WIKE
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| City of license | Newport, Vermont |
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| Broadcast area | Orleans County; Memphrémagog RCM |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz C-QUAM AM stereo |
| First air date | October 12, 1952 |
| Format | Country music |
| Audience share | 3.1 (Fa'06, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 49400 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Affiliations | Cumulus Media Networks |
| Owner | Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WMOO |
WIKE (1490 AM) is a radio station located in Newport, Vermont. It currently broadcasts a country music format at 1 kw 24 hours a day. It is owned by Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc.
WIKE, along with 29 other Nassau Broadcasting Partners stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.[2][3] Soon after taking over, Vertical resold WIKE and WMOO to Vermont Broadcast Associates.[4]
The sale of WIKE and the other 12 stations was consummated on November 30, 2012, at a purchase price of $4.4 million.[citation needed] The resale of WIKE and WMOO was consummated on January 1, 2013, at a purchase price of $760,000.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WIKE
- Radio-Locator Information on WIKE
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WIKE
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