KROK (FM)

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KROK
City of license	South Fort Polk, Louisiana
Broadcast area	Leesville, Louisiana and surrounding areas
Branding	Channel 95.7
Slogan	"World Class Rock"
Frequency	95.7 MHz
First air date	2003
Format	Album Adult Alternative
ERP	25000 watts
HAAT	89.7 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	77184
Transmitter Coordinates	31°03′05.00″N 93°16′41.00″W / 31.05139, -93.2780556
Callsign meaning	K RO(c)K - Name alluding to the format
Former callsigns	KNUF (2003)
Owner	West Central Broadcasting Inc
Sister stations	KUMX, KVVP
Website	KROK website

KROK (95.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Album Alternative music format. Licensed to South Fort Polk, Louisiana, USA, the station serves the area surrounding Fort Polk and Vernon parish and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by West Central Broadcasting ^[1]

The station is one of only two Adult Album Alternative stations in Louisiana. The other is University run KSLU in Hammond.

[edit] History

This station originally was assigned a Construction permit in 2000 to the Baldridge-Dumas Communications Inc. group of Many, Louisiana as a 6,000 watt station to service the Fort Polk Military base as well as surrounding Vernon Parish. This station was sold in 2002 to its current owners who came on the air in 2003 with the current format at 6,000 watts. The station was granted a construction permit in September 2003, with final FCC licensing in 2006 of its current 25,000 watt level of power.