KROC-FM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KROC-FM

| logo = KROC 106.9KROC logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Rochester, Minnesota

| area = Rochester-Austin-Albert Lea-Mason City

| branding = 106.9 KROC

| airdate = {{start date|1965}}

| language = English

| frequency = {{Frequency|106.9|MHz}}

| translators = {{Radio Relay|106.5|K293CV|Rochester}}

| format = Top 40 (CHR)

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|338|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class = C0

| facility_id = 61323

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|43|34|15.00|N|92|25|37.00|W|region:US-MN_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = Rochester

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = {{ubl|Compass Media Networks|Westwood One}}

| owner = Townsquare Media

| licensee = Townsquare License, LLC

| sister_stations = KDCZ, KDOC-FM, KFIL, KFIL-FM, KOLM, KWWK, KROC, KYBA

| webcast = [https://kroc.com/listen-live/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://kroc.com/ kroc.com]

}}

KROC-FM (106.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station serving Rochester, Minnesota. The station's transmitter is located near the Minnesota-Iowa border. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a top 40 (CHR) music format.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KROC |title=KROCFacility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

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 an easy listening and classical music. In 1967, the hybrid format was dropped, and the FM began simulcasting with KROC-AM until the mid-1970s, then changed to an automated MOR format called The Great Entertainers. That format would be replaced with a highly successful Top 40/CHR format, under the FM 107 KROC moniker. In the 1950s, the owners launched a television station (KROC-TV), though that is now operated separately by Gray Television as KTTC.

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.{{cite news|title=Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121835/official-cumulus-buys-dial-global-spins-some-stati|access-date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 30, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84851/are-these-the-markets-in-the-cumulustownsquaredial-global-deal/|access-date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=August 30, 2013}} The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.{{cite news|title=Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124346/cumulus-townsquare-peak-deal-closes|access-date=November 16, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=November 15, 2013}}