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WROR-FM is a radio station licensed to Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the greater Boston region. WROR-FM is owned by Greater Media and broadcasts on 105.7 MHz. The station offers a classic hits format, concentrating on the rock and roll hits of the 1970s and 1980s, with an occasional song dating back to the 1960s. Its studios are located in Dorchester. Its signal transmits from Prudential Tower and reaches as far north as southern New Hampshire and as far south as Providence, Rhode Island. ==History== WROR's roots go back to WKOX-FM, the FM sister station of WKOX, then on 1190 AM (now WXKS on 1200). WKOX-FM aired classical music for Boston's MetroWest suburbs until January 1969, when it began broadcasting a Top 40/Rock format as ''"The New FM 105"'' and then later as ''"FM Stereo 105"''. WKOX-FM was the Boston area's first FM Top 40 station featuring live disc jockeys, as opposed to some stations that played automated music. In July 1969, WKOX-FM converted to stereo broadcasting. DJs on WKOX-FM included Bill Thomas, Brother Bill Heizer, FM Douglas, (Program Director) Dick Stevens, John Leisher, Alan Fraser, J. William Charles, with Kenny McKay and Jimmy Conlee. WKOX AM and FM were acquired by Fairbanks Communications in July 1971. After the sale, WKOX-FM became WVBF a.k.a. ''"Electronic Mama"'', as a top 40/rock station, initially retaining some of the WKOX-FM DJs. The call letters officially stood for Welcome Virginia Brown Fairbanks, the wife of station owner Richard M. Fairbanks (who himself had a station named after himself, WRMF in West Palm Beach, Florida). WVBF also began to target the Greater Boston area. Some of the DJs that were added to WVBF during their early months included Buddy Ballou, John "Big John" Gillis, Bill "BLF Bash" Freeman and Charlie Kendall. During Fairbanks ownership in the 1970s, WVBF evolved from being a high energy Top 40/AOR hybrid station in 1971/1972, to becoming a full blown top 40 station by 1975, and eventually evolved into a hot adult contemporary format over the years. WVBF also had many different nicknames in that era, including ''"WVBF FM 105"'', ''"WVBF Stereo 105"'', ''"F105 WVBF"'' and ''"The New WVBF Boston 105"''. In the early 1990s, WVBF was the radio home of Delilah before she moved to Seattle and became a syndicated evening radio personality across the country. However, in 1993, citing the growing popularity of country music, WVBF became WCLB, "The Country Club". The format change was made in an effort to throw off Greater Media from launching a country format on smooth jazz station 96.9 WCDJ, which had just been acquired from Emmis Communications. Nevertheless, Greater Media went ahead with its plans, launching 96.9 as WBCS and giving Boston two country stations. Confusion with other FM stations and TV station WCVB led to a call sign change to WKLB in 1995. In 1995, WKLB was to be sold to Evergreen Media, and was widely expected to become a talk radio station. However, a series of subsequent trades in 1997 placed WKLB under the ownership of Greater Media, owner of WBCS. On September 5, 1996, the intellectual property of WKLB merged with WBCS, with the newly merged country station utilizing the 96.9 frequency of WBCS and the WKLB call letters, with a combination of personalities from both stations. Some 105.7 personalities remained there for the new format. On August 22, 1997, WKLB-FM relocated to the weaker 99.5 frequency, but returned to full-market coverage in 2006 with the station's move to the 102.5 frequency. The move enabled 105.7 to pick up a new format, and the station became a 1970s-based oldies station using the WROR call letters that were used years earlier on 98.5 FM. (For years, 98.5 WROR had been an oldies oriented adult-contemporary station.) When 105.7 picked up the call letters, they had been in storage on co-owned 1150 AM (now WWDJ). The station played 1970s pop and rock oldies, disco, some 1960s oldies, 1980s soft rock and top-40 crossovers, and some classic rock. The legendary WROR call letters were familiar to many listeners, and the station originally attempted to re-assemble the WROR identity, including hiring several personalities from the defunct WROR. Leading broadcasters who were involved with WROR in the 1970s and early 1980s included program director Gary Berkowitz and air personalities such as Joe Martelle, Phil Redo (former market manager of Greater Media/Boston) Larry Justice and Frank Kingston Smith, as well as current WROR General Manager Tom Baker. By 1999, the format had been modified to a classic rock format, similar to co-owned WMGK in Philadelphia. In 2006, WROR gradually moved back to more of a pop-based classic hits format. While the format emphasises pop adult rock hits, the station also mixes in some R&B, disco, and harder rock songs. The station continues to emphasize the 1970s and 1980s, but also plays some well-known 1960s hits. In 2012, following the switch by longtime rival 103.3 WODS from classic hits to top 40, WROR became the only classic hits station in Boston. On September 2, 2012, The Lost 45s program hosted by Barry Scott returned to WROR. It had previously aired the show for several months in 2001 and the program aired on WODS before its format change. In April 2014, the show was dropped by WROR. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WROR-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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