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| Broadcast area | Iowa City-Cedar Rapids |
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| Frequency | 100.7MHz |
| Branding | 100.7 The Fox |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KOSY-FM,KKSY-FM,KMJM,KXIC,WMT | |
| History | |
First air date | 1966 (as KXIC-FM) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29076 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 162 meters (531 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kkrq.iheart.com |
KKRQ (100.7FM) is aclassic rock station in theCedar Rapids andIowa City areas. Known as "100.7 The Fox", the station is operated byiHeartMedia and licensed toIowa City, Iowa.
Music on "100.7 The Fox" includes hits from the 1960s through the 1990s, and uses the slogan "The Corridor's Classic Rock".
KKRQ broadcasts with a power of 100,000 watts, with transmitter and tower located outside on the north side of Iowa City. Its studios had been co-located with sister stationKXIC (800 AM) in that same facility, but KKRQ has since moved to iHeartMedia's offices at Broadcast Park in northeast Cedar Rapids.
The station signed on as KXIC-FM in 1966, and is the FM sister station toKXIC.
The station, now known as KKRQ, would flip tooldies on September 18, 1989.[2] The format would later evolve to classic hits.
At some point after 2010, KKRQ switched to aclassic hits format with elements ofclassic rock (similar toWROR,Boston andWJJK,Indianapolis), playing a variety of music from the 1960s through to the 2000s. At night the station switched purely toclassic rock withSixx Sense withNikki Sixx.[citation needed] In 2021, KKRQ dropped the classic hits portion of their playlist and segued into a full timeclassic rock format emphasizing the "Classic Rock" slogan.
Since 1997, KKRQ has carriedThe Bob & Tom Show from sister stationWFBQ inIndianapolis.[3]
OnMarch 31, 2023 an EF-2 Tornado knocked down the station's radio tower forcing the station off the air. The station plans on rebuilding their tower and using a temporary transmitter to broadcast in the meantime.[4]
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