KROC-FM

KROC-FM
Rochester, Minnesota;
Broadcast area	Rochester-Austin-Albert Lea-Mason City
Frequency	106.9 MHz
Branding	106.9 KROC
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; Westwood One;
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media; (Townsquare License, LLC);
Sister stations	KDCZ, KDOC-FM, KFIL, KFIL-FM, KOLM, KWWK, KROC, KYBA
History
First air date	1965
Call sign meaning	Rochester
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61323
Class	C0
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	338 m (1,109 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°34′15.00″N 92°25′37.00″W / 43.5708333°N 92.4269444°W
Translator(s)	106.5 K293CV (Rochester)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]^[5] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.^[6]