WZAN
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| City | Portland, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Portland, Maine, metropolitan area |
| Branding | 970 AM and 101.5 FM ESPN Portland |
| Frequency | 970 kHz 101.5 |
| First air date | July 13, 1925 (as WCSH) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 99 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58538 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°36′19″N 70°19′18″W / 43.60528°N 70.32167°W |
| Callsign meaning | similar to WGAN |
| Former callsigns | WCSH (1925–1981) WYNZ (1981–1993) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Saga Communications (Saga Communications of New England, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBAE, WCLZ, WGAN, WMGX, WPOR, WGIN, WYNZ |
| Website | espnportland.com |
WZAN (970 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a sports format with programming from ESPN Radio. Licensed to Portland, it serves Central and Southern Maine. The station is owned by Saga Communications and operates at 5000 watts. By day, the station uses a non-directional antenna but at night the signal is directional to protect other radio stations on 970 kHz. The transmitter is located in Scarborough, Maine and studios and offices are in South Portland.
WZAN was a Talk radio station airing nationally syndicated shows from Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Dave Ramsey until January 1, 2016, when the station switched to sports. The talk shows were moved over to co-owned 1490 WBAE.
WZAN was originally WCSH, "The Voice from Sunrise Land", one of the earliest radio stations in Maine, first going on the air in 1925. WCSH was a charter affiliate of the NBC Red Network. In 1953, WCSH gained a sister station when Channel 6, Portland's NBC affiliate WCSH-TV debuted. From 1975 to 1977, 970 WCSH was an affiliate of NBC Radio's News And Information Service. WCSH continued as an All-news radio station on its own for several years after NIS was discontinued. In the 1980s, WCSH was sold to Saga Communications and it then began simulcasting 100.9 WYNZ as WYNZ-AM. The station changed its calls to WZAN (echoing sister station WGAN) and adopted a hot talk format in the 1990s before shifting its programming focus to more political shows in March 2009.
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