Radio Dubuque, Inc is a

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based corporation that owns four radio stations. The company was founded in 2000 by Tom Parsley and Don Rabbitt. The company currently owns

KDTH KDTH (1370 AM) is a radio station based in Dubuque, Iowa. The station is owned by Radio Dubuque. KDTH is a "full service" local radio station with a full-time news department, sports director, farm director and staff of local personalities, m ...

AM 1370, and the following FM stations, 97.3 The Rock (formerly

KGRR KGRR (97.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format to the Dubuque, Iowa, United States, area. The station is licensed to Radio Dubuque, Inc. Its transmitter is located alongside U.S. Highway 20 between Dubuque and Peosta on ...

KATF KATF (92.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to serve the Dubuque, Iowa, United States, area, the station is currently owned by Radio Dubuque, Inc., and features programming from Fox News Radio. Its transm ...

"KAT-FM" 92.9, and

WVRE WVRE (101.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Dickeyville, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Dubuque area. The station is currently owned by Radio Dubuque Radio Dubuque, Inc is a Dubuque, Iowa bas ...

"The River" 101.1. The Rock offers active rock. KAT-FM plays Adult Contemporary. WVRE "The River" plays New

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. KDTH offers adult standards, oldies, classic big band, news, sports, and other special programming. The stations participate in the CBS and

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radio network.

History

Woodward Communications, publishers of The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald newspaper owned KDTH and KATF. They agreed in January 2000 to sell their stations to the new Radio Dubuque group with Parsley as President, and Don Rabbitt as CFO. KGRR relocated from its old studio on JFK Road to the KDTH/KAT-FM building at 8th & Bluff in downtown Dubuque. Several years later the company constructed an additional FM station, WVRE (101.1 FM) licensed to

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. The company has since moved to University Avenue In Dubuque with a state-of-the-art, 4 station building.

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