| City of license | Essex, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Burlington-Plattsburgh area |
| Branding | 101.3 ESPN |
| Frequency | 101.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1994 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| ERP | 1,000 watts |
| HAAT | 243 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 36269 |
| Callsign meaning | Champlain Valley |
| Former callsigns | WVZM (1992-1993) WDOT (1993-1994) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Vox Communications (Vox AM/FM) |
| Sister stations | WEZF, WXZO, WEAV, WVTK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1013espn.com |
WCPV (101.3 FM) is an English-language American radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Essex, New York, USA, the station serves the Champlain Valley of New York and Vermont. Although licensed to Essex, New York, many listeners mistakenly believe that WCPV is licensed to Essex, Vermont, given that its offices and studios are located at Fort Ethan Allen in neighboring Colchester, Vermont. The station is currently owned by Vox Communications. WCPV is an ESPN Radio affiliate.
WCPV serves as the flagship station for University of Vermont men's basketball, along with sister station WEAV. Rob Ryan provides the play by play, with various co-commentators.
Beginning with the 2011-2012 season, WCPV joined the Boston Bruins Radio Network [1], carrying all 82 regular-season Bruins games.
The station was randomly assigned the call sign of WVZM on September 2, 1992; after changing the call letters to WDOT on July 22, 1993, the station signed on in 1994 as WCPV,[2] offering a classic rock format branded as "Champ 101.3".[3] Initially owned by Northstar Broadcasting[4], the station was acquired by Capstar Broadcasting in 1998[5], ultimately ending up with Clear Channel Communications following several mergers.[6] Clear Channel announced on November 16, 2006 that it would sell its Champlain Valley stations after being bought by private equity firms[7], resulting in a sale to Vox Communications in 2008.[8] By 2008, after 14 years, the station moved to a mainstream rock format to go up against Hall Communications' WBTZ, leaving WIZN (a sister station to WBTZ) as the only classic rock station.
WCPV adopted its sports format and ESPN Radio affiliation, replacing WCAT, WFAD, and WRSA, on January 1, 2011, citing heavy competition in the rock format (Almost immediately, WCAT responded by joining ESPN Radio's arch-rival, Fox Sports Radio Network). The station also replaced WEAV as the flagship station of the Vermont Lake Monsters and the Champlain Valley affiliate of the New England Patriots Radio Network. [9]
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