KZYP (1310 AM) is a

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to serve

Malvern, Arkansas Malvern is a city in and the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States. Founded as a railroad stop at the eastern edge of the Ouachita Mountains, the community's history and economy have been tied to available agricultural and min ...

, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1951, is currently owned by Arkansas Rocks Radio Stations Network. It was 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 ...

until 2014. Until 2015, KBOK/KZYP broadcast 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. After losing ratings to

US Stations, LLC US Stations, LLC is a radio broadcaster in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. History US Stations, LLC was founded in 2004. US Stations owned KZNG (1340 AM), KLXQ (96.7 FM) & KQUS-FM (97.5 FM) in Hot Springs, & KWXE (104.5 FM) in Pearcy. ...

's 104.5 The Bull, KZYP changed their format to

regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

. On July 7, 2016, KZYP went silent. On February 13, 2017, KZYP went back on the air with a

sports radio Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-ai ...

format. On April 29, 2017, KZYP went silent again. The station was assigned the KBOK

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by the

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. The station changed to the current KZYP call sign on June 1, 2014.

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* * ZYP Radio stations established in 1951 Hot Spring County, Arkansas ZYP 1951 establishments in Arkansas Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Arkansas-radio-station-stub