WDRK (FM)

WDRK
City	Cornell, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Branding	99.9 Bob FM
Slogan	Bob Plays Everything
Frequency	99.9 MHz
First air date	August 2001
Format	Adult Hits
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	82292
Owner	Mid-West Family Broadcasting (Mid-West Management Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	bobfm999.com

WDRK (99.9 FM) is a radio station in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin, with its studio/offices located in Altoona, Wisconsin. Its transmitter is located 6 miles northeast of Bloomer, Wisconsin.

History

WDRK was initially licensed to Lawrence Busse. Central Communications purchased the license from Busse in 2001. WDRK started with an 80's music format when it signed-on in mid-August 2001, then officially debuted itself on August 20, 2001, as "99.9 The Carp" with an active rock format.

WDRK and sister stations WAXX-FM, WAYY-AM WIAL-FM, WEAQ-AM & WECL-FM were sold to Maverick Media, LLC in 2003.

WDRK began broadcasting live 24 hours a day on the Internet in April, 2006. The station's URL changed from 999thecarponline.com to thecarprocks.com in 2006.

The station switched to all Christmas (seasonal) music format on August 1, 2009.

August 4, 2009 The station is replaced by "Bob 99.9". The format is now adult hits.

WDRK and its Eau Claire sister stations, along with Maverick Media's Rockford, Illinois stations, were sold to Mid-West Family Broadcasting for $15.5 million. The purchase of the Eau Claire stations was consummated on October 1, 2013, while the Rockford station purchases were consummated on June 1, 2014.

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External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WDRK

Radio-Locator information on WDRK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDRK

Radio stations in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.3 96.9 98.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.7 106.7

By AM frequency	680 790 880 1050 1150 1400 1430

By callsign	WATQ WAXX WAYY WBIZ WBIZ-FM WCFW WDMO WDRK WDVM WEAQ WECL WHEM WHWC WHYS-LP WJLM-LP WIAL WIEC-LP WISM-FM WMEQ WMEQ-FM WOGO WQRB WRDN WRFP-LP WUEC WVCF WWIB WWJC

Nearby radio markets La Crosse Minneapolis–St. Paul Rice Lake–Spooner Rochester Wausau–Stevens Point See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 45°07′22″N 91°24′23″W / 45.1227°N 91.4065°W / 45.1227; -91.4065

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