KROE (930 AM) is a

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broadcasting a News Talk Information

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. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc., and features programing from

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, Compass Media Networks,

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, and

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. All Lovcom stations are located in the Sheridan Media Radio Center, at 1716 KROE Lane on Sheridan's east side.

History

KROE first signed on the air on March 18, 1961, with a studio located at 47 South Scott Street in Sheridan. Studios were moved to the former KWYO studio location at 21 North Main Street in 1963, and later moved to a

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east of Sheridan on a road known as "dump road" (because it led to the local

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). A new building was erected adjacent to the mobile home and transmission tower when the present owner acquired the station in 1974. The company also added a

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, KROE-FM, broadcasting at 94.9

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. By the 1980s, KROE had increased power from 1,000

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s to 5,000 Watts, and the road on which it was located had a new name: KROE Lane. The KROE building was renovated in 2001/2002, and as of 2017, houses six radio stations (KROE,

KWYO KWYO (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country music format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, United States, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio. All Lovcom stations are l ...

KLQQ KLQQ (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Clearmont, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Sheridan, Wyoming area. It is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. All Lovcom stations are located in the S ...

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KYTI KYTI (93.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. The station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. and features programming from Westwood One. All Lovcom stations are located in th ...

and

KZWY KZWY (94.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. All Lovcom stations are located in the Sheridan Media Radio Center, at 1716 KROE ...

), as well as multiple HD multicast channels and FM translators.

Programming

In 1983, KROE stopped playing

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s on air and moved to a

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medium. In the 1980s, popular programs included "Polka Party", featuring

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and stories delivered in

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. Another popular program was the "Make Believe Ballroom," with 1940s

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music. The Polka Party ended in the mid 1990s, and the Big Band show moved to

in 1998. The music on KROE was switched to a

satellite-delivered

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format in the 1990s. In 1997, station owner Lovcom, Inc. acquired a competing FM station. The call letters of that station were changed from KWYO-FM to

and it became the country music station, while the format on KROE was changed to

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. Throughout the 80s and 90s, KROE was known for local sports coverage, including live play-by-play of local area football and basketball games. KROE changed formats again in July 2004, dropping music in favor of a strictly News Talk Information format. The sports coverage was moved to sister station

. Long-time programs remain on KROE, including Swap Shop (an on-air

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), and the local public affairs call-in program, Public Pulse. The current lineup also includes syndicated political talk show hosts

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, Joe Paggs, Jim Bohannon and others. KROE is a

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news affiliate. In January 2017, KROE began rebroadcasting at 103.9 FM on translator K280GK.

References

External links

KROE official website
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News and talk radio stations in the United States