WEAN-FM

WEAN-FM

Infobox Radio Station
name = WEAN-FM


city = Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island
area = Providence, Rhode Island
branding = "News Talk 630 WPRO and 99.7 FM"
slogan = Rhode Island's Station of Record
airdate = June 1995
frequency = 99.7 MHz (FM) (Channel 259)
format = News-talk
erp = 2,300 watts
haat = 163 meters
class = A
facility_id = 4376
owner = Citadel Broadcasting Corporation
webcast = [http://www.630wpro.com/article.asp?id=430600 WPRO-AM Live Feed]
website = [http://www.630wpro.com/ 630wpro.com]
callsign_meaning = Former callsign for 790kc.-Providence which was a longtime all-news station as "79 WEAN"
sister_stations = WPRO, WPRO-FM, WPRV, WWKX, WWLI

WEAN-FM (99.7 FM, "News Talk 630 WPRO and 99.7 FM") is a radio station located in Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, and airs a news-talk format. WEAN-FM serves as a simulcast of WPRO/630.

Prior to becoming WEAN-FM on March 11th 2008, 99.7 was modern rock "99.7 The Edge" WUAE, later WDGE; hard rock "99.7X" WXEX; '80s simulcast "Z100" (as WZRA) & finally "The Score" (WSKO-FM), which broadcast a sports format that simulcast most programming from WSKO/790 (now WPRV).

Programming

As a simulcast of WPRO, programming on the station includes programs hosted by John DePetro, Buddy Cianci, Dan Yorke, Matt Allen, Michael Savage (Savage Nation), Jerry Doyle, and George Noory (Coast to Coast AM), as well as Paul Harvey. It also broadcasts New England Patriots football.

References

External links

* [http://www.630wpro.com/ WPRO website]
*FMQ|WEAN
*FML|WEAN
*FMARB|WEAN



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