WPTN is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Cookeville, Tennessee

Cookeville, Tennessee

Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 23,923 at the 2000 census. of Cookeville's population was 30,435, and the combined total of those living in Cookeville's in 2010 was 65,014. It is the county seat of Putnam County and home to Tennessee...

, USA, the station serves the Cookeville area. The station is currently owned by Cookeville Communications, LLC and features programing from CBS Radio Network

CBS Radio Network

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 and Dial Global

Dial Global

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. Because WPTN broadcasts on the same frequency as "clear–channel" station WBBM

WBBM (AM)

WBBM is an all-news CBS radio station in Chicago, Illinois broadcasting on the AM dial at 780 kHz. It is owned by CBS along with WBBM-TV....

 in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, it only broadcasts during the daytime hours and is required to sign-off at sunset

Sunset

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