KWRO is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Coquille, Oregon

Coquille, Oregon

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, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses Iii, LLC and features programming from Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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, Premiere Radio Networks

Premiere Radio Networks

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 and Westwood One

Westwood One

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KWRO airs University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 Ducks football

Oregon Ducks football

The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...

, baseball

Oregon Ducks baseball

The Oregon Ducks baseball team represents the University of Oregon in NCAA Division I college baseball in the Pacific-10 Conference/ They are coached by George Horton and play their home games on campus at PK Park.-History:...

, and men's basketball

Oregon Ducks men's basketball

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 as a member of the Oregon Sports Network

Oregon Sports Network

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History

The station was assigned the call letters KSHR on 1982-01-18. On 1985-01-04, the station changed its call sign to KBEY and on 1987-05-01 returned to the current KWRO.