KZYP (1310

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) is an AM

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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 m ...

, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1951, is currently owned by High Plains Radio Network, LLC. It was owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation until 2014. Until 2015, KBOK/KZYP broadcast a classic country 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

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

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

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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 hits radio stations in the United States {{Arkansas-radio-station-stub