KCJC (102.3 FM, ''River Country 102.3'') is a

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, United States, the station is currently owned by Bobby Caldwell's East Arkansas Broadcasters, through licensee EAB of Russellville, LLC, and features programming from

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History

Central Arkansas Broadcasting Company, Inc., put KCAB-FM on the air in 1965 ( Guide to reading History Cards) as the sister station to KCAB (then at 1320 AM). The call letters were changed to KWKK on May 6, 1974, and the current KCJC on October 1, 1995. Formerly owned by

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, KCJC and five other stations were sold to East Arkansas Broadcasters for $3 million; the transaction was consummated on January 9, 2014.

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