oldies, then adult standards under the call sign WLKW. (Beginning in 2008 the historic WEAN call letters were assigned to co-owned 99.7 WEAN-FM). WLKW switched formats and call signs in 1998 to sports as WSKO ("The Score"), airing local and national sports shows (including ESPN Radio programs), with most programs simulcast with WSKO-FM (which was replaced by WEAN-FM, a simulcast of WPRO). The sports format was discontinued on March 10, 2008. Hosts over the years included John "Coach" Colletto, Andy Gresh, Scott Cordischi, John Rooke, Steve Hyder, Jess Atkinson, Amy Lawrence, Scott Zolak, John Crowe, and Bryan Morry. After dropping sports, the station took on the call sign WPRV, as well as an oldies format, largely provided by Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio. Business news The oldies format was discontinued on April 13, 2009. WPRV moved to a business news and talk format, including shows from Bloomberg Radio; much of the business programming would eventually be scaled back and replaced with national talk shows. Because sister stations WPRO and WEAN-FM mostly air local talk hosts, WPRV served as the Providence outlet for many of co-owned Westwood One's syndicated conservative talk shows. WPRV was the Providence affiliate for First Light, America in the Morning, The Chris Plante Show, The Dave Ramsey Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Dan Bongino Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Michael Knowles Show and Red Eye Radio. Weekends featured shows on money and health, including Ric Edelman, as well as repeats of weekday programs. Return to sports On June 15, 2022, Cumulus announced that WPRV would change its format back to sports, again using the "790 The Score" branding; the relaunch occurred at midnight on August 8. The revived "Score" primarily features programming from the CBS Sports Radio and BetQL networks, along with a local afternoon program hosted by Kevin McNamara (with its second hour serving as a simulcast with his existing program on WPRO and WEAN-FM) and WPRV's existing New York Yankees, Boston Celtics, and Brown University broadcasts. References External links FCC History Cards for WPRV (covering 1927-1981 as WEAN) PRV Sports radio stations in the United States CBS Sports Radio stations Radio stations established in 1922 RKO General Cumulus Media radio stations 1922 establishments in Rhode Island Radio stations licensed before 1923 and still broadcasting