Frequency | 900 kHz |
---|---|
Branding | Information Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Adult contemporary |
Affiliations | NCNN ( North Carolina News Network) and Fox Sports Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | WAYN Incorporated |
History | |
First air date | September 1946 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 71152 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000
watts (day) 297 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°55′30″N 79°44′35″W / 34.92500°N 79.74306°W |
WAYN (900 AM) is a radio station based in Rockingham, North Carolina. The station plays a variety of adult contemporary and easy listening music. It also carries Fox Sports Radio as well as North Carolina State University football and basketball Games.
With a daytime transmission power of 1,000 watts, and a night time transmission power of 297 watts. WAYN broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. [1]
WAYN signed on in 1946. The first voice heard on the station was that of Robert D. Raiford, who later became a commentator for John Boy and Billy. In 2006, morning host Jimmy Smith celebrated 55 years on the station. [2] He was 16 when he started, and still on the air at 76 to celebrate 60 years. [3] Mayor Eugene McLaurin declared Jimmy Smith day in 2001 for his 50th anniversary. Smith retired in 2013 after 62 years. [4]
Frequency | 900 kHz |
---|---|
Branding | Information Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Adult contemporary |
Affiliations | NCNN ( North Carolina News Network) and Fox Sports Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | WAYN Incorporated |
History | |
First air date | September 1946 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 71152 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000
watts (day) 297 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°55′30″N 79°44′35″W / 34.92500°N 79.74306°W |
WAYN (900 AM) is a radio station based in Rockingham, North Carolina. The station plays a variety of adult contemporary and easy listening music. It also carries Fox Sports Radio as well as North Carolina State University football and basketball Games.
With a daytime transmission power of 1,000 watts, and a night time transmission power of 297 watts. WAYN broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. [1]
WAYN signed on in 1946. The first voice heard on the station was that of Robert D. Raiford, who later became a commentator for John Boy and Billy. In 2006, morning host Jimmy Smith celebrated 55 years on the station. [2] He was 16 when he started, and still on the air at 76 to celebrate 60 years. [3] Mayor Eugene McLaurin declared Jimmy Smith day in 2001 for his 50th anniversary. Smith retired in 2013 after 62 years. [4]