WIKE (1490AM) is acommercial radio station located inNewport, Vermont. It is owned by Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc. and it broadcasts aclassic rockformat,simulcast from 106.3WMTK inLittleton, New Hampshire. Both stations call themselves "The Notch". WIKE's programming is also heard ontranslator station W276DK (103.1FM) inDerby Center. Under alocal marketing agreement,Russ Ingalls' Green Mountain Broadcasters LLC operates the stations pending a full acquisition.

WIKE went on the air in 1952. The station was acountry music station in the 2000s, before switching to classic rock in the 2010s.

On October 12, 1952, WIKE firstsigned on.^[2] It was owned by Memphremagog Broadcasting and was powered at 250 watts. In the 1960s, the daytime power was boosted to 1,000 watts and in the 1980s, it also increased its nighttime power to 1,000 watts.

In 1991, an FM station was added, 92.1WMOO, which islicensed to nearby Derby Center. WMOO is programmed with ahot adult contemporary format. In 2001, both stations were acquired by Northstar Media, Inc for just over $1 million.^[3]

During most of the early 2000s, WIKE was acountry music station, switching to classic rock in the mid-2010s.

On May 22, 2012, WIKE, along with 29 otherNassau Broadcasting Partners stations inNorthern New England, was purchased at a bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled byBill Binnie (owner ofWBIN-TV inDerry). WIKE, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.^[4][5]

Soon after taking over, Vertical resold WIKE andsister station 92.1 WMOO to Vermont Broadcast Associates.^[6]

The sale of WIKE and the other 12 stations was consummated on November 30, 2012, at a purchase price of $4.4 million.^{[citation needed]} The resale of WIKE and WMOO was consummated on January 1, 2013, at a purchase price of $760,000.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2025, Bruce James agreed to sell the seven Vermont Broadcast Associates stations to Green Mountain Broadcasters, owned by Vermont state senatorRuss Ingalls, for $996,000. Green Mountain then began managing the stations under alocal marketing agreement.^[7]

• Facility details for Facility ID 49400 (WIKE) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WIKE inNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 200721 (W276DK) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• W276DK at FCCdata.org

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