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CALENDAR SEPTEMBER I10 — Grants, Loans and other Financing Options Outtakes Sponsors: Benefit Bank, UAFS College of Business and I 7 — Starting a Business in Arkansas Arkansas Small Business Development Center BY CARL D. HOLCOMBE Sponsor: Arkansas Small Business Development Center Time: 9 a.m.-noon Time: 6-9 p.m. Location: Benefit Bank, Fort Smith Location: Arkansas National Bank, Fayetteville Fee: $25 An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media Fee: $20 For more information, call (479) 788-7879. For more information, call (479) 575-5148. I 10 — Market Plans that Get Customers Jonesboro Ratings Sponsors: Arkansas Small Business Development Texarkana market in the spring 2004 I 8 — Cox Communications Job Fair After holding off the national ratings period. Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Center and SCORE Time: 9 a.m.-noon broadcast giants in the Jonesboro The nation’s No. 255 market, with Location: Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 211 SE Saga Communications Walton Blvd., Bentonville Location: Jones Center for Families, Springdale radio market, its 111,000 12-plus listeners, saw Fee: $60 Inc. For more information, call (479) 717-3710. of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., Clear Channel’s country format For more information, call (479) 575-5148. has given up some ground. KKYR-FM, 102.5, again lead the way I 9 — Market: Arkansas Business Expo According to the recently released by nearly one-third in share points. Its I 13 — Improving Your Restaurant's Success Sponsor: NLR Chamber of Commerce Arbitron Inc. Sponsors: Culinary Consultants LLC, UAFS College of spring ratings from , in closest rival was a Clear Channel sta- Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Business and Arkansas Small Business Development the market’s 12-plus listenership tion. Location: Alltel Arena Center (population of 71,800), Clear Texarkana-based Jo-Al Broad- For more information, call (501) 372-5959. Time: 9 a.m.-noon Channel Communications Inc. of casting Inc.’s urban format KTOY- Location: UAFS FM, 104.7 I 9 — Starting a Business in Arkansas San Antonio owns seven of the top , dipped to No. 3 despite no Fee: $35 10 stations based on share points. loss in ratings, while hits station Sponsors: First Arkansas Valley Bank, University of For more information, call (479) 788-7879. Arkansas at Fort Smith College of Business and Arkansas That’s two more than in fall 2003. KPWW-FM, 95.9, No. 2. Small Business Development Center I 14 — Regional Stewardship: Central Clear Channel has the Nos. 2, 3, 6, Clear Channel finished with five of Time: 1-4 p.m. Arkansas' Future 7 and 8 stations, with two of its sta- the top 10 stations as KMJI-FM, 93.3, Location: First Arkansas Valley Bank, 102 S. Front St., Sponsor: The University of Arkansas at Little Rock tions tied at No. 9. Saga still holds the and KRUF-FM, 94.5, tied at No. 9. Dardanelle Time: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. top spot with KDXY-FM, 104.9, Fee: $20 Location: Little Rock Hilton, Little Rock For more information, call (479) 788-7879. which has had its share rise for four Top 11 Texarkana Stations For more information, call (501) 569-3186. straight rating periods. It has two KJBX-FM, Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring I 9 — Computer Toolbox for Small Business I 14 — What It Takes to Be a Government more of the top 10 with Sponsors: Arkansas Small Business Development Contractor 106.7, (No. 4) and KDEZ-FM, 100.1, Station 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 Center and Sundown Services Sponsor: Arkansas Small Business Development Center (No. 5, down from No. 2 in the fall). KKYR-FM 15.8 15.4 16.3 14.8 15.8 Time: 2-4 p.m. Time: 1-4 p.m. Instrumental in the ratings shuf- KPWW-FM 11.2 8.4 8.8 14.8 9.4 Location: Jones Center for Families, Springdale Location: Jones Center for Families, Springdale fling, however, is that Arbitron no KTOY-FM 10.5 10.5 11.6 12.7 10.8 Fee: $20 Fee: $30 KDRS-FM, 107.1 KZRB-FM 6.6 8.4 8.8 2.1 7.2 For more information, call (479) 575-5148. For more information, call (479) 575-5148. longer rates , in Paragould, which was sold to MOR KEWL-FM 4.6 2.8 3.4 2.1 5.8 Ventures Inc. in 2003 by Pressly KTAL-FM 3.9 2.8 N/A N/A N/A Partnership Productions LLC of KYGL-FM 3.9 3.5 6.1 6.3 4.3 Jonesboro. Saga acquired its stations KTFS-AM 3.3 2.8 N/A N/A N/A there from Pressly at the same time. KFYX-FM 2.6 4.9 5.4 2.8 5 KDRS officials said they weren’t KMJI-FM 2.6 3.5 4.1 2.1 5 worried about the de-listing as they KRUF-FM 2.6 1.4 2.0 N/A N/A focus on Paragould and Green County instead of Jonesboro and The Second 10 Craighead County. Arbitron can’t KLMZ-FM 2.0 1.7 N/A N/A N/A break out numbers for KDRS’ target KPGG-FM 2.0 5.6 6.1 7.7 4.3 area, which is within the Jonesboro KXKS-FM 2.0 0.7 0.7 N/A N/A demographic market area. (Several of KCMC-AM 1.3 1.4 0.7 N/A N/A the stations included in the Jonesboro KJMY-FM 1.3 4.9 2.0 N/A N/A ratings are actually Memphis sta- KMJJ-FM 1.3 2.1 2.7 0.0 1.4 tions, as you can tell from the call let- KOSY-AM 1.3 1.4 0.7 N/A N/A ters beginning with W.) KKTK-AM 0.7 0.0 0.7 N/A N/A KNRB-FM 0.7 0.7 1.4 N/A N/A Top 11 Jonesboro Market KRMD-FM 0.7 0.7 1.4 N/A N/A

Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Station 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 NKH&W No More KDXY-FM 20.9 16.5 14.6 13.2 12.8 If you’ve ever wondered what KFIN-FM 11.6 7.1 13.5 16.5 17.4 became of advertising agency The KIYS-FM 9.3 9.4 9.4 11.0 10.5 McIntosh Group, this may be of KJBX-FM 9.3 9.4 7.3 5.5 2.3 interest. KDEZ-FM 7.0 9.4 8.3 12.1 16.3 McIntosh of Fort Smith, led by WEGR-FM 5.8 2.4 4.2 6.6 3.5 founder John McIntosh, was, of KBZR-FM 4.7 5.9 9.4 2.2 4.7 course, acquired in 2002 by NKH&W KBTM-AM 3.5 2.4 3.1 2.2 N/A of Kansas City at about the same time KNEA-AM 2.3 1.2 2.1 2.2 N/A it acquired Little Rock graphic design WHRK-FM 2.3 5.9 5.2 3.3 2.3 firm Image and Strategy. WSRR-FM 2.3 1.2 1.0 2.2 N/A NKH&W became NKH&W/The McIntosh Group and eventually just Last Two NKH&W. Now. WJZN-FM 1.2 1.2 2.1 2.2 N/A NKH&W has become Nicholson WMC-FM 1.2 0.0 0.0 N/A N/A Kovac Inc. as part of a seller-funded employee stock ownership plan. Pete Kovac will be president and CEO, and Texarkana Ratings Nick Nicholson will be executive vice Clear Channel still dominated the president and chief creative officer. I