KQPN (730 AM) is a

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, and serving the

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. It is owned by F.W. Robbert Broadcasting and operated by Disruptor Radio, LLC. The station is branded as "AM 760 & AM 730 The Flame". It broadcasts a

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format. KQPN currently simulcasts

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from

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. KQPN broadcasts at 1,000

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s. Because AM 730 is a Canadian and

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clear channel frequency, KQPN uses a

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at all times to avoid interfering with other stations. The

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is off Gammon Road in

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History

The station

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the air on December 1, 1961, as KSUD. It played

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hits. By 1963, the music was a mix of

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, and Southern gospel music. It later switched formats to include

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programming and

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. In May 2005, KSUD flipped to all-sports, becoming an

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. It changed its

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to KQPN later that year. On August 4, 2008, ESPN programming moved to 680 WSMB from KQPN, and KQPN took over the Fox Sports programming from WSMB the next day. KQPN became affiliated with Yahoo! Sports Radio on December 5, 2011, after

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-owned 790 WMC took

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away from KQPN beginning on October 17, 2011. In 2016, Yahoo! Sports Radio switched its name to

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