KURQ
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KURQ is a commercial radio station
located in Grover Beach, California
, broadcasting to the San Luis Obispo, California
, area on 107.3 FM
. It broadcasts an active rock
music format branded as "New Rock 107.3".
, Entoven, Malo Culo, New Tomorrow, 3's & 9's, and Siko. Each Spring, KURQ releases a CD titled "SLO & Dysfunctional" featuring local rock from San Luis Obispo. Each fall New Rock 107.3 releases "The Ladies of The Central Coast" calendar. The 2008 calendar features the "Hottest Bartenders on the Central Coast". New Rock's website, http://www.newrock1073.com, features "The Babe of The Day Page" and assorted pictures of hot girls wrestling in everything from jello to mashed potatoes to KY Jelly. KURQ has been #1 in the Arbitron ratings survey for 3 straight ratings periods.
Mandatory Metallica occurs at 5pm weekdays and 8pm on weekends. Three Metallica songs are played back to back.
Sunday through Thursday nights the syndicated show Loveline airs from 10pm to midnight.
Radio station
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located in Grover Beach, California
Grover Beach, California
Grover Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 13,156 at the 2010 census, up from 13,067 at the 2000 census. This city was originally called, "Grover City". The name was changed by popular vote in 1992 to emphasize the seaside...
, broadcasting to the San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...
, area on 107.3 FM
FM broadcasting
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. It broadcasts an active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
music format branded as "New Rock 107.3".
Programming
The Bob & Tom show airs every weekday morning from 5-10am and Saturday from 5am to 10am. KURQ also features local rock on its playlist such as Still TimeStill Time
-History:Still Time formed over a number of years while at the California Polytechnic State University. Dan Curcio and Chris “Haircut” Arntzen began their musical collaboration after meeting in the Sierra Madre dorms in the Fall of 2002...
, Entoven, Malo Culo, New Tomorrow, 3's & 9's, and Siko. Each Spring, KURQ releases a CD titled "SLO & Dysfunctional" featuring local rock from San Luis Obispo. Each fall New Rock 107.3 releases "The Ladies of The Central Coast" calendar. The 2008 calendar features the "Hottest Bartenders on the Central Coast". New Rock's website, http://www.newrock1073.com, features "The Babe of The Day Page" and assorted pictures of hot girls wrestling in everything from jello to mashed potatoes to KY Jelly. KURQ has been #1 in the Arbitron ratings survey for 3 straight ratings periods.
Mandatory Metallica occurs at 5pm weekdays and 8pm on weekends. Three Metallica songs are played back to back.
Sunday through Thursday nights the syndicated show Loveline airs from 10pm to midnight.