The R in KROF

ID: 666 ~ Source: “Two workers emptying cleaned rice into hopper for packaging. State rice mill. Abbeville, Louisiana.” FSA/OWI Photographs. loc.gov.
This file appears in: KROF: Rice, Oil, Fur
The R in KROF

Two workers at an Abbeville rice mill with bags of rice: part of the station’s namesake.

This file appears in: KROF: Rice, Oil, Fur

By Lindsey DeLaughter
KROF in Abbeville differed from nearby Acadiana radio stations for its unique programming geared towards agriculture and farming: the main occupation of many of its listeners.  Indeed, the importance of agriculture to the formation of the station is…