KROQ
Coordinates: 34 ° 11 ′ 47 " N , 118 ° 15 ′ 33" W.
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KROQ (pronounced "kej-rock") is a North American alternative radio station based in Los Angeles . In California it broadcasts on the frequency 106.7 MHz . Since February 2010, the station can no longer be received worldwide via the Internet, but only in the United States.
history
KROQ has existed since 1972. In 1986 the Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, now CBS Radio , took over the station.
meaning
Despite its limited broadcasting area, KROQ is known to music fans around the world. The reasons for this are on the one hand that the station is considered one of the discoverers of bands like Nirvana , Bush or Social Distortion ; on the other, to a range of other activities such as the star-studded, since 1990, annually conducted KROQ Acoustic Christmas - tours , the equally star-studded, carried out annually since 1993 KROQ Weenie Roast -tours, various compilations and the Morrissey -Single At KROQ from the year 1991.