KRRQ (95.5 FM, "Q-95.5") is an American

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

serving the Lafayette metropolitan area with an

urban contemporary Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary r ...

format. It is under ownership of

Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States ahead of Audacy and behind iHeartMedia iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdi ...

. Its studios are located on Galbert Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located southeast of

Church Point, Louisiana Church Point () is a town in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,560 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Church Point is known as the Buggy Capital of the World as it used to ...

. KRRQ first signed on March 1, 1996, with a contemporary

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and R&B format, owned by Citywide Communications. Citywide was later bought by

Citadel Broadcasting Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company founded and developed by Larry Wilson. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the count ...

, which merged with Cumulus Media in 2011. They are very well known for their 48-hour live Christmas special, donated to Africa.

References

External links

Q-95.5 - Official website
* RRQ Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Louisiana Cumulus Media radio stations {{Louisiana-radio-station-stub