WRPN (AM)

WRPN (1600 AM) and W226CQ (93.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service News/Talk/Adult Gold format. Licensed to the city of Ripon, Wisconsin, United States, the station is currently owned by Hometown Broadcasting, LLC.[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.

WRPN
CityRipon, Wisconsin
Frequency1600 kHz
Branding93.1 and 1600 Your Hometown Station
Programming
FormatSoft Oldies and News/Talk
AffiliationsFox News
Ownership
OwnerHometown Broadcasting, LLC
WISS, WAUH
History
First air date
1957 (as WCWC)
Former call signs
WCWC (1957-1998)
Call sign meaning
W RiPoN[1]
Technical information
Facility ID54489
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
43°49′1.00″N 88°50′49.00″W
Translator(s)93.1 W226CQ (Ripon)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewrpnam.com

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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