WSCN (100.5
FM) is a
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
licensed to
Cloquet, Minnesota
Cloquet ( ) is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States, at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 33. Part of the city lies within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation and serves as one of the reservation's three admi ...
, serving the
Duluth-Superior area. The station is owned by
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), is a public radio network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, YourClassical MPR and The Current, MPR operates a 46-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest.
MPR ha ...
(MPR), and airs MPR's "News and Information" network, originating from
the Twin Cities. The station has inserts at least once an hour for local underwriting and weather. MPR also maintains an office and studio in downtown Duluth.
WSCN broadcasts in
HD.
History
WSCN signed on as WKLK-FM at 100.9 MHz on November 17, 1975. It was owned with
WKLK (1230 AM) and almost entirely simulcast it. The station was sold to Minnesota Public Radio in 1988 for $200,000 and upgraded its signal from 3,000 watts to 100,000 watts, and relocating to 100.5.
On January 20, 2016, MPR announced that
WSCD-FM translator 90.9 W215CG and WSCN-HD2 would air its
adult album alternative
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network ''The Current'' beginning February 1, 2016. Programming originates from MPR's studios in
St. Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
, but a local program featuring Duluth music is produced for the network.
External links
WSCN page at Minnesota Public Radio*
References
Radio stations in Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio
NPR member stations
Cloquet, Minnesota
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