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| City | Asheboro, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | Rock 92 |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz |
| First air date | November 1948 (as WGWR-FM) |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Audience share | 3.4, #9 (Fall 2007, R&R) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 393 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 16892 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°49′59.49″N 79°50′1.12″W / 35.8331917°N 79.8336444°W |
| Former callsigns | WGWR-FM (1948-?) WCSE (?-1984) WRLT (1984-1985) |
| Owner | Dick Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WKZL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | rock92.com |
WKRR (Rock 92) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Asheboro, North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad. The station is owned by Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee and broadcasts a classic rock format. Its broadcast tower is located near Randleman, North Carolina at (35°50′0.0″N 79°50′1.0″W / 35.833333°N 79.833611°W).
Dick Broadcasting also owns WKZL (107.5 KZL), licensed to the Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Both stations broadcast from Greensboro, North Carolina and have done so since the early 1990s.
In November 1948, WGWR-FM signed on in Asheboro as the sister FM to WKXR. Prior to 1984, the FM station played country music as WCSE, then it was WRLT, with a soft adult contemporary format.
WKRR was originally an album oriented rock (AOR) format station but evolved to classic rock in the early 1990s. The current WKRR signed on the air on December 31, 1985, after moving from Asheboro.
WKRR aired John Boy and Billy for three years ending January 1, 1999.
The current morning show, Two Guys Named Chris, signed on January 4, 1999, and consists of Chris Kelly, Chris Demm, Biggie and Dave Aiken. Kelly started in radio as a teenager on WKXR in Asheboro, and previously worked at WKZL. Demm did the news on WKRR during John Boy and Billy and also worked with Brad Krantz on WKRR. The show at that time was number one in Greensboro with men ages 25–54.
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