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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KROE
| logo             =
| city             = [[Sheridan, Wyoming]]
| area             =
| branding         =
| airdate          = [[1961 in radio|1961]]
| frequency        = 930 [[kHz]]
| format           = [[News Talk Information]]
| power            = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br/>117 watts night
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 38626
| coordinates      = {{nowrap|{{coord|44|47|54|N|106|55|51|W|region:US-WY_type:landmark}}}}
| callsign_meaning = KROE is a reference to the [[Crow Nation]], the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe that used to live in the station's listening area
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = Lovcom, Inc.
| licensee         = Sheridan Media
| sister_stations  = [[KWYO]], [[KYTI]], [[KZWY]], [[KLQQ]]
| webcast          = [http://www.sheridanmedia.com/streams-downloads Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.sheridanmedia.com/kroe KROE Online]
| affiliations     = [[CBS News Radio]]<br>[[Fox News Radio]]<br>[[NBC News Radio]]<br>[[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Genesis Communications Network]]<br>[[Premiere Networks]]<br>[[USA Radio Network]]<br>[[Westwood One]]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KROE''' (930 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[News Talk Information]] [[radio format|format]]. Licensed to [[Sheridan, Wyoming]], United States, the station is currently owned by Lovcom, Inc. and features programming from [[CBS News Radio]], [[Fox News Radio]], [[NBC News Radio]], [[Compass Media Networks]], [[Genesis Communications Network]], [[Premiere Networks]], [[USA Radio Network]], and [[Westwood One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KROE |title=KROE Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
All Lovcom stations are located in the Sheridan Media Radio Center, at 1716 KROE Lane on Sheridan's East Side.
==History==
KROE first signed on the air on March 18, 1961 with a studio located at 47 South Scott Street in [[Sheridan, Wyoming]]. Studios were then moved to the former KWYO studio location at 21 North Main Street in 1963 and later moved to a [[mobile home]] east of Sheridan on a road known as "dump road" (it led to the local [[landfill]]). A new building was erected adjacent to the mobile home and transmission tower when the present owner acquired the station in 1974. The company also added a [[sister station]], [[KZWY|KROE-FM]], broadcasting at 94.9 [[MHz]].
By the 1980s, KROE had increased power from 1,000 [[Watt]]s to 5,000 Watts, and the road on which it was located had a new name: KROE Lane. The KROE building was renovated in 2001/2002, and as of 2017, it houses six radio stations (KROE, [[KWYO]], [[KLQQ]], [[KOWY]], [[KYTI]] and [[KZWY]]), as well as multiple HD multicast channels and FM translators.
[[File:Kroelogo.jpg|thumb|Former logo]]
==Programming==
In 1983, KROE stopped playing [[vinyl record]]s on air and moved to a [[reel to reel]] medium. In the 1980s, popular programs included "''Polka Party''", featuring [[polka music]] and stories delivered in [[Polish language|Polish]]. Another popular program was the ''[[Make Believe Ballroom]]'', with 1940s [[big band]] music. The Polka Party ended in the mid 1990s, and the Big Band show moved to [[KWYO]] in 1998. The music on KROE was switched to a [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] satellite-delivered [[country music]] format in the 1990s.
In 1997, station owner Lovcom, Inc. acquired a competing FM station. The call letters of that station were changed from KWYO-FM to [[KYTI]] and it became the country music station, while the format on KROE was changed to [[oldies]]. Throughout the 80s and 90s, KROE was known for local sports coverage, including live play-by-play of local area football and basketball games. KROE changed formats again in July 2004, dropping music in favor of a strictly [[News Talk Information]] format. The sports coverage was moved to sister station [[KWYO]].
Long-time programs remain on KROE, including [https://sheridanmedia.com/category/swap-shop/https://sheridanmedia.com/category/swap-shop/ Swap Shop] (an on-air [[flea market]]), and the local public affairs call-in program, Public Pulse. The current lineup also includes [[Radio syndication#Radio syndication|syndicated]] political talk show hosts [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Michael Medved]], [[Sean Hannity]], Joe Paggs, Jim Bohannon and others. KROE is a [[CBS Radio|CBS]] news affiliate.
In January 2017, KROE began rebroadcasting at 103.9 FM on translator K280GK.
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|38626|KROE}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Wyoming}}
{{Sheridan Radio}}
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[[Category:Radio stations in Wyoming|ROE]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]