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WRFK (107.1 FM, "
WORK, along with 29 other Nassau 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
Frank FM
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") is a radio station
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licensed
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to Barre and serving central Vermont. Established in 1974, the station is owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio. WRFK airs a classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prim ...
format, and is simulcast in the Champlain Valley
The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada. It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River in ...
on WWFK
WWFK (107.1 FM, "Frank FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock radio format. Licensed to Plattsburgh West, New York, it serves the Champlain Valley, including the Plattsburgh-Burlington radio market. The station is owned by Great Eas ...
(also on 107.1 FM) in Plattsburgh West, New York
Plattsburgh West is a census-designated place (CDP) and region of the town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,364 at the 2010 census. The CDP lies to the west of the city of Plattsburgh.
Geography
Pla ...
. The transmitter
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is located off Websterville Road and the studios and offices are on Jacques Street.
History
The station signed on August 5, 1974 as WORK. It was originally owned by Robert Kimel, who also owned WSNO in Barre and WWSR AM- FM inSt. Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman ...
, and programmed an automated
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Top 40
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/Hot AC
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format known as "Hit Parade." Kimel sold WORK and WSNO to Bull Moose Broadcasting in 1997; two years later, the stations were purchased by Vox Radio Group. Nassau Broadcasting Partners
Nassau Broadcasting Partners LP was a company based in Princeton, New Jersey that owned radio stations in New England and the Mid-Atlantic United States. Nassau's stations, which included both AM and FM frequencies, were located in Maryland, New J ...
acquired most of Vox's northern New England radio stations in 2004, and changed WORK's format to classic hits on September 15, 2006.
WORK, along with 29 other Nassau 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, New Hampshire
Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the fourth most populous in the ...
), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro. (updated May 23, 2012) On November 14, 2012, the call letters changed to WRFK. The deal was completed on November 30, 2012. The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.
On June 26, 2020, WRFK began simulcasting on WPLA (renamed WWFK
WWFK (107.1 FM, "Frank FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock radio format. Licensed to Plattsburgh West, New York, it serves the Champlain Valley, including the Plattsburgh-Burlington radio market. The station is owned by Great Eas ...
) in Dannemora, New York
Dannemora is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 4,898 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Dannemora, Sweden, an important iron-mining region.
The town of Dannemora contains a village also called Dannem ...
, which also operates on 107.1 FM; this brought the "Frank FM" programming into the Champlain Valley
The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada. It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River in ...
area.
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