WRPN (AM)
Encyclopedia
WRPN is a radio station
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Ripon, Wisconsin
, USA. The station is currently owned by Radio One Communications, LLC. and features programing from ABC Radio , CBS Radio
and ESPN Radio
, along with a simulcast
of the television audio from WFRV-TV
(Channel 5)'s 5pm and 6pm newscasts, and the CBS Evening News
, and weather forecasts from the station. 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 96.3 MHz and later at 96.1 MHz. The call letters were originally WCWC-FM , then later WYUR.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,828. The City of Ripon's official website claims the city's current population to be 7,701. The city is surrounded by the Town of Ripon....
, USA. The station is currently owned by Radio One Communications, LLC. and features programing from ABC Radio , CBS Radio
CBS Radio
CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...
and ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
, along with a simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
of the television audio from WFRV-TV
WFRV-TV
WFRV-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and serving Green Bay, the Fox Valley, and Northeastern Wisconsin. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter north of the Brown County town of Morrison...
(Channel 5)'s 5pm and 6pm newscasts, and the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
, and weather forecasts from the station. 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 96.3 MHz and later at 96.1 MHz. The call letters were originally WCWC-FM , then later WYUR.