KLBQ (101.5

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), broadcasting as 101.5 The Hog, is an FM

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broadcasting a

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

format. Licensed to

Junction City, Arkansas Junction City is a city in Union County, Arkansas, United States, and is the twin city of neighboring Junction City, Louisiana. The population was 581 at the 2010 census. Geography Junction City is located at (33.019174, -92.722915). It is ...

, United States, the station serves the

El Dorado, Arkansas El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884. El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...

area. The station is currently owned by

Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation is a radio and media company based in El Dorado, Arkansas. Founded by William C. Nolan Jr., Edwin B. Alderson Jr. and El Dorado car dealer Russell Marks (all deceased) in 1970, it owns radio stations in Arkansas ...

and features programming from ABC Radio.

History

The station went on the air as KHBX on July 17, 1998. On August 31, 2000, the station changed its

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to KMLK. The station moved its community of license from El Dorado to Junction City on April 21, 2017. The station founder was Jerome Orr, who had worked for Noalmark at KELD, El Dorado and at Hobbs. Orr had recently been managing the company's then KIOL in Midland/Odessa. On July 13, 2017, KMLK and its urban adult contemporary format moved to 98.7 FM El Dorado, swapping frequencies and call signs with country-formatted KLBQ.Noalmark Swaps Formats El Dorado
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