WAYN (900 AM) is a radio station based in
Rockingham, North Carolina. The station plays a variety of
adult contemporary
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and
easy listening
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music. It also carries
Fox Sports Radio
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as well as
North Carolina State University
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football
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and
basketball
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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.
History
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. He was 16 when he started, and still on the air at 76 to celebrate 60 years. Mayor Eugene McLaurin declared Jimmy Smith day in 2001 for his 50th anniversary. Smith retired in 2013 after 62 years.
[Barry Saunders, "Mornings aren't the same in Rockingham without radio voice of Jimmy Smith," '' News & Observer'', October 9, 2013.]
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External links
AYN Ayn may refer to:
* Ayin or , a letter in many Semitic scripts
* Ayn, Savoie, a commune of the Savoie département of France
* Ghayn (Cyrillic) (Ғ,ғ), a letter used in the Bashkir, Kazakh, and Tajik alphabets
* Ayn Rand, Russian-born American no ...
Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Sports radio stations in the United States
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