WIFN (AM)
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| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Atlanta 103.7 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dickey Broadcasting |
| WFOM, WCNN | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (as WAKE) |
Former call signs | WAKE (1947-?) WIGO (?-1995) WALR (5/12/1995-9/11/2009[1]) |
Call sign meaning | W I FaN |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 1098 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts day/night |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°44′56″N 84°24′27″W / 33.748958°N 84.407423°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.7 W279CZ (Atlanta) |
WIFN ("ESPN Atlanta 103.7 FM"), is an Atlanta AM radio station transmitting on a frequency of 1340 kHz. The station is currently broadcasting a sports format, and is a sister station to WCNN "680 The Fan", running programming from ESPN Radio.
History and ownership[]
The station is co-owned with AM radio stations WCNN AM 680 and WFOM AM 1230. All three stations are owned by Dickey Broadcasting, with studios in Buckhead. The station previously aired a Spanish language sports/talk format and a gospel music format.
As WALR this station simulcast their former sister station WALR-FM (then known as "Kiss 104.7").[1][2]
This station was a simulcast of WFOM on two occasions. In earlier years (as WIGO), the station was a black talk-formatted station with studios located on the west side of the city, and well before that (as WAKE), a well-known rock station, with studios at the Georgian Terrace Hotel on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta.
Facilities and callsign[]
WIFN's transmitting facility and tower is located in southwest Atlanta near the Atlanta University Center campus. Originally as WAKE (now assigned to a station in Valparaiso, Indiana), it broadcast from the Georgian Terrace Hotel. It was later WIGO (calls now on WIGO AM 1570 locally). "WIFN" was previously on a station in nearby Macon, Georgia, which is now WLXF 105.5 there.
References[]
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (17): 92. April 29, 1995.
External links[]
- WIFN in the FCC AM station database
- WIFN on Radio-Locator
- WIFN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W279CZ in the FCC FM station database
- W279CZ on Radio-Locator
- RecNet query for WIFN (AM)
- FCC History Cards for WIFN
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