WDYN (980 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Rossville, Georgia Rossville is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,980 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office has been in operation at Rossville since ...

, the station serves the

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

area. The station is currently owned by

Carolina University Carolina University (CU), formerly Piedmont International University (PIU), is a private Christian university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Carolina University offers both residential and online programs including dual enrollment, undergradu ...

History

The station signed on in 1958 as WRIP. The call letters were changed to WGVT in December 1986. Next, in February 1989, the station became WLMX. In 1999,

Cumulus Broadcasting Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...

owned WLMX at 980. In 2000, Cumulus sold WLMX and 5 other Chattanooga-area stations to

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. The 980 frequency became the

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WUUS.

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bought WUUS from Clear Channel in a deal announced late in 2006, simulcasting WNGA for some time. In January 2009, WUUS 980 AM broke away from the simulcast, becoming Talk AM 980. From 1968,

WDYN WDYN (980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Rossville, Georgia, the station serves the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. The station is currently owned by Carolina University. History The station signed on i ...

had been located at FM 89.7. In November 2010, Tennessee Temple sold the station's transmitters and frequency to

Bible Broadcasting Network The Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN) is a listener-supported global Conservative Christian radio network staffed and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was founded in 1971 by Lowell Davey, who was the network's president until his de ...

for $2.5 million as

WYBK WYBK (89.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga area and south-central Tennessee. The station is currently owned by th ...

. 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 to

Tennessee Temple University Tennessee Temple University was a private Christian university in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Temple Baptist Seminary was the university's graduate school of Christian theology, also operating in Chattanooga. The university merged with Piedmont Inter ...

for its WDYN signal. In November 2012, WDYN began broadcasting on a

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at 94.9 FM.WDYN Returns to the FM
/ref> The station was transferred to Piedmont International University (now

) effective August 10, 2015, as part of their merger with Tennessee Temple University.

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References

External links

wdyn.com
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