KROQ
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| City | Pasadena, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | 106.7 KROQ |
| Slogan |
The World Famous KROQ L.A. & O.C.'s Alternative Rock |
| Frequency | 106.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) HD-2: New Wave/Classic Alternative "KROQ of the 80's" |
| Repeater(s) | 103.7-2 KEGY-HD2 San Diego |
| First air date | November 1962 (as KPPC-FM) |
| Format | Alternative Rock |
| Audience share | 2.0  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 5,600 watts |
| HAAT | 423 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 28622 |
| Callsign meaning | "K-ROck(Q)" |
| Former callsigns | KPPC-FM (1962-1973) |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Inc. of Los Angeles) |
| Sister stations | KAMP-FM, KCAL-TV, KCBS-FM, KCBS-TV, KNX, KRTH, KTWV |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website |
kroq KROQ of the 80s (HD2) |
KROQ-FM (106.7 FM) – branded 106.7 KROQ – is a commercial Alternative Rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It was the flagship station of Loveline, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky and "Psycho" Mike Catherwood, and The Kevin and Bean Morning Show. KROQ advertises itself as playing current modern rock hits, but its playlist consists mostly of recurrent tracks from the 1990s and 2000s.
The station has studios at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the Crestview neighborhood in West Los Angeles and the Lafayette Square neighborhood in the Mid-City region. The transmitter is based in the Verdugo Mountains.
KROQ-FM broadcasts in HD.
Originally, 106.7 FM was KPPC-FM, owned by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. They broadcast religious programming with a co-owned AM station. As the church encountered difficulties operating the stations, they sold the two stations to an outside company, Crosby-Avery Broadcasting, with the church retaining the right to broadcast its services over both stations. Until 1969, the station still broadcast from the basement of the church.
In 1967, Tom and Raechel Donahue created a freeform progressive rock format at co-owned KMPX in San Francisco. KMPX became a big success, and in 1968, the Donahues were sent to Pasadena to introduce the format to the ailing KPPC-FM.
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