WPTN | |
City: | Cookeville, Tennessee |
Area: | Cookeville, Tennessee |
Branding: | 106.1 The Eagle |
Frequency: | 780 kHz |
Translator: | 106.1 W291CA (Cookeville) |
Airdate: | 1962 |
Format: | Classic hits |
Power: | 1,000 watts (Daytime) |
Class: | D |
Facility Id: | 13820 |
Coordinates: | 36.1633°N -85.5247°W |
Former Callsigns: | WPTN (1962-January 2010) WHUB (January–March 2010) |
Owner: | Cookeville Communications, LLC |
Sister Stations: | KKSW, KMXN, WKSW, WGSQ, WHUB, KLWN, WDQZ, WRPW, WYST |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Website: | 1061theeagle.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
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.
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]