Omro - FM 99.5 WPKR

August 2003

A rumor on our message board was a post of a memo saying that WPKR was going to flip to an all Garth Brooks format.  Well this rumor proved to be truth, and WPKR/WPCK indeed went to an all Garth Brooks format for the memorial day weekend.  At Friday, August, 29th, 2003 at 3PM "Garth 99.5 debuted.

Announcement of Garth 99.5

The stunt was in place for a few reasons, one showing Cumulus's formal takeover of the stations, perhaps just a Memorial day weekend stunt, as it ended Tuesday Morning, and just some hype that "Garth" would be the 3-7PM host on the station.  At 3PM that Tuesday, The Zack and Garth show debuted on WPKR, only it was not Garth Brooks. 

Zac and Garth Debut on WPKR

June 2005

Cumulus Media decided it was time to rebrand WPKR from being know just as "WPKR" to "99.5 the Wolf."  A weekend of stunting with wolf themed songs and sports clips lead to this change.

WPKR Re-branding Stunt Weekend