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{{short description|Classical music radio network}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Primary sources|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox radio network
|slogan =
|network_name = World Classical Network
|logo = WorldClassicalNetwork.png
|country = United States
|format = [[Classical music]]
|available = Through 1 owned-&-operated station & 2 affiliates
|owner = CCB Media
|key_people =
|launch_date = February [[1998 in radio|1998]]
|past_names =
|website =
}}
The '''World Classical Network (WCN)''' is an internet-delivery [[classical music|classical]] radio broadcasting service owned by CCB Media in [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]]. The service has been in existence since February 1998, when it was owned and operated by [[Charles River Broadcasting]]. It filled a void left by the demise of the U. S. version of Classic FM, the classical music satellite service of SW Networks.

==Stations==
WCN programming is carried on Cape Cod Broadcasting's [[WFCC-FM]], licensed to [[Chatham, Massachusetts]]. WFCC is the WCN flagship station. The service is also syndicated, with the following affiliates:

*[[WCRI-FM]]/95.9 ("Classical 95.9") [[Block Island, Rhode Island]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classical959.com/ |title=Home |website=classical959.com}}</ref>
*[[WSCS]]/90.9 ("Classical 90.9") [[New London, New Hampshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicalwscs.org/ |title=Home |website=classicalwscs.org}}</ref>

==Hosts==
Current hosts on the World Classical Network include Mark Calder, Don Spencer, and Larry King. Longtime classical announcer Steve Murphy joined the WCN as morning host on September 16, 2008.

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010124092200/http://www.theclassicalstation.net/ Old official website]}}
*[http://www.worldclassicalnetwork.com/index.htm New official website]

{{American broadcast radio}}

[[Category:Internet radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States]]

{{US-radio-stub}}

World Classical Network - Revision history

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