WSPT is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Located in the central part of the state, it is the largest city in the county, with a population of 24,551 at the 2000 census...

, USA, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by Americus Communications, LLC. and features programing from Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio is an American radio network programmed by Fox News Channel.- History :In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided five minute newscasts at the top...

 and Jones Radio Network.

Programming heard on WSPT includes a local morning show called "Portage County Live," Glenn Beck Program

Glenn Beck Program

The Glenn Beck Program is an American talk radio show hosted by commentator Glenn Beck on Premiere Radio Networks. Since its inception as a nationally syndicated show in 2002, the program has become one of the highest rated radio programs...

, Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz

Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...

, Scott Krueger (another local host), Clark Howard

Clark Howard

Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...

, and The Ed Schultz Show

The Ed Schultz Show

The Ed Schultz Show is a radio program hosted by Ed Schultz. It was formerly broadcast from KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota. It is heard on a network of over 100 stations , including seven of the 10 largest radio markets...

. WSPT also carries audio simulcasts of two Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

 shows: Special Report with Bret Baier and the first hour of Fox and Friends; WSPT is one of the only stations (perhaps the only station) to directly simulcast the cable television channel. All Fox News Channel simulcasts were dropped by 2010.

At night and during the weekend, the station plays Adult Standards

Adult standards

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 fed via satellite from Citadel Media's True Oldies Channel brand. Previously, the station used Dial Global

Dial Global

Dial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....

's America's Best Music

America's Best Music

America's Best Music is the on-air branding of an adult standards 24-hour radio network, known internally as Adult Standards and formerly known as AM Only, currently owned by Dial Global. It was one of the original Westwood One's Transtar networks...

 and Citadel's Timeless Favorites.

History

Original call letters were WTWT when it signed on in 1948, Then WSPT, For many years broadcasting a Top-40 format. In late 1977 the station began airing a country music format as WXYQ, dropping its simulcast with WSPT-FM. The station then became WSPO on 1988-05-30. on 1996-07-06, the station changed its call sign back to the current WSPT.

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