The stations are owned by the Utica Phoenix, a local alternative newspaper, and air an urban contemporary and hip hop music radio format.

It was a 1,000 watt daytimer, required to go off the air at night to avoid interfering with CBE in Windsor, Ontario, the Class I-A station on AM 1550.

When station owner Clear Channel Communications exited most of its small markets in 2007, the network was broken up: WLFH (now WIXT) and WRNY went to Galaxy Communications (who joined them with WTLB to form a new sports network) while WUTQ and WADR were sold to Ken Roser and became full-service outlets.

On July 27, 2012, it was announced that Good Guys Broadcasting Corporation, a company led by two former executives at WKTV, would be purchasing WRCK and WUTQ from Roser and converting the two stations to sports radio.

(When WUSP ceased operations, "Radio 202" and "The Voice of New Italy" both returned to WUTQ; Sroka took his polka show to WHCL.)

[8] The ownership's last public statement was to quote the last line of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" ("merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.")

In 2012, WADR was renamed WRCK, parking the call letters that had previously been used on FM 107.3 (now a K-Love owned-and-operated station as WKVU).

In early November 2019, WRCK launched translator W231DZ 94.1 and began airing "Up Music Radio", a Christian contemporary format.