KTPB is an FM radio station at 98.1 MHz in

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, serving Pine Bluff. The station is owned by Bluff City Radio, a company of

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and Paul Coats, and operated by PB Radio under a local marketing agreement; it broadcasts a classic country format known as ''98.1 The Hog''.

History

The station received its callsign in February 2015 and launched later that year. Huckabee and Coats had bought the permits for three stations from Nancy Miller and acquired KTRN from another owner. In March 2018, Huckabee and Coats struck a

local marketing agreement In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one corporation, company agrees to operate a radio station, radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it ...

to have the four Pine Bluff stations he owned be operated by PB Radio, which is owned by Mike and Alpha Horne. PB Radio also has the option of purchasing them.

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TPB Country radio stations in the United States {{Arkansas-radio-station-stub