Slogan "Hit Music Channel" First air date 1948 (as kWKH-FM) | Branding K94.5 Frequency 94.5 MHz | |
Broadcast area Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area | ||
KRUF (94.5 FM, "K94.5") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. The station serves the Shreveport, Louisiana area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is in Mooringsport, Louisiana. The call letters before becoming KRUF were KROK and had air personalities such as Tim Brandao of CBS sports back in the late seventies, early eighties.
History
K-94-5 signed on in August 1996 as "Big Dog 94-5" and has broadcast in its current Top 40 format for 12 years. Previous to adopting the KRUF call letters, K-94-5 was known as KWKH-FM, sister station to the legendary KWKH, home of the Louisiana Hayride.
KWKH-FM began broadcasting November 21, 1948. It was operated by International Broadcasting Corporation, which was owned by The Shreveport Times.