KROC-FM
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| City | Rochester, Minnesota |
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| 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 |
| 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. 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.
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. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.
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