WCCF (AM)

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. But 1580 AM is a Canadian clear channel frequency. So to avoid interference, WCCF reduces power at night to 110 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Deltona Drive in Charlotte Park. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W265EA at 100.9 MHz.

Programming
Weekday mornings begin with two local programs, The Bob Alexander Show and Charlotte County Speaks with Ken Lovejoy. The rest of the schedule features nationally syndicated conservative talk 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. It originally was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In the 1970s, WCCF was a country music 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.