WDUN (AM)

WDUN

City	Gainesville, Georgia
Broadcast area	Atlanta metropolitan area
Branding	"News/Talk 550 WDUN"
Frequency	550 kHz
First air date	April 2, 1949
Format	News radio/Talk radio
Power	10,000 Watts (day) 2,500 Watts (night)
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	34°20′09″N 83°47′33″W / 34.33583°N 83.79250°W / 34.33583; -83.79250Coordinates: 34°20′09″N 83°47′33″W / 34.33583°N 83.79250°W / 34.33583; -83.79250
Former frequencies	1400 kHz (1949-1953) 1240 kHz (1953-1983)
Affiliations	Atlanta Falcons Fox News Radio Gwinnett Braves Gwinnett Gladiators Georgia Southern SEC Radio Network Gainesville High School
Owner	Jacobs Media Corporation
Sister stations	WDUN-FM, WGGA
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	http://www.wdun.com

WDUN (550 AM), known as "North Georgia's Newstalk", is a News/Talk radio formatted radio station licensed to the city Gainesville, Georgia, in the Atlanta, Georgia radio market. WDUN is licensed as a Class B AM broadcast facility by the Federal Communications Commission operating with 10,000 Watts of power during the daytime using a non-directional antenna signal pattern, and 2,500 Watts during nighttime using a directional antenna pattern. The station is currently owned by JWJ Properties, Inc., doing business as Jacobs Media Corporation, which also operates WDUN-FM in Clarkesville, Georgia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Programming

The radio station features locally originated shows the Bill and Joel Morning Show, Morning Talky, and The Ken Coleman Show and Sportstalk with Katie B. Davis as part of its weekday programming line up. Nationally syndicated hosts include Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Dave Ramsey, Mike Gallagher and Jim Bohannon.

WDUN's sports programming includes Georgia Southern Eagles football, Atlanta Falcons football, Atlanta Hawks basketball, and local prep play-by-play coverage covering a ten-county area. In 2009, WDUN became the radio home of the Gwinnett Braves, the AAA minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. As a result, the major league Atlanta Braves games, formerly aired on WDUN, moved to sister station 1240 ESPN Radio. WDUN is also the radio home of the Gwinnett Gladiators, the ECHL affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes with limited games on air and all games streamed at WDUN.Com.

On October 4, 2010, WDUN began simulcasting on WDUN-FM, including WDUN news updates every thirty minutes. WDUN-FM airs Dave Ramsey from noon until three while WDUN-AM airs Rush Limbaugh due to "city of license" contract stipulations.

History

As part of the station's history, "WDUN 550" and sports formatted 1240 ESPN Radio (WGGA) swapped dial positions in the 1983.

References

↑ "WDUN-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WDUN-FM Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "About Us". AccessNorthGa.com. AccessNorthGa.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

External links

WDUN official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDUN

Radio-Locator Information on WDUN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDUN

Radio stations in the Atlanta, Georgia market

By AM frequency	550 590 610² 640 680 750¹♦ 790 (830) 860 890 920 970 1010² 1040 1080² 1100² (1120) 1160 1190 1230 1270 1290² 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1380 1400 1400 1410 1420 1430 1450 1460 1480 1500 1520 1550² 1570 1600² 1690 ¹Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish (fulltime)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.5♦ 96.1 96.5 96.7 97.1 97.5♣ 97.9 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.5 101.9² 102.3² 102.5 102.9 102.9♣ 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.3² 105.7 106.7 107.1 107.5♣ 107.9 ♣WUMJ simulcasts W275BK ♦WSBB-FM simulcasts WSB AM

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KEC80 WABE WAEC WAFS WALR-FM WAMJ WAOK WAOS WATB WAZX WAZX-FM WBCX WBHF WBZY WCFO WCHK WCLK WCNN WCOH WDCY WDPC WDUN WDWD WFGM WFOM WFSH-FM WFTD WGFS WGKA WGST WHIE WHTA WIFN WIGO WJGA-FM WJSP-FM WJTP WKHX-FM WKKP WLBB WLKQ-FM WLTA WMLB WMVV WMVW WNEA WNIV WNNX WNSY WPBC WPBS WPCG-LP WPLO WPZE WQXI WRAS WRDA WRDG WREK WRFG WSB WSB-FM WSBB-FM WSRV WSTR WTSH-FM WTZA WUBL WUMJ WUWG WVEE WVFJ-FM WWEV-FM WWPW WWWE WWWQ WXEM WXJO WXKT WYAY WYXC WYZE WZGC W233BF W243CE W250BC W255CJ W275BK

Internet radio	99X Atlanta WGHR

Defunct	WERD (860 AM) WGHR (102.5/100.7) WHLE-LP (106.3 FM) WTJH (1260 AM)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 227 Sirius Channel 153 Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Georgia

News & Talk	WALG – Albany WAOK – Atlanta WAYX – Waycross WBLJ – Dalton WBMQ – Savannah WCHM – Clarkesville WCHZ-FM – Warrenton WDAK – Columbus WDMG – Douglas WDUN – Gainesville WGAC – Augusta WGAU – Athens WGIG – Brunswick WGST – Atlanta WJBB – Winder WJRB – Young Harris WKWN – Trenton WLBB – Carrollton WMAC – Macon WRCG – Columbus WRDW – Augusta WSB – Atlanta WSBB-FM – Doraville WSRM – Coosa WTKS – Savannah WTRP – La Grange WVGA – Lakeland WVLD – Valdosta WYAY – Gainesville WYXC – Cartersville

Defunct	WGHC – Clayton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Georgia

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