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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is owned by Richard L. Muzzy, through licensee Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC, and features programming from ABC News Radio. Programming heard on WPCN includes a local morning show called ''Portage County Live''. Former talk programming included the ''

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, Scott Krueger (another local host),

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, and '' The Michael Savage Show''. WPCN at one time was one of the only stations (perhaps ''the'' only station) to directly simulcast Fox News Channel. All FNC simulcasts were dropped by 2010.

History

Its original call letters were WTWT when it signed on in 1948 under the ownership and operation of the

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, a group of siblings from Wisconsin who were beginning the expansion of their family radio business. The call letters changed to WSPT on January 1, 1951. For many years, WSPT broadcast a

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format. The station became WXYQ on October 12, 1977, and began airing a

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format as WXYQ, "10Q Country", dropping its simulcast with WSPT-FM. The station then became WSPO on May 30, 1988. On June 6, 1996, the station changed its call sign back to WSPT; on December 6, 2011, the station changed its call sign to the current WPCN. In March 2013, WPCN transitioned to a full-time

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format and dropped

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programming on nights and weekends. The station now carries CBS Sports Radio programming on the weekends and talk shows at night, when its power is reduced to cover only Stevens Point proper to protect clear channel station

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. Previously, the station used

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and Citadel's Timeless Favorites. On November 9, 2016, WPCN changed formats from news/talk to oldies, branded as "True Oldies".

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* * {{Oldies Radio Stations in Wisconsin PCN Oldies radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Wisconsin