KWPN (AM)

"WWLS (AM)" redirects here. It is not to be confused with sister station WLS (AM) in Chicago, Illinois.
KWPN
City Moore, Oklahoma
Broadcast area Oklahoma City Metroplex
Branding ESPN Radio 640
Frequency 640 kHz
First air date September 16, 1922 (as WNAD)
Format Sports
Power 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 22190
Callsign meaning K W ESPN
Former callsigns WNAD (September 16, 1922-December 7, 1981)
WWLS (1981-April 2, 2012)
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Cumulus Media
(Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations KATT, KQOB, KYIS, WWLS-FM, WKY, KKWD

KWPN (640 AM, "ESPN Radio 640") is a sports talk radio station based in Oklahoma City and carries programming from ESPN Radio. Under ownership of Cumulus Media, its studios are in Northwest Oklahoma City, and the transmitter is in Norman.

The original call letters of this station were WNAD, which began broadcasting in 1922. The call letters became WWLS in 1981.

History

Former logo used until 2012, as WWLS-AM

On April 2, 2012 WWLS split from its "Sports Animal" simulcast with WWLS-FM 98.1 and switched to programming from ESPN Radio under new call letters, KWPN.

References

    Coordinates: 35°17′21″N 97°30′08″W / 35.28917°N 97.50222°W / 35.28917; -97.50222

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