KHKN (94.9 FM) is a

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in the

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area. The station's studios are located in West Little Rock, and the transmitter tower is located in

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. KHKN broadcasts in HD. KHKN is licensed by the

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to broadcast a HD digital signal.

History

From 1987 until late 1989, it was KZLR "KZ-95." It had been KADL-FM prior and was off-air for about a year before the launch of AOR "KZ-95." Despite a heavy street presence and a massive promotion blitz, KZ-95 failed to gain traction. From 1989 to 2003, it was KOLL ("Cool 95"), playing all oldies from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. From 2003 to 2005, it aired an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

station with the call letters KMSX with the branding "Mix 94.9". On December 26, 2005, the station changed its call letters to KHLR and began airing an

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format, branded as "Hallelujah 94.9." On August 17, 2009, KHLR swapped formats and call letters with KHKN (106.7 FM), adopting an adult hits format, branded as "Tom FM." On November 1, 2015, KHKN began stunting for the holiday season with

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as "Christmas 94.9". On December 28, 2015, at 6:00 a.m., KHKN flipped to

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

as "BIG 94.9". The first song played was "

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" by

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. On March 11, 2018, at 9:00 p.m., following an audio simulcast of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, KHKN flipped to Top 40/CHR as "Hot 94.9". The flip puts KHKN in competition with longtime Top 40/CHR station

KLAL KLAL (107.7 FM, "Alice @ 107.7") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas (licensed to Wrightsville). The station is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located in West Little Rock, ...

. The last song on "Big" was " So Far Away" by

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, while the first song on "Hot" was "

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" by

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featuring

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