two popular programs during the 1970s and 1980s, a weekday cooking show with longtime Boston radio/TV personality Gus Saunders, and a Saturday block of Irish music featuring John Latchford, and later Paul Sullivan, which remains extremely popular among the region's large Irish-American population. In April 2022, Paul Sullivan celebrated his 40th year as host of the Irish Hit Parade, one of the longest continuous tenures in Boston radio history. In recent years, WROL has expanded Irish music to Sunday afternoons as well. In 2001, as part of Carter Broadcasting dismantling its network and focusing its attention to WCRN in Worcester, the station was sold to Salem Communications. History of call letters The call letters WROL were previously assigned to an AM station in Knoxville, Tennessee. WROL-AM 620 in Knoxville, Tennessee in the early '40s employed a then-little-known news announcer who went on to country stardom: Tennessee Ernie Ford. WROL's complete 1,000 watt radio transmitter and wire-array antenna was hand built by the station Engineer Joseph Wofford. The original transmitter was later encased in a glass cabinet and placed in the lobby of the studio. Translator References External links FCC History Cards for WROL ROL Radio stations established in 1927 Radio stations established in 1950 1950 establishments in Massachusetts ROL Salem Media Group properties