KROL

Last updated
KROL
Frequency 1430 kHz
Branding101.3 The Grenade
Programming
Format CHR
Affiliations ABC Radio
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Miles Carter
  • (Carter Media LLC)
KRLI
History
First air date
April 18, 1959
Former call signs
KAOL (1959-2019)
Technical information
Facility ID 33387
Class D
Power 500 watts day
27 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°19′58.00″N93°32′15.00″W / 39.3327778°N 93.5375000°W / 39.3327778; -93.5375000
Translator(s) 101.3 K267BN (Bosworth)
Links
Webcast Listen Live Note: 128 kbps is used; greater than dsl may be required.
Website 1013thegrenade.com

KROL (1430 AM) is a radio station which recently changed from classic country to a CHR format. It is licensed to Carrollton, Missouri, United States. The station is currently owned by Miles Carter, through licensee Carter Media LLC. KROL is re-broadcast by an FM translator (K267BN, Bosworth, Missouri, 101.3 MHz).

On June 16, 2013, the then-KAOL changed their format from classic country to Contemporary Hit Radio (as "The Grenade"). Classic country moved to sister station KRLI 103.9 FM (Malta Bend, Missouri), which had started with a nostalgia/variety format and later switched to Contemporary Hit Radio.

KAOL had previously run a sports format until May 2011. [1]

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References

  1. "Translator Report 5/22". Radio Insight.