WROR-FM
 
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| City | Framingham, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | 105.7 WROR |
| Slogan | Boston's Greatest Hits |
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 1960 (as WKOX-FM) |
| Format |
Classic hits HD2: Classic rock "The Bone" |
| ERP | 23,000 watts |
| HAAT | 224 meters (735 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 20438 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°20′50.00″N 71°4′59.00″W / 42.3472222°N 71.0830556°W |
| Callsign meaning | Former call sign of WBZ-FM from 1968–1991, original (1996) format was modeled after it |
| Former callsigns | WKOX-FM (1960–1971) WVBF (1971–1993) WCLB-FM (1993–1995) WKLB-FM (1995–1996) |
| Owner |
Beasley Broadcast Group (Greater Boston Radio Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBOS, WBQT, WKLB-FM, WMJX, WRCA |
| Webcast |
Listen Live or Listen via iHeart |
| Website |
www HD2: www |
WROR-FM is a radio station licensed to Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the greater Boston region. WROR-FM is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group and broadcasts on 105.7 MHz. The station offers a classic hits format, concentrating on the rock and roll hits of the 1970s and 1980s, with an occasional song dating back to the 1960s or 1990s. Its studios are located in Dorchester. Its signal transmits from the Prudential Tower and reaches as far north as southern New Hampshire and as far south as Providence, Rhode Island.
WROR's roots go back to WKOX-FM, the FM sister station of WKOX, then on 1190 AM (now WXKS on 1200). WKOX-FM aired classical music for Boston's MetroWest suburbs until January 1969, when it began broadcasting a Top 40/Rock format as The New FM 105, and then later as FM Stereo 105. WKOX-FM was the Boston area's first FM Top 40 station featuring live disc jockeys, as opposed to some stations that played automated music. In July 1969, WKOX-FM converted to stereo broadcasting. DJs on WKOX-FM included Bill Thomas, Brother Bill Heizer, FM Douglas, (Program Director) Dick Stevens, John Leisher, Alan Fraser, J. William Charles, with Kenny McKay and Jimmy Conlee.
WKOX AM and FM were acquired by Fairbanks Communications in July 1971. After the sale, WKOX-FM became WVBF (also known as the Electronic Mama), as a top 40/rock station, initially retaining some of the WKOX-FM DJs. The call letters officially stood for Welcome Virginia Brown Fairbanks, the wife of station owner Richard M. Fairbanks (who himself had a station named after himself, WRMF in West Palm Beach, Florida). WVBF also began to target the Greater Boston area. Some of the DJs that were added to WVBF during their early months included Buddy Ballou, John "Big John" Gillis, Bill "BLF Bash" Freeman and Charlie Kendall.
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