WDKF
| City | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin |
| Branding | 93.5 & 99.7 Duke FM |
| Slogan | Plays the Legends of Country |
| Frequency | 99.7 MHz |
| First air date | February 1982 (as WSBW at 100.1) |
| Format | Classic Country (WGEE simulcast) |
| ERP | 46,000 watts |
| HAAT | 156 meters (512 ft) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 42090 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°38′8.00″N 87°37′37.00″W / 44.6355556°N 87.6269444°WCoordinates: 44°38′8.00″N 87°37′37.00″W / 44.6355556°N 87.6269444°W |
| Callsign meaning | W DuKe FM |
| Former callsigns | WSBW (2/1982-2/1989) WQZZ (2/1989-9/1990) WHET-FM (9/1990-7/1993) WGEE-FM (7/1993-9/1996) WLTM (9/1996-4/2002) WLYD (4/2002-2/2006) WZBY (2/2006-8/2009) WRQE (8/2009-9/2010) WZDR (9/2010-3/2015) |
| Former frequencies | 100.1 MHz (1982-1986) |
| Owner | Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WGEE, WIXX, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WTAQ (AM/FM), WYDR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 935dukefm.com |
WDKF (99.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The station serves the Green Bay area simulcasting co-owned WGEE with a classic country format as Duke FM. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications, with studios in Bellevue, and its main transmitter located near the town of Lincoln in Kewaunee County.
The station that would become WDKF launched in the early 1980s at 100.1 FM (eventually moving to 99.7 by 1986). Compared to its simulcast partner in the Fox Valley, WDKF's format history has been mostly unstable. The station started out in the early 80s under the WSBW call sign (not to be confused with the current WSBW in Sister Bay) and aired a locally originated adult contemporary format through studios in downtown Sturgeon Bay. An ownership change in 1989 would see WSBW become WQZZ, with the station now using a satellite-fed AC format, the same service used by its sister station in the Fox Cities, the similarly-callsigned but separately-operated WOZZ. In the fall of 1990, WQZZ became WHET-FM and adopted a new satellite-fed top 40 (CHR) format as "99.7 The Heat" to compete with Top 40 station WIXX; the station would go to an all-local Top 40 operation 2 years later.
By 1993, new FCC rules allowed companies to own a 2nd FM frequency in a market, and WHET's owners would sell the station to Midwest Communications that year. Midwest planned to replace the "Heat" format to avoid direct competition with its heritage Top 40 station, WIXX, plans that were furthered along by severe storms that twice knocked WHET off the air in June and July 1993; the second storm permanently ended "The Heat," as Midwest used the outage to repair the signal and begin its transition to country. By August 1993, the station became "99 Country," using the WGEE-FM call sign (mirroring that of its heritage country sister station, the current WTAQ) and using a 24/7 local operation in comparison to its mostly satellite-fed competitor, WJLW.
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