WPCN

WPCN
City Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Wausau-Stevens Point area
Branding True Oldies 92.1 & 1010 AM WPCN
Frequency 1010 kHz
Translator(s) 92.1 W221CN (Marshfield)
First air date 1948 (as WTWT)
Format Oldies
Power 1,000 watts day
10 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 2106
Transmitter coordinates 44°32′17.00″N 89°35′43.00″W / 44.5380556°N 89.5952778°W / 44.5380556; -89.5952778
Former callsigns WTWT (1948–?)
WSPT (?-1977)
WXYQ (1977–1988)
WSPO (1988–1996)
WSPT (1996–2011)
Affiliations ABC News
Owner Richard L. Muzzy
(Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC)
Sister stations WSPT
Webcast Listen Live
Website 921wpcn.com

WPCN (1010 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by Richard L. Muzzy, through licensee Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC, and features programming from ABC News.[1]

Programming heard on WPCN includes a local morning show called Portage County Live. Former talk programming included the Glenn Beck Program, Neal Boortz, Scott Krueger (another local host), Clark Howard, and The Michael Savage Show. WPCN at one time was one of the only stations (perhaps the only station) to directly simulcast the Fox News cable television channel. All Fox News Channel simulcasts were dropped by 2010.

History

Its original call letters were WTWT when it signed on in 1948 under the ownership and operation of the Bartell Group, a group of siblings from Wisconsin who were beginning the expansion of their family radio business.[2]

The calls letters later changed to WSPT, which for many years broadcast a Top-40 format. In late 1977, the station began airing a country music format as WXYQ, "10Q Country", dropping its simulcast with WSPT-FM. The station then became WSPO on 1988-05-30. On June 6, 1996, the station changed its call sign back to WSPT; on December 6, 2011, the station changed its call sign to the current WPCN.[3]

In March 2013, WPCN transitioned to a full-time news/talk format and dropped Cumulus Media's True Oldies Channel programming on nights and weekends.[4] The station now carries CBS Sports Radio programming on the weekends and talk shows at night. Previously, the station used Dial Global's America's Best Music and Citadel's Timeless Favorites.

On November 9, 2016 WPCN changed their format from news/talk to oldies, branded as "True Oldies".

Previous logos

References

  1. ↑ "WPCN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ Ganzert, Charles F. (1997). "Hot clocks, jingles, and top tunes: The Bartell group stations and the development of top 40 Radio". Popular Music and Society. 21 (4): 51–62.
  3. ↑ "WPCN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Format Changes". Your Midwest Media. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
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