WRCE (1450

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, "WRCE News from the Center") is an AM

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broadcasting a news and

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. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is currently owned by Civic Media, through licensee Civic Media, Inc. In September 2022, WRCE (formerly WRCO-AM) changed its format from standards to progressive talk as "News from the Center". With the format change WRCE introduced a new locally produced morning show hosted by Todd Albaugh. WRCE also covers local high school sports play by play and is an affiliate of the

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football and basketball radio networks. One of the first interviews on the new format was an interview of longtime local politician Dale Schultz.

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