WRPN (AM)
WRPN (1600 AM) and W226CQ (93.1 FM) 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.[2] 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.
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| City | Ripon, Wisconsin |
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| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| Branding | 93.1 and 1600 Your Hometown Station |
| Programming | |
| Format | Soft Oldies and News/Talk |
| Affiliations | Fox News |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hometown Broadcasting, LLC. |
| Sister stations | WISS, WAUH |
| History | |
| First air date | 1957 (as WCWC) |
| Former call signs | WCWC (1957-1998) |
| Call sign meaning | W RiPoN[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 54489 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°49′1.00″N 88°50′49.00″W |
| Translator(s) | 93.1 W226CQ (Ripon) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrpnam.com |
References
- "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- "WRPN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- WRPN in the FCC's AM station database
- WRPN on Radio-Locator
- WRPN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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