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WCCF (1580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. It is licensed to Punta Gorda, Florida, and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Tiseo Boulevard in Port Charlotte.
By day, WCCF is powered at 1,250 watts. As 1580 AM is a Canadian clear channel frequency, WCCF reduces power at night to 110 watts to avoid interference. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The
''Broadcasting Yearbook 1977'' page C-46. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
/ref> It originally was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In the 1970s, WCCF was a
transmitter
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is off Deltona Drive in Charlotte Park. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W265EA at 100.9 MHz.
Programming
WCCF has one local program on weekdays, ''Charlotte County Speaks with Ken Lovejoy'' in late mornings. The rest of the schedule features nationally syndicated programs: '' The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Dana Loesch Show, The Jesse Kelly Show, The Chad Benson Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory'' and '' This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal''. For live sports, WCCF carries Tampa Bay Buccaneers football and Tampa Bay Rays baseball games. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
History
The station signed on the air on September 15, 1961./ref> It originally was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In the 1970s, WCCF was a
country music
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station. It carried news updates from the Mutual Broadcasting System.
In 1970, it gained a sister station. WCCF-FM debuted, airing a beautiful music format on 92.7 MHz. Today, that station is a different talk outlet, 92.5 WFSX-FM in Estero.
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* CCF Radio stations established in 1961 IHeartMedia radio stations 1961 establishments in Florida News and talk radio stations in the United States {{Florida-radio-station-stub