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KWPN (AM)

Coordinates: 35°17′21″N 97°30′08″W / 35.28917°N 97.50222°W / 35.28917; -97.50222
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KWPN
Broadcast areaOklahoma City Metroplex
Frequency640 kHz
BrandingESPN Radio 640
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner
KATT, KQOB, KYIS, WWLS-FM, WKY, KKWD
History
First air date
September 16, 1922 (as WNAD)
Former call signs
WNAD (September 16, 1922-December 7, 1981)
WWLS (1981-April 2, 2012)
Call sign meaning
K W ESPN
Technical information
Facility ID22190
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night

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

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