WRPN (AM)
| City | Ripon, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Branding | Your Hometown Station AM1600 |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 103.1 W276CO (Fond du Lac) |
| First air date | 1957 (as WCWC) |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Power |
5,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 54489 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°49′1.00″N 88°50′49.00″W / 43.8169444°N 88.8469444°W |
| Callsign meaning | W RiPoN[1] |
| Former callsigns | WCWC (1957-1998) |
| Affiliations | Fox News |
| Owner | Hometown Broadcasting, LLC. |
| Sister stations | WISS, WAUH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrpnam.com |
WRPN (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to the town of Ripon, Wisconsin, United States. The station is currently owned by Radio One Communications, LLC. and features programming from ABC Radio.[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.
References
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ↑ "WRPN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WRPN
- Radio-Locator Information on WRPN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WRPN
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W276CO
- Radio-Locator information on W276CO
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