WRFK (107.1

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") is an FM radio station licensed to Barre and serving central Vermont. Established in 1974, the station is owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio. WRFK airs a

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format, and is simulcast in the

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(also on 107.1 FM) in

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. The

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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 in St. Albans, and programmed an

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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

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(owner of WBIN-TV in

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), 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

) in Dannemora, New York, which also operates on 107.1 FM; this brought the "Frank FM" programming into the

area.

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* * RFK Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1974 1974 establishments in Vermont Barre (city), Vermont {{Vermont-radio-station-stub