WRPN (AM)

For the FM radio station in Ripon, Wisconsin, United States, see WRPN-FM.

WRPN (1600 AM) 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 Civic Media.^[3] 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

Ripon, Wisconsin
Frequency	1600 kHz
Branding	93.1 The Wave
Programming
Format	Soft Oldies/Soft adult contemporary and News/Talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Civic Media Inc.
Sister stations	WAUH
History
First air date	1957 (as WCWC)
Former call signs	WCWC (1957–1998)
Call sign meaning	W RiPoN[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54489
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	43°49′1.00″N 88°50′49.00″W
Translator	93.1 W226CQ (Ripon)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wrpnam.com

In April 2025, Civic Media bought the station and WAUH from Hometown Broadcasting LLC for $1.4 million.^[4]

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