WYNR (102.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Brunswick, Georgia/Jacksonville, Florida area. The station is currently owned by

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, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC.

History

The station was assigned the

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WQCW on September 19, 1983. On December 31, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WAYX-FM; on November 1, 1987, to WBGA and on October 8, 2002, to the current WYNR. On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WYNR, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM- FM in

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via Qantum. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

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