- Station name Station name
- WPTF News Radio 680
- Description Description
- It is owned by the Curtis Media Group, with studios on Highwoods Boulevard near Interstate 440 in Raleigh. WPTF's transmitter site is a three-tower array off East Chatham Street, near Maynard Road NE, in Cary, North Carolina.
- Launch date Launch date
- 25 October 1924
- Owner Owner
- Curtis Media Group
- Contact Contact
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WPTF News Radio 680
United States
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32kbps • AAC
WPTF (680 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, the station serves the Research Triangle area.
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| Country Country |
United States
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| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | wptf.com |
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Broadcast band
AM
Primary frequency
680.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
35.7940417, -78.7611167
Coverage area
Research Triangle
Owner / network
Curtis Media Group
First air date
25 October 1924
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| Station ID | 991694 |
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| Region | United States, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.7939, -78.7614 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | FM 92.9 and AM 680 WPTF |
| Owner | Curtis Media Group |
| Broadcast area | Research Triangle |
| Launched | 25 October 1924 |
| Website | wptf.com |
| Primary frequency | 0.68 MHz |
| Broadcast band | AM |
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| Last check | 1 day ago |
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| Stream host | playerservices.streamtheworld.com |
| Final host | 29312.live.streamtheworld.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | MediaGateway 6.16.1-500.el9 |
| Latency | 1281 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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About station About WPTF News Radio 680
WPTF (680 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, the station serves the Research Triangle area.
It is owned by the Curtis Media Group, with studios on Highwoods Boulevard near Interstate 440 in Raleigh. WPTF's transmitter site is a three-tower array off East Chatham Street, near Maynard Road NE, in Cary, North Carolina. Along with WBT in Charlotte, WPTF is one of two North Carolina AM stations powered at the maximum 50,000 watts. However, WBT is a Class A clear-channel station and has more protections from other stations than WPTF, which is classified as Class B. WPTF's daytime signal is non-directional from a single tower. It switches to a directional signal at night from two towers to avoid interference to other stations on 680 kHz. Even with this restriction, at night WPTF can be heard across much of the Southeastern United States with a good radio. WPTF is relayed by four FM translators: W225DF (92.9 MHz, Raleigh), W251CA (98.1 MHz, Rolesville), W253CY (98.3 MHz, Cary) and W298DB (107.5 MHz, Smithfield).
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