The station serves the greater Jonesboro, Arkansas, area.

[4] The station was founded on March 9, 1982, and assigned the KZLE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 13, 1983.

[1] The station first picked up a short-lived MOR format, before turning it down for adult contemporary during 1983, known as "Class FM".

The format lasted until January 1994 when the station dropped adult contemporary for country as "Kicker 93.1".

In April 2003, the Associated Press Broadcasters Association presented the small-market award for Best Newscast to KZLE and sister stations KWOZ and KBTA-FM.