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- WDRK_(defunct) abstract "WDRK (106.5 FM) was a small FM radio station which served Greenville, Ohio, and the surrounding Miami Valley. WDRK epitomized the role of local media. It super served the community. Colorful and local personalities such as John Hieby, Clancy Plessinger, Jim Short, Bill Booker, John and Jeffrey Kennedy, Frank and Greg Tantum provided local news, farm reports, coverage of high school sports and academics. A highlight each year was broadcasting live from the Great Darke County Fair. The rock group The McCoys made one of their first appearances on Frank Tantum's weekend show. It had a life of nearly two decades before the broadcast license was challenged and finally denied by the Federal Communications Commission. The station was launched by veteran broadcaster John Kennedy with the financing of a Dayton, Ohio, attorney, Lew Froikin. Kennedy's son Jeffrey's career includes broadcasting in the United States (KSCI, Los Angeles, 1974) and Europe (Rome, Radio Roma Uno, 1984). WDRK also helped launch a number of successful broadcast careers. Greg Tantum who after anchoring news for WING, WSAI, WIFE went on to program news and talk for such stations as KFWB in Los Angeles, KGO in San Francisco, WCAU in Philadelphia and helped create and launch Washington Post Radio in Washington D.C. After WDRK Jim Wood (Bob Marquitz)programmed radio stations in Indianapolis, Los Angeles and San Francisco and then went on to become a top executive at Malrite Broadcasting. Jim is now the CEO of a chain of radio stations in the south. Dave Steel had a successful radio and television career in Dayton, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Diego.".
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- WDRK_(defunct) originalResearch "August 2008".
- WDRK_(defunct) unreferenced "August 2008".
- WDRK_(defunct) subject Category:Defunct_radio_stations_in_the_United_States.
- WDRK_(defunct) subject Category:Greenville,_Ohio.
- WDRK_(defunct) subject Category:Radio_stations_disestablished_in_1983.
- WDRK_(defunct) subject Category:Radio_stations_in_Ohio.
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- WDRK_(defunct) type RadioStationsDisestablishedIn1983.
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- WDRK_(defunct) comment "WDRK (106.5 FM) was a small FM radio station which served Greenville, Ohio, and the surrounding Miami Valley. WDRK epitomized the role of local media. It super served the community. Colorful and local personalities such as John Hieby, Clancy Plessinger, Jim Short, Bill Booker, John and Jeffrey Kennedy, Frank and Greg Tantum provided local news, farm reports, coverage of high school sports and academics. A highlight each year was broadcasting live from the Great Darke County Fair.".
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