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WPTF
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
  • United States
Broadcast areaResearch Triangle
Frequency680 kHz
BrandingFM 98.5 AM 680 WPTF
Programming
FormatNews/talk
NetworkCBS News Radio
Affiliations
  • Fox News Talk
  • North Carolina News Network
  • Radio America
  • Westwood One
  • North Carolina Tar Heels
Ownership
Owner
  • Curtis Media Group
  • (First State Communications)
Sister stations
WBBB, WKIX, WKIX-FM, WKJO, WKXU, WPLW-FM, WQDR, WQDR-FM
History
First air date
October 25, 1924; 99 years ago (October 25, 1924) (as WFBQ at 1190)
Former call signs
  • WFBQ (1924–1925)
  • WRCO (1925–1927)
Former frequencies
  • 1190 kHz (1924–1927)
  • 1380 kHz (1927)
  • 720 kHz (1927)
  • 550 kHz (1927–1928)
Call sign meaning
"We Protect The Family" (slogan of the station's former owner, Durham Life Insurance Company)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21630
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
35°47′38.55″N 78°45′40.02″W / 35.7940417°N 78.7611167°W / 35.7940417; -78.7611167 (WPTF)
Translator(s)98.5 W253CY (Cary)
98.7 W254AS (Rolesville)
107.5 W298DB (Smithfield)
103.3 W224DK (Durham)
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live
Websitewptf.com

WPTF (680 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. Licensed to Raleigh, the station serves the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. It is owned by the Curtis Media Group, with studios located on Highwoods Boulevard in Raleigh. WPTF's transmitter site is a three-tower facility off East Chatham Street, near Maynard Road NE, in Cary, North Carolina.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPTF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WPTF-AM 680 kHz Raleigh, North Carolina" (Radio-Locator.com)

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