WPRV’s power is 5,000 watts, non-directional by day, but to protect other stations on 790 AM from interference, at night it uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array.

[7] The Shepard Company Department Store in Providence was selling radio receivers and sought to have a station for its customers to listen to.

On June 2 and 3, Providence held a "Block-Aid" fund-raising street festival, benefiting the Rhode Island Hospital.

[10] The "radio editor" of the Providence News arranged for the new station to broadcast musical selections in support of this event.

During this period WEAN was reassigned to multiple transmitting frequencies, until on November 11, 1928, as a result of a major national reallocation implemented under the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, it moved to 550 kHz.

[16] Starting in 1927, WEAN received programming from Boston sister station WNAC, the forerunner to WBIX (1260 AM) and WRKO (680 AM).

[15] In the 1940s and 1950s, WEAN was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its dramas, comedies, variety shows, news and sports.

[17] The Shepard family announced the sale of the Yankee Network, including WEAN, to General Tire & Rubber in December 1942.

WLKW switched formats and call signs on November 17, 1997 to sports radio 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).

On June 15, 2022, Cumulus announced that WPRV would change its format back to sports, again using the "790 The Score" branding;[4][5] the relaunch occurred at midnight on August 8.