KQRC-FM

KQRC-FM

City of license	Leavenworth, Kansas
Broadcast area	Kansas City metropolitan area
Branding	The Rock!
Slogan	Kansas City's Rock Station
Frequency	98.9 MHz
First air date	April 2, 1992
Format	Active Rock
ERP	98,500 watts
HAAT	335 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	74101
Callsign meaning	K Q The RoCk
Owner	Entercom
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.989therock.com

KQRC-FM is a radio station licensed to Leavenworth, Kansas, and serves the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station's morning show, hosted by shock jock Johnny Dare, is regularly ranked atop the local Arbitron ratings. Its studios are located in Mission, Kansas.

The station, with the brand name 98.9 The Rock, broadcasts an Active Rock/Album Oriented Rock format consisting of Hard rock and Heavy metal acts. They tend to play heavier rock than modern rock/alternative rock sister station KRBZ with such artists as Disturbed, Godsmack, Staind and Shinedown mixed with older rock acts like Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Def Leppard and Van Halen. Metallica is frequently played, including a featured "Mandatory Metallica" at 9:00 p.m. weekdays with three consecutive songs by the band. At 11 p.m. the station plays "The Pit," which is an hour of heavy metal and death metal. The Rock airs two nationally-syndicated shows on Sundays—The House of Hair with Dee Snider at 8 a.m., then the rock news show HardDrive with Lou Brutus at 10 p.m. The rest of the station's schedule features normal airplay.

Every summer KQRC hosts Rockfest, currently the largest single-day music festival in North America.^[1] Past headliners include Disturbed, Godsmack, Staind, Seether, Stone Temple Pilots, and Korn.

On September 26th of 2010, KQRC was the first FM Radio Station in the Country to release an app for the iOS operating system (apple mobile devices) that offered an events list with Google Mapping, and push messaging.

History

The 98.9 MHz frequency shuffled between formats when it first went on the air in 1974. Starting out as a country station, it tried to topple KBEQ in the Top-40 market in the mid 1980s as KZZC (ZZ-99), but to no success. In 1987, The Wave debuted, becoming one of a multitude of adult contemporary stations. However that station also did not last, against longtime competitors KUDL and KMXV.

Since debuting in April of 1992, The Rock has lived up to its name in the stability of its format, surviving a rock format shuffle in 1997 that claimed Kansas City's (then) longest-surviving (23 years) FM rock station, KYYS "KY-102". Despite its success, the station has seen several program directors come and go, including the late Doug Sorensen (The Rock's very first PD), Greg Stevens, Vince Richards and Neal Mirsky. The station's current PD, Bob Edwards, has been at the helm since March of 2003.

Current On-Air Schedule

Monday through Friday

• 98.9 The Rock Music – 12 am to 5 am
• The Johnny Dare Morning Show (Johnny Dare, Jennifer Johnson, T-Bone, Jake the Phone Snake, & Gregg) – 5 am to 10 am -- The format of this show is consistent and long running. Johnny interviews guests where he kisses ass then talks shit after they are no longer on the phone. It is widely believed that T-Bone's eventual mental collapse willJfjtfifkfksowkfkoakf,lskrksoeifmfkw

S be brought on by Johnny's shit talking on him and his family. It is unknown if T-Bones break down will include Johnny or not but will surely be fun to watch.

• Moose – 10 am to 3 pm
• Jason Nivens – 3 pm to 7 pm
• Ryan Westward – 7 pm to 12 am

Saturdays

• 98.9 The Rock Music – 12 am to 6 am
• The Johnny Dare Morning Show Leftovers – 6 am to 10 am
• Mike Tam ("The Taminator") – 10 am to 3 pm
• Ty James – 3 pm to 7 pm
• Jason Nivens – 7 pm to 12 am

Sundays

• 98.9 The Rock Music – 12 am to 7 am
• Leavenworth Today – 7 am to 8 am
• The House of Hair – 8 am to 10 am
• Amanda – 10 am to 2 pm
• Yates – 2 pm to 6 pm
• Ryan Westward – 6 pm to 10 pm
• HardDrive – 10 pm to 12 am

References

1. ^ "Rockfest: KC's one-day festival has grown to national proportions". Kansas City Star. 2009-05. http://www.kansascity.com/700/story/1217771.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• KQRC Website
• FREE JOHHNNY DARE (The Johnny Dare Morning Show Website)
• Rockfest Website
• KQRC iPhone/iPad/iPod App

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KQRC
• Radio-Locator information on KQRC
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KQRC