First air date October 12, 1952 Facility ID 49400 City of license Newport | Audience share 3.1 (Fa'06, R&R) Class C Frequency 1490 kHz Format Country music Affiliation Cumulus Media Networks | |
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Owner Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc_ Area Orleans County, Vermont, Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality | ||
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. Soon after taking over, Vertical resold WIKE and WMOO to Vermont Broadcast Associates.
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.