WRPN (AM)

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WRPN
City of license Ripon, Wisconsin
Branding Classic Hits 1600
Frequency 1600 kHz
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 / 43.8169444; -88.8469444
Callsign meaning W RiPoN[1]
Former callsigns WCWC (1957-1998)
Affiliations ABC Radio
Owner Radio One Communications, LLC.
Webcast Listen Live
Website wrpnam.com

WRPN (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Ripon, Wisconsin, USA. The station is currently owned by Radio One Communications, LLC. and features programing from ABC Radio.[2] 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

  1. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. 
  2. "WRPN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. 

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