City | Portage, Michigan |
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Broadcast area | [1] |
Branding | The Rocker |
Frequency | 107.7 MHz |
First air date | October 17, 1988 |
Format | Classic Rock |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 148 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 14657 |
Callsign meaning | W The RocKeR |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Kalamazoo License, LLC) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wrkr.com |
WRKR (107.7 FM, "The Rocker") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format, consisting of classic album-oriented rock tracks from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. Licensed to Portage, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1988.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 stations from Cumulus Media, including WRKR, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.
Coordinates: 42°07′44″N 85°20′20″W / 42.129°N 85.339°W