KRVE

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KRVE

City of license	Brusly, Louisiana
Broadcast area	Baton Rouge
Frequency	96.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 96.1 HD-2: 80s-90s Oldies
First air date	August 18, 1989 (as KIEZ)
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	137.0 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	40866
Transmitter coordinates	30°29′37.00″N 91°0′19.00″W / 30.4936111°N 91.0052778°W / 30.4936111; -91.0052778
Callsign meaning	K RiVEr (a reference to the nearby Mississippi River)
Former callsigns	KIEZ (1989-1991)
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (Capstar TX)
Webcast
Website	961theriver.com

KRVE (Lite Rock 96.1 the River) is an Adult Contemporary outlet serving the Baton Rouge area. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 96.1 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW and is licensed to Brusly, Louisiana. Its current slogan is "Lite Rock, Less Talk."

KRVE is the home station for the syndicated morning drive show "Murphy, Sam and Jodi". ^[1]

History

The station was originally at 96.3 and changed its frequency and format in 1991. The call letters were previously owned by a Portuguese language FM radio station (now country music station KRTY) in San Jose, California. The station was assigned the call letters KIEZ on 1989-08-18. On 1991-07-15, the station changed its call sign to the current KRVE.^[2]

References

↑ ":: 225BatonRouge.com :: On the air". 225BatonRouge.com.
↑ "KRVE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

v t e Radio Stations in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.3 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	910 1150 1210 1260 1300 1380 1460 1550 1570 1590

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K249DV KBRH KDDK KHB46 KHXT KKAY KLSU KNXX KPAE KQXL-FM KRDJ KRVE KSMB KTDY KVDU KXKC WABL WBKL WBRH WBRJ-LP WBRP WDGL WEMX WFMF WHYR-LP WIBR WJBO WJFM WLRO WNXX WPFC WPYR WQCK-FM WRKF WRKN WRQQ WTGE WTQT-LP WUBR WUUU WWRA WXOK WYNK-FM

Notes	Stations in Italic text are out of market stations whose signals also cover the Baton Rouge area

Louisiana radio markets Alexandria Baton Rouge Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans Shreveport Other Louisiana radio regions Lake Pontchartrain See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

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