KRUF
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| City | Shreveport, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area |
| Branding | K945 |
| Slogan | "Shreveport/Bossier's #1 Hit Music Channel" |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1948 (as kWKH-FM) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 334 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 60265 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°40′13.00″N 93°55′59.00″W / 32.6702778°N 93.9330556°W |
| Callsign meaning | RUFF (reference to former "Big Dog 94-5" branding) |
| Former callsigns |
KWKH-FM (1948-1973) KROK (1973-1984) KWKH-FM (1984-1996) |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Shreveport License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KEEL, KTUX, KVKI, KWKH, KXKS |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | k945.com |
KRUF (94.5 FM, "K945") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. The station serves the Shreveport, Louisiana area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media.[1] Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is in Mooringsport, Louisiana. The call letters before becoming KRUF were KWKH and KROK and had air personalities such as Tim Brando of CBS sports back in the late seventies, early eighties.
K945 is one of the only live and local radio stations left in town with Jay Whatley in the afternoons and The Morning Madhouse every morning.
History
K-94-5 signed on August 12, 1996 as "Big Dog 94-5" and has broadcast in its current Top 40 format for 22 years. Previous to adopting the KRUF call letters, K-94-5 was known as KWKH-FM, sister station to the legendary KWKH, home of the Louisiana Hayride.
KWKH-FM began broadcasting November 21, 1948. It was operated by International Broadcasting Corporation, which was owned by The Shreveport Times.[2]
References
- ↑ "KRUF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "KWKH-FM in Shreveport Starts Service Nov. 21" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 29, 1948. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Previous logos
External links
- K94.5 official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KRUF
- Radio-Locator information on KRUF
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KRUF