WPVL (1590
AM), is an American
radio station
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broadcasting a
sports
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format. WPVL, which is licensed to
Platteville, Wisconsin, is owned by QueenB Radio Wisconsin, Inc. and features programming from
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the banner "SportsRadio ESPN". The netw ...
.
Former
call sign
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s used by WPVL have been WTOQ and WSWW. The station's current letters were formerly held by WPVL in Painesville, Ohio. Prior to their current sports format, the station programmed
oldies
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Since 2 ...
music.
In April 2012, WPVL was granted a
U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
to move to a new transmitter site, decrease day power to 970 watts, and decrease night power to 470 watts.
References
External links
FCC construction permit
Morgan Murphy Media stations
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Sports radio stations in the United States
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