 The station was owned by Frank and Beverly Harms of Syracuse, New York, and managed by John Lawrence Scott, who had hosted children's television programs in Syracuse, New York, and had started up an FM sister station, WSLE 92.1 (now WDER-FM).The station continued to serve Peterborough (later under the call signs of WMDK and WRPT) until 1991, when the station closed down.In 1995, Alex Langer entered into an agreement to pay the then-owners of the station to return the WRPT license to the Federal Communications Commission in order to upgrade the facilities of his 1060 in Natick, Massachusetts, WBIV (now WQOM).