KZTS (1380 AM) is a

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in the

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). The station is owned by

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, and broadcasts a gospel music

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. Programming is

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on a

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to allow Little Rock listeners to hear the station on FM. K288EZ broadcasts at 105.5 MHz and K277DP broadcasts at 103.3 MHz.

History

The station

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as KNLR on April 19, 1957. The

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reflected the

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, North Little Rock. It was a

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and was owned by the Arkansas Valley Broadcasting Company. KNLR was powered at 1,000

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s in the daytime but had to

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at sunset to avoid interfering with other radio stations on

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. In 1959, it changed its call letters to KDXE to reflect its "Dixie"-style

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format. In the 1980s, the station got authorization from the

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to increase daytime power to 5,000 watts and add nighttime authorization, at 2,500 watts. In 1986, the station switched to a

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format as KPAL. It later became a

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as KRNN in April 1999. In 2003, the station returned to the call sign KDXE and flipped to a

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format, as an affiliate of

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. On December 18, 2008, radio industry website ''100000watts.com'' reported that KDXE had gone silent, but no explanation was given for this. On November 3, 2009, the radio station once again returned to the air, this time as a

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station, featuring

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shows including

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, Dr.

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and

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. Mark Nolte served as general manager and co-broker with Patrick Communications to complete the sale to NC Communications. A

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(LMA) to program the station began on or about January 1, 2010. The station was sold to NC Communications December 31, 2010, with Duane Nickols serving as general manager. Nickols, a longtime veteran broadcaster, continues to consult on marketing and programming for the group part-time from his home. NC Communications bought 105.5 FM to serve as an FM

. On January 31, 2014, KDXE changed format to

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, branded as "Hot 105.5". On April 1, 2018, NC Communications made an exchange with

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. The station at AM 1380 changed its branding to "Streetz 105.5," and its call sign to KZTS on April 8, 2018. The original KZTS, at 101.1, was sold to Salem Communications to become

station KDXE. The sale to Salem was consummated on July 26, 2018. On September 1, 2018, KZTS changed their format from urban contemporary to gospel, branded as "Rejoice 105.5".Rejoice as Gospel Replaces Streetz in Little Rock
Radioinsight - September 5, 2018

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