WDEK

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WDEK 92.5 FM is a radio station part of Nine FM "We Play Anything" serving the DeKalb, Illinois area, owned by Newsweb Corporation.

For many years was locally owned and operated in DeKalb, Il with AM station WLBK. Was a very popular top-40 station that competed with Rockford's WZOK. In 1999 local owners sold WDEK to Big City Radio, who turned the station as part of a three-station simulcast known as "92 Kiss FM" with 92.7 WKIE Arlington Heights and 92.7 WKIF Kankakee. Original plans called for this 25,000 watt station to decrease in power and change frequency to 92.7 to match the other two. The FCC denied this request and the trimulcast held. In January 2001 the station changed format to "Energy 92.7 and 5" a full time dance outlet. In late 2002 Big City Radio declared bankrupcy, and began liquidating it's properties. The trimulcast was sold to SBS, owners of 107.9 Aurora and became in January 2003 known as "Onda". That lasted until November 2004 when Newsweb purchased the 3 stations, substituting WKIF for WRZA (99.9) to become "Nine FM"

External links

http://www.weplayanything.com

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