central vermont branding 107.1 frank fm slogan central vermont s 1 for classic hits frequency 107.1 mhz first air date august 5 1974 1974 08 05 as work 1 format classic hits erp 3 900 watts haat 125 meters 410 feet class a facility id 34810 transmitter coordinates 44 09 30 n 72 28 46 w 44.15833 n 72.47944 w 44.15833 ; 72.47944 wrfk callsign meaning w r frank former callsigns work 1974 2012 owner great eastern radio llc sister stations wsno wwfy webcast listen live website frankvermont.com wrfk 107.1 fm frank fm is a 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 classic hits classic rock format also found on other fm stations in northern new england including wfnk in the portland maine area and on wfnq in the manchester new hampshire area . the transmitter is located off websterville road and the studios and offices are on jacques street . history edit the station signed on august 5 1974 1 as work . 2 it was originally owned by robert kimel who also owned wsno in barre and wwsr am fm in st. albans and programmed an automated top 40 hot ac format known as hit parade . 3 kimel sold work and wsno to bull moose broadcasting in 1997 ; 4 two years later the stations were purchased by vox radio group . 5 nassau broadcasting partners acquired most of vox s northern new england radio stations in 2004 6 and changed work s format to classic hits on september 15 2006 . 7 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 on may 22 2012 . the station and 12 of the other stations were then acquired by vertical capital partners controlled by jeff shapiro . 8 9 on november 14 2012 the call letters changed to wrfk . 10 the deal was completed on november 30 2012 . 11 the vertical capital partners stations were transferred to shapiro s existing great eastern radio group on january 1 2013 . 12 13 references edit a b broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 455 . retrieved november 15 2012 . for the record pdf . broadcasting . february 11 1974 . retrieved november 15 2012 . broadcasting yearbook 1975 pdf . 1975 . p. c 195 . retrieved november 15 2012 . fybush scott january 26 1997 . back from the dead ... . north east radiowatch . retrieved november 15 2012 . fybush scott april 2 1999 . the eagle has crash landed . north east radiowatch . retrieved november 15 2012 . nassau will buy 10 vox stations in new england . radio world . march 16 2004 . retrieved november 15 2012 . top 40 work flips to frank fm . all access . september 18 2006 . retrieved november 15 2012 . 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 call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . kitch michael december 1 2012 . binnie closes on purchase of wlnh . laconia daily sun . retrieved december 1 2012 . application for consent to assign broadcast station construction permit or license or to transfer control of entity holding broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . december 11 2012 . retrieved june 8 2013 . consummation notice . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . january 4 2013 . retrieved june 8 2013 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wrfk radio locator information on wrfk query nielsen audio s fm station database for wrfk v t e radio stations in the montpelier barre st. johnsbury vermont market by am frequency 550 1240 1340 1450 by fm frequency 89.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.9 94.1 96.1 96.5 97.7 100.3 100.9 101.7 103.3 104.7 105.5 106.5 107.1 by callsign w231bq w243at w293br wcmd fm wcvt wdev wdev fm wezf wgmt wgdh wgdr wjpl lp wkxh wncs wqjq wrfk wski wsno wstj wwfy wwmp vermont radio markets burlington montpelier barre st. johnsbury rutland white river junction other vermont radio regions northeast kingdom see also list of radio stations in vermont v t e classic hits radio stations in vermont by frequency 92.7 93.7 93.9 94.5 107.1 by callsign wdvt wkvt fm wotx wrfk wwod by city barre brattleboro lunenberg rutland woodstock see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in vermont see also oldies classic hits this article about a radio station in vermont is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wrfk fm & oldid 716277669 categories radio stations in vermontclassic hits radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1974vermont radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 april 2016 at 21 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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