WRPN (AM)
Appearance
Frequency | 1600 kHz |
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Branding | 93.1 The Wave |
Programming | |
Format | Soft Oldies/Soft adult contemporary and News/Talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Hometown Broadcasting, LLC |
WAUH | |
History | |
First air date | 1957 (as WCWC) |
Former call signs | WCWC (1957–1998) |
Call sign meaning | W RiPoN[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 54489 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°49′1.00″N 88°50′49.00″W / 43.8169444°N 88.8469444°W |
Translator(s) | 93.1 W226CQ (Ripon) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wrpnam.com |
WRPN (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service News/Talk/Adult Gold format. Licensed to the city of Ripon, Wisconsin, United States, the station is currently owned by Hometown Broadcasting, LLC.[3] Its original call letters were WCWC, which stood for "Central Wisconsin Canning", the owners of the station. WCWC at one time also had a co-owned FM station, first at 95.9 MHz and later at 96.1 MHz. The call letters were originally WCWC-FM, then later WYUR.
Previous logo
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRPN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WRPN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
[edit]- WRPN radio station website
- Facility details for Facility ID 54489 (WRPN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WRPN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202393 (W226CQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W226CQ at FCCdata.org