WPVL | |
City: | Platteville, Wisconsin |
Area: | Dubuque, Iowa |
Branding: | ESPN Radio AM 1590 |
Frequency: | 1590 kHz |
Airdate: | 1955 (as WSWW) |
Format: | Sports |
Power: | 1,000 watts day 500 watts night |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 35514 |
Coordinates: | 42.7461°N -90.4744°W |
Former Callsigns: | WSWW (1955–1983) WTOQ (1983–1995) |
Affiliations: | ESPN Radio Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network |
Owner: | QueenB Radio Wisconsin, Inc. |
Sister Stations: | KIYX, WGLR-FM, WPVL-FM |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WPVL (1590 AM), is an American radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1] WPVL, which is licensed to Platteville, Wisconsin, is owned by QueenB Radio Wisconsin, Inc. and features programming from ESPN Radio.[2] Former call signs used by WPVL have been WTOQ and WSWW. The station's current letters were formerly held by WPVL in Painesville, Ohio. Prior to their current sports format, the station programmed oldies music.
In April 2012, WPVL was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, decrease day power to 970 watts, and decrease night power to 470 watts.