KRUF

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.

KRUF
CityShreveport, Louisiana
Broadcast areaShreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area
BrandingK945
Slogan"Shreveport/Bossier's #1 Hit Music Channel"
Frequency94.5 MHz
First air date1948 (as kWKH-FM)
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT334 meters (1,096 ft)
ClassC0
Facility ID60265
Transmitter coordinates32°40′13.00″N 93°55′59.00″W
Call sign meaningRUFF (reference to former "Big Dog 94-5" branding)
Former call signsKWKH-FM (1948-1973)
KROK (1973-1984)
KWKH-FM (1984-1996)
OwnerTownsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Shreveport License, LLC)
Sister stationsKEEL, KTUX, KVKI, KWKH, KXKS
WebcastListen Live!
Websitek945.com

K 94.5 is one of the few live and local radio stations left in town with Jay Whatley in the afternoons and Chica & the Bald Guy 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 23 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
  1. "KRUF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "KWKH-FM in Shreveport Starts Service Nov. 21" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 29, 1948. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

Previous logos
Former KRUF logo used until 2018


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