Talk, Traffic and Weather On The 9's |
| Frequency | 920 kHz  102.9 MHz |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | AM: 5,000 W FM: 50,000 W |
| Callsign meaning | ARkaNsas |
| Former callsigns | KARK |
| Owner | Citadel Broadcasting |
| Website | 920karn.com |
KARN is a commercial news and talk radio station at 920 AM in Little Rock, Arkansas owned and operated by Citadel Broadcasting. Originally known as KARK-AM and locally owned by Ted Snider, the station has long been the flagship station of the Arkansas Radio Network. KARN airs nationally syndicated programming with a conservative political bent like the Rush Limbaugh show and the Sean Hannity show. Local talk shows are also notably conservative in tone, with afternoon host Dave Elswick the most well known voice. Generations of Arkansas broadcasters have worked at KARN, including the legendary sportscaster Jim Elder, talk show hosts Pat Lynch, Ray Lincoln, Bob Harrison, and Sharon Lee, farm broadcasters Bob Buice, Lowell Ruffcorn, Stewart Doan, Janet Adkison and Keith Merckx (who also spent time as a news reporter and anchor) and newscasters Don Corbett, Vern Beachy, Scott Crowder, Michael Hibblen, Scott Charton, Ron Breeding, Don Griffin, Barry Green, David Wallace, Ken Miller, Paula Cooper, Terry Easley, Jayson Rogers, Grant Merrill, Alan Caudle, Patrick Grant, and Jack Heinritz. As a News and Talk station, KARN's Program Directors have included Rick McGee, Dennis Turner, Chuck Martin, Dennis Kelly, Dale Forbis, Bob Shomper, Greg Foster, Neal Gladner, Bud Ford and Dave Elswick.
For a number of years, KARN 920 AM simulcast on two low power FM signals, including KVLO 102.5 FM licensed to Cabot, Arkansas, and KPZK 101.7 FM licensed to Humnoke, Arkansas. While both stations attracted substantial listener numbers, neither signal covered the Little Rock market well. In the summer of 2004, the decision was made to simulcast KARN full time on the 102.9 FM frequnecy, which had previously been a country station, but could not compete with heritage station KSSN.
The station currently offers the following weekday lineup:
5:30 AM to 8:30 AM First News with Neal & Meg 8:30 AM to 11:45 AM Ugly Ed Johnson 11:45 AM to 12:00 PM Paul Harvey News and Comment 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM Rush Limbaugh 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM Dave Elswick 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sportsrap with Chuck Barrett 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM Sean Hannity 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM Coast to Coast AM
[edit] External links
- Offical KARN web site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KARN
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KARN
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By Callsign: KAAY | KABF | KABZ | KANX | KARN | KASR | KBDO | KDIS-FM | KDJE | KDXE | KEWI | KGHT
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KOLL | KPZA | KPZK | KQUS | KSSN | KTUV | KUAR | KURB | KWBF | KWLR
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