WROR-FM

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 or 1990s. 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.