KOKY is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Sherwood, Arkansas

Sherwood, Arkansas

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, broadcasting to the Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

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 area on 102.1 FM

FM broadcasting

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. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

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 format, and is owned and operated by The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC

The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC

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The original KOKY, at 1440 AM, was a longtime heritage urban station in Little Rock from its launch in 1956. It was the first station aimed at the African American

African American

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 community in Arkansas

Arkansas

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. Then located near Central High, one of its alumni, Al Bell, was influenced by the station during the heyday of the Civil Rights

Civil rights

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 movement.