WUPK

WUPK/WIMK

WUPK: Marquette, Michigan WIMK: Iron Mountain, Michigan
Broadcast area	WUPK: [1] WIMK: [2]
Frequency	WUPK: 94.1 MHz WIMK: 93.1 MHz
Branding	WUPK: 94 Rock WIMK: 93 Rock
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Ownership
Owner	Sovereign Communications
History
First air date	WUPK: 1992 WIMK: 1981
Call sign meaning	WUPK: Upper Peninsula's K-Rock (previous branding) WIMK: Iron Mountain/Kingsford
Technical information
Facility ID	WUPK: 64025 WIMK: 64027
Class	WUPK: A WIMK: C1
ERP	WUPK: 4,400 watts WIMK: 100,000 watts
HAAT	WUPK: 116 meters WIMK: 180 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	uprockradio.com

WUPK (94.1 FM) and WIMK (93.1 FM) are a pair of radio stations based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (licensed to Marquette and Iron Mountain, respectively). The stations broadcast a classic rock format branded as 93 Rock and 94 Rock (not simulcast), and are currently owned by Sovereign Communications.

WIMK is the older of the two stations, beginning life as a beautiful music station before switching to country music by the early 1980s. In 1985, the station adopted a Top 40 (CHR) format as "K93," and would evolve to an album-oriented rock format later in the decade, originally branded as "K-Rock." WUPK would sign on as a simulcast in the 1990s, and by the 2000s, the stations would adopt the name "The Bear."

Following the stations' sale from Northern Star Broadcasting to Sovereign Communications, the stations broke their simulcast in June 2011 and re-imaged as "93 Rock" and "94 Rock" accordingly.

Previous Logo

(WUPK and WIMK's logo under the "The Bear" branding)

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WUPK History
• Michiguide.com - WIMK history
• Station history notes found on DX-midAMerica website

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WUPK ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID WIMK ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database