Broadcast area | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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Frequency | 980kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Christian radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Carolina University |
History | |
First air date | 1958 (WRIP) |
Former call signs | WUUS, WLMX, WGVT, WRIP |
Former frequencies | WDYN-FM 89.7 MHz |
Call sign meaning | Gospel dynamite |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72374 |
Class | D |
Power | 2,500watts day 45 watts night |
Translator(s) | 94.7 W234CZ (Chattanooga) 94.9 W235AO (Chattanooga) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wdyn.com |
WDYN (980AM) is aradio station broadcasting aChristian radio format. Licensed toRossville, Georgia, the station serves theChattanooga, Tennessee area. The station is currently owned byCarolina University.[2]
The stationsigned on in 1958 as WRIP. Thecall letters were changed to WGVT in December 1986. Next, in February 1989, the station became WLMX. In 1999,Cumulus Broadcasting owned WLMX at 980.[3][4] In 2000, Cumulus sold WLMX and 5 other Chattanooga-area stations toClear Channel Communications.[5] The 980 frequency became thesports talkWUUS.[6]
3 Daughters Media bought WUUS from Clear Channel in a deal announced late in 2006,[7]simulcastingWNGA for some time. In January 2009, WUUS 980 AM broke away from the simulcast, becoming Talk AM 980.
From 1968,WDYN had been located at FM 89.7. In November 2010, Tennessee Temple sold the station's transmitters and frequency toBible Broadcasting Network for $2.5 million asWYBK.[8] The school retained the studio facilities, and continued to broadcast on the internet.
In December 2010, 3 Daughters Media sold WUUS AM 980 for $175,000 toTennessee Temple University for its WDYN signal.[9]
In November 2012, WDYN began broadcasting on atranslator at 94.9 FM.[10]
The station was transferred to Piedmont International University (nowCarolina University) effective August 10, 2015,[citation needed] as part of their merger with Tennessee Temple University.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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W234CZ | 94.7 FM FM | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 200391 | 250 | 28 m (92 ft) | D | LMS |
W235AO | 94.9 FM FM | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 148230 | 99 | 56.8 m (186 ft) | D | LMS |
34°57′54″N85°18′00″W / 34.96500°N 85.30000°W /34.96500; -85.30000