KROC-FM

For other uses, see KROC (disambiguation).
KROC-FM
City Rochester, Minnesota
Broadcast area Rochester-Austin-Mason City
Branding KROC FM 106.9
Slogan Today's Best Music
Frequency 106.9 MHz
Format Top 40 (CHR)
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 338 meters (1109 feet)
Class C0
Facility ID 61323
Transmitter coordinates 43°34′15.00″N 92°25′37.00″W / 43.5708333°N 92.4269444°W / 43.5708333; -92.4269444
Callsign meaning Rochester
Owner Townsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Rochester License, LLC)
Sister stations KFIL-FM/AM, KDCZ, KDZZ, KOLM, KWWK, KROC AM, KYBA
Webcast Listen Live!
Website kroc.com

KROC-FM (106.9 FM) is a radio station serving Rochester, Minnesota. The station's transmitter is located near the Minnesota-Iowa border and has difficulty reaching some of the lower-lying areas of Rochester, which is in a valley. To fill in the gaps, KROC has an additional translator, K292EM 106.3, in the city. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format.[1][2] The station features the on-air talents of Dunken & Samm in the morning, Megan Kennedy from 10-2p, Scotty Matthews from 2-7pm, and Lisa Paige from 7p-midnight.

History

The station was owned by the Southern Minnesota Broadcasting Company, along with other properties in the area, but they were sold to Cumulus Media in December 2003. KROC-FM went on-the-air at 106.9 MHz in 1965, with easy listening and classical music. The format was dropped in 1967 which resulted in a longtime simulcast with KROC-AM until the mid-1970s. An automated MOR format called "The Great Entertainers," was KROC-FM's next format, separating from KROC, before it went to a rock format. In the 1950s, the owners launched a television station (KROC-TV), though that is now operated separately by Quincy Newspapers as KTTC channel 10.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including KROC-FM, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[3][4] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[5]

Translators

Broadcast translators of KROC-FM
Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license ERP
W 		Class FCC info
K292EM 106.3 FM Rochester, Minnesota 216 D FCC

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. ↑ "KROCFacility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.


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