KWPN (AM)
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City | Moore, Oklahoma |
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Broadcast area | Oklahoma City Metroplex |
Branding | ESPN Radio 640 |
Frequency | 640 kHz |
First air date | September 16, 1922 (as WNAD) |
Format | Sports |
Power |
5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 22190 |
Callsign meaning | K W ESPN |
Former callsigns |
WNAD (September 16, 1922-December 7, 1981) WWLS (1981-April 2, 2012) |
Former frequencies | 1010 kHz (1929-1941) |
Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
Sister stations | KATT, KQOB, KYIS, WWLS-FM, WKY, KKWD |
KWPN (640 AM, "ESPN Radio 640") is a sports talk radio station based in Oklahoma City and carries programming from ESPN Radio. Under ownership of Cumulus Media, its studios are in Northwest Oklahoma City, and the transmitter is in Norman.
The original call letters of this station were WNAD, which began broadcasting in 1922 licensed to Norman, Oklahoma. The call letters became WWLS in 1981.
History
On April 2, 2012 WWLS split from its "Sports Animal" simulcast with WWLS-FM 98.1 and switched to programming from ESPN Radio under new call letters, KWPN. Its also home to Bishop McGuinness Football.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KWPN
- Radio-Locator Information on KWPN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KWPN
- FCC History Cards for KWPN
Coordinates: 35°17′21″N 97°30′08″W / 35.28917°N 97.50222°W
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