WYBK (89.7 FM) is a non-commercial

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga area and south-central Tennessee. The station is currently owned by the Bible Broadcasting Network.

History

For many years, FM 89.7 was the frequency for WDYN, owned by

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of Chattanooga, Tennessee. WDYN began as the campus station for the then-Tennessee Temple College in 1968. In November 2010, Tennessee Temple sold the station's transmitters and frequency to Bible Broadcasting Network for $2.5 million as WYBK. The school retained the studio facilities, and continued to broadcast on the internet. The school subsequently purchased WUUS (AM 980) from

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for $175,000, and began broadcasting its signal on that frequency on December 4, 2010.

References

External links

* Bible Broadcasting Network YBK {{Tennessee-radio-station-stub