Newsradio 102.9 KARN

Newsradio 102.9 KARN covers Arkansas with the kind of attention local radio once provided everywhere before consolidation gutted newsrooms across the country. The station maintains actual reporters on the street, not just wire-service readers. You hear reporting shaped for regional understanding - why a zoning decision at city council actually matters to listeners, what economic shifts mean for local employment. Talk programming features hosts who live in the market they broadcast to. Not true everywhere anymore. KARN's news judgment favors substance over sensation; you get context alongside h…