WIKE
City | 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 | 44°56′28.00″N 72°13′35.00″W / 44.9411111°N 72.2263889°W |
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. The resale of WIKE and WMOO was consummated on January 1, 2013, at a purchase price of $760,000.
References
- ↑ "Montpelier-Barre-Waterbury Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
- ↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2012. (updated May 23, 2012)
- ↑ "Georgia AM Trio Sold". All Access. November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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