What is "wcpt"

WCPT (820 AM) is a Progressive Talk radio station licensed to Willow Springs, Illinois, and serving the Chicago area. WCPT is owned by Newsweb Corporation. Newsweb's owner, Fred Eychaner, is a significant donor to Democratic Party causes. Studios are located in Chicago's Northwest Side.

WCPT airs syndicated talk programs including those hosted by Thom Hartmann, Stephanie Miller and Alan Colmes. WCPT's programs are simulcast on its sister station, 92.5 WCPT-FM in the daytime and early evening. WCPT-FM airs the separately programmed Dance Factory music format after 9 P.M., while 820 WCPT continues its Progressive Talk format at night.

WCPT may refer to:

In the Chicago area:

• 820 WCPT (AM) at Willow Springs — had the call sign WAIT from 2005 to 2007, and WCSN before that
• 850 WAIT (AM) at Crystal Lake — had the call sign WCPT from 2005 to 2007, and WAIT before that
• FM simulcasts of WCPT programming:
  • 92.7 WCPY at Arlington Heights — had the call sign WCPT-FM from 2008 to 2014
  • 92.5 WCPT-FM at DeKalb, Illinois —
  • 99.9 WCPQ at Park Forest, Illinois — had the call sign WRZA from 1996 to 2008

In other places:

• 100.9 WKLI-FM at Albany, New York — had the call sign WCPT (FM) from 1999 to 2002, and WKLI before that
• 730 WTNT (AM) at Alexandria, Virginia — had the call sign WCPT from 1987 to 1995
• WCPT-TV, a defunct television station from Crossville, Tennessee