WROK (AM)

WROK

City of license	Rockford, Illinois
Broadcast area	North Central Illinois
Branding	News Talk 1440 WROK
Slogan	"The Talk Everyone's Talking About"
Frequency	1440 kHz
First air date	1923
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts (day) 270 watts (night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	ROcKford
Affiliations	CBS News, Wall Street Journal Radio Network
Owner	Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing, LLC)
Sister stations	WKGL, WXXQ, WZOK
Webcast	WROK Live Feed
Website	www.1440wrok.com

WROK (1440 AM) is an American News/Talk radio station in Rockford, Illinois. It is owned by Cumulus Media. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve Winnebago County, Illinois.

Programming

The station features Riley O'Neil and Scot Bertram as the hosts of the morning drive-time broadcast. The morning news is anchored by Dave Alpert. Rob Brennan is the engineer.

"The Michael Koolidge Show" (http://www.koolidge.com) airs Tuesdays through Fridays after "Riley & Scot". The Rush Limbaugh Show is broadcast followed by The Sean Hannity Show.

The Mark Levin Show airs live, followed by The Mike Huckabee Show until The Dave Ramsey Show. Red Eye Radio is broadcast overnight seven nights a week.

Weekends feature The Kim Komando Show, The Larry Kudlow Show, Wall Street Journal This Weekend, The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, and On the House with the Carey Brothers.

WROK broadcasts University of Illinois football and basketball, and NIC-10 conference high school football and basketball.

WROK was a very popular Top 40 music station in Rockford during the 1970s. Sister station WZOK carries on the Top 40 heritage, although that station's format has shifted toward Hot Adult Contemporary in recent years.

External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WROK
• Radio-Locator Information on WROK
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WROK