 Local groups, including the Abbeville city council, passed resolutions asking the Federal Communications Commission to disapprove of any sale of KROF to out-of-town parties, fearful that with the recent sale of the "Abbeville Meridional" newspaper to other Crowley-based investors, there would be no locally owned source of news and information in Vermilion Parish.Abbeville Broadcasting Service filed to build an FM counterpart for KROF in 1973.KROF-FM debuted May 25, 1974, allowing Abbeville Broadcasting Service to broadcast after dark; during the day, it simulcast its AM counterpart.