| KROC-FM | |
| City: | Rochester, Minnesota |
| Area: | Rochester-Austin-Albert Lea-Mason City |
| Branding: | 106.9 KROC |
| Format: | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Erp: | 100,000 watts |
| Haat: | 3380NaN0 |
| Class: | C0 |
| Facility Id: | 61323 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Coordinates: | 43.5708°N -92.4269°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | Rochester |
| Owner: | Townsquare Media |
| Licensee: | Townsquare License, LLC |
| Sister Stations: | KDCZ, KDOC-FM, KFIL, KFIL-FM, KOLM, KWWK, KROC, KYBA |
| 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.[1] [2]
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.[3] [4] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[5]
Longtime KROC-FM logo used from early 2006 until late 2016.