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| Broadcast area | North CentralIllinois |
| Frequency | 1440kHz |
| Branding | News Talk 1440 and 96.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| History | |
First air date | 1923 |
Former call signs | KFLV (1923–1933) |
Call sign meaning | Rockford |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48987 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°16′45.07″N89°2′15.38″W / 42.2791861°N 89.0376056°W /42.2791861; -89.0376056 |
| Translator | 96.1 W241DF (Rockford) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 1440wrok |
WROK (1440kHz) is an Americannews/talkAM radio station inRockford, Illinois. It is owned byTownsquare Media. The station is licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to serveWinnebago County, Illinois. WROK rebroadcasts onFM translator station W241DF at 96.1 MHz.
The station featuresAmerica in the Morning with John Trout, followed by Riley O'Neil for themorning drive-time broadcast.The Michael Koolidge Show airs after Riley O'Neil's morning show. Othersyndicated programming includesThe Sean Hannity Show,The Mark Levin Show,The Larry Elder Show, "The Chris Plante show", The "Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show" andRed Eye Radio.
Weekends featureThis Weekend: America's First News with Gordon Deal,The Kim Komando Show, The Pete McMurray Show, Navigating Retirement, The Illini Guys,The Money Pit,Made in America,Live on Sunday Night, It's Bill Cunningham,Viewpoints,Eye on Illinois,Stateline Sports Hour,Saturday Morning Stateline and some Sunday morning religious programming from 7:00-9:00 AM.
WROK broadcasts Chicago White Sox baseball, University of Illinois football and basketball, and selectedNFL games during the regular season.
WROK was a very popularTop 40 music station in Rockford during the 1970s. Sister stationWZOK carries on the Top 40 heritage, although that station's format has shifted towardhot adult contemporary in recent years.
The WROK callsign was used in the 1996 movieDown Periscope. During the scene where Nitro (Toby Huss) is making a call fingering wire connections to Admiral Graham (Bruce Dern) for Captain Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) Nitro passes the phone to Captain Dodge. Captain Dodge is then heard saying "Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin, 1971." He passes the phone back to Nitro saying he answered the WROK question of the day, followed by "Now get me Admiral Graham."
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53Cumulus Media stations, including WROK, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition ofDial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled byOaktree Capital Management.[2][3] The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W241DF | 96.1 FM | Rockford, Illinois | 202281 | 250 | D | 42°16′45.2″N89°2′14.9″W / 42.279222°N 89.037472°W /42.279222; -89.037472 (W241DF) | LMS |