WROK-FM (95.9

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, "The Rocket") is a commercial FM

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, serving the

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and

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areas. The station is owned by

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and airs a

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format. WROK-FM has its studios and offices on West Hibiscus Blvd in Melbourne. The

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is off Micco Road near Sebastian. The station has a construction permit from the

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to increase its

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while slightly decreasing its

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. WROK-FM is not associated with WROK (AM) in Rockford, Illinois which is owned by

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History

The station originally

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under the

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WINT-FM, on September 20, 2001, and branded itself ''95.9 The Point''. At the time, the station featured a

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and adult standards format. In 2003, WINT changed its call sign to WSJZ, to reflect its new

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format, and became known as ''Smooth Jazz 95.9''. On April 1, 2004, the station changed to a

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and

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format, calling itself as ''Pirate 95.9''. On September 3, 2009, WSJZ-FM became the new ESPN Radio

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for the Space Coast, featuring a

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format, and rebranding itself as ''ESPN 95.9''. Before then, the Space Coast's ESPN Radio affiliate was sister station WINT (now WLZR) on

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in Melbourne. That station is now a CBS Sports Radio affiliate. On April 1, 2015, at 6 p.m., WSJZ changed its format from sports to active rock, branded as "95 Rock", but it still had its former Sports radio logo on the iHeartRadio app. On February 1, 2016, the station dropped the active rock format, in favor of a classic rock. On May 31, 2016, WSJZ changed its call letters to WROK-FM. On June 11, 2018, WROK-FM rebranded as "95.9 The Rocket".Rocket Blasts Off in Melbourne
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* {{Cumulus Media ROK-FM Radio stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Florida Classic rock radio stations in the United States Cumulus Media radio stations