On December 13, 1945, the Federal Communications Commission granted the Arkansas Airwaves Company a construction permit for a new radio station on 1450 kHz in North Little Rock.
After construction was completed earlier than expected,[3] broadcasting officially began April 14, 1946, as the first new radio station to be built in Arkansas after World War II.
From 1946 to 1948, the network built or provided support to start KHOZ in Harrison, KWEM in West Memphis, and KWAK in Stuttgart.
[10] That September, the KXLR call sign disappeared from the station for the first time since its sign-on when the new owners relaunched it as Top 40-formatted KBOX.
[11] The AM outlet moved into KEZQ's studios, and its old facility was donated to the Pentecostal Church of God of Rose City, which planned to start an FM station.
Though the station blamed technical troubles, an unnamed employee told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "We all had a meeting, and we pulled the plug.
In June 2004, Willis Broadcasting Corporation entered into a consent decree with the commission under which it surrendered the licenses of KLRG and stations in Louisiana, North Carolina, and Florida.