KOAR (101.5 FM) is a

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licensed to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by the

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Programming

KOAR broadcasts a

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format to the

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, area as an affiliate of the Air 1 radio network.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on April 27,

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. The new station was assigned the KPIK

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by the FCC on May 10, 1990. KPIK received its license to cover from the FCC on February 11, 1992. In February 1993, license holders Judith Ann Davis and Barbara Jo Faith applied to the FCC to transfer the license for this station to a new company called KPIK Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 9, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on April 22, 1993. In May 2001, KPIK Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Searcy Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 13, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on June 22, 2001. The new owners had the FCC change the

to KBGR on July 9, 2001. In March 2005, Searcy Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to the

for a reported sale price of $525,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 9, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on July 25, 2005. At the time of the sale, KBGR was broadcasting a

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format. The EMF flipped the station to a

format and added the station to their Air 1 network. The station was assigned call sign KOAR on March 25, 2009.

References

External links

Air 1 official website
{{Air 1 Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States White County, Arkansas Air1 radio stations Radio stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Arkansas Educational Media Foundation radio stations

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