Pocahontas in Randolph County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Radio Station KPOC

Rock & Roll Hwy 67

Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 12, 2022

1. Radio Station KPOC Marker

Inscription. In the mid 1950s Elvis Presley's career was just beginning to take off. Elvis had made at least one record at Sun Studio in Memphis when he and his then manager made a stop at this location to request that his record be played on KPOC. He was greeted by and visited with KPOC announcer, Bill Nicholson, who described him as a shy, polite young man…who obviously had a lot of talent…KPOC played his record and thus played a small part in Elvis' rise to stardom!

Erected by Five Rivers Historic Preservation, Inc., Pocahontas FFA, RCTA and Combined Media Group.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment.

Location. 36° 16.614′ N, 90° 57.256′ W. Marker is in Pocahontas, Arkansas, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of Radio Drive and U.S. 62, on the left when traveling west on Radio Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2219 US-62, Pocahontas AR 72455, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Baltz Lake Fishing Pier (approx. 0.4 miles away); Birthplace Of A Legend (approx. 0.4 miles away); Birthplace of Billy Lee Riley (approx. 1.1 miles away);

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Wear Kibler Schoonover (approx. 1.3 miles away); American Civil War Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site of the St. Charles Hotel (approx. 1.4 miles away); Spinnenweber and Peters Equine Store and Merchantile (approx. 1.4 miles away); Capture of Missouri "Swamp Fox" (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pocahontas.

More about this marker. Marker repeats on both sides.

Also see . . . KPOC-AM on Wikipedia. The radio station still exists (as of October 2022) on both the AM and FM band, but with two different formats: contemporary Christian and adult contemporary, respectively. Elvis had been traveling and performing in northeast Arkansas during his Sun Records days, but it is unknown which song/single was played. (Submitted on October 13, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 12, 2022

2. Radio Station KPOC Marker

The radio station building (Combined Media Group) is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 351 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 13, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.