WKLL

K-Rock (WKLL, WKRL-FM, WKRH)

United States
Broadcast area	Utica–Rome metropolitan area, Syracuse metropolitan area, Oswego-Fulton, New York
Programming
Format	Active rock
Affiliations	Utica Comets, Syracuse Orange (in Utica only)
Ownership
Owner	Galaxy Media Partners
Sister stations	WIXT WRNY WSGO WTKV WTKW WTLA WTLB WUMX WZUN WZUN-FM
History
Founded	1973, with the start of WKRL-FM as WEZG-FM
First air date	October 25, 1993, as a simulcast
Links
Webcast	WKLL WKRL/WKRH WKLL-HD2
Website	www.krock.com 99.1 Tony FM

WKLL, WKRL-FM, and WKRH, known together as K-Rock, are radio stations broadcasting an active rock radio format to Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. Owned by Galaxy Media Partners, the stations provide coverage of Utica-Rome area, the Syracuse metropolitan area, and the Oswego-Fulton area, respectively. Galaxy has studios and offices in Utica and Syracuse.

The oldest of the three stations is WKRL-FM (100.9 MHz), licensed to North Syracuse, which began as WSOQ-FM but was WEZG-FM from 1972 to 1993. It mostly ran an easy listening format before slowly shifting to adult contemporary in the 1980s. In 1990, Galaxy (then known as The Radio Corporation) put WKLL (94.9 MHz), licensed to Frankfort, on the air to broadcast a classic rock format to the Utica area; it soon switched to an alternative format. The Radio Corporation acquired WEZG-FM in 1993 and began the K-Rock simulcast into Syracuse. WKRH (106.5 MHz) debuted in 1996. Aside from a brief period in 2004, stemming from an abortive sale, the simulcast has retained its name and general rock orientation since then. The Central New York K-Rock stations sponsored the annual K-Rockathon music festival.