- WROC (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WROC-AM
city =Rochester, New York
area = Rochester and Vicinity
branding = "Sportsradio 950 ESPN
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frequency = 950 kHz
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format =Sports radio
power = 1,000Watt s
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class = B
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callsign_meaning = ROChester or referring toWROC-TV
former_callsigns = WBBF (?-1998, 2000-2002)
WEZO (1998-2000)
affiliations =ESPN Radio WGR
owner =Entercom Communications
licensee = Entercom Rochester License, LLC
sister_stations =WBEE ,WBZA ,WLKK
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website = http://www.sportsradioespn950.comWROC is an AM radio station licensed to
Rochester, New York . OnSeptember 2 ,2008 , WROC changed from anAir America affiliate to anESPN affiliate. [ [http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2008/07/goodbye-rochester.html LTR - The alternative media resource: Goodbye Rochester? ] ] The format is closely affiliated with Buffalo sister stationWGR , and carriesBuffalo Sabres games, the afternoon show "Schopp and the Bulldog", andESPN Radio . [Fybush, Scott. [http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080818/nerw.html NorthEast Radio Watch] . 18 August 2008.]The station's call sign is a reference to
WROC-TV ; while the stations are not and have never been co-owned, WROC-AM has an agreement with WROC-TV to provide local news coverage, and the borrowing of the WROC call signs from WROC-TV is included in this agreement. (The WROC-AM call signs were previously held at 1280 kHz, nowWHTK , which was originally co-owned with WROC-TV.)As WBBF, 950 AM was a popular
Top 40 music station in Rochester for many years. TheWBBF calls are now in use inBuffalo, New York .References
Links
*http://www.sportsradioespn950.com
*AMQ|WROC
*AML|WROC
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