Broadcast area | Cookeville, Tennessee |
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Frequency | 780 kHz |
Branding | 106.1 The Eagle |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cookeville Communications, LLC |
KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, KLWN, WDQZ, WRPW, WYST | |
History | |
First air date | 1962 |
Former call signs | WPTN (1962-January 2010) WHUB (January–March 2010) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 13820 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts (Daytime) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°9′48″N 85°31′29″W / 36.16333°N 85.52472°W |
Translator(s) | 106.1 W291CA (Cookeville) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1061theeagle.com |
WPTN (780 AM, "106.1 The Eagle") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format.[1] Licensed to Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Cookeville area. The station is owned by Cookeville Communications, LLC.[2] Because WPTN broadcasts on the same frequency as "clear–channel" station WBBM in Chicago, Illinois, it only broadcasts during the daytime hours and is required to sign off at sunset.
History
WPTN is formerly a Top 40 station for the area in the 1980s. On November 3, 2017, WPTN changed their format from sports to classic hits, still branded as "106.1 The Eagle".[3]
Previous logo
References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "WPTN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^ 106.1 The Eagle Cookeville Trades Sports For Classic Hits Radioinsight - November 8, 2017
External links
- WPTN in the FCC AM station database
- WPTN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W291CA in the FCC FM station database
- W291CA at FCCdata.org