First air date April 2, 1949 Frequency 550 kHz Owner Jacobs Media Corporation Branding News/Talk 550 WDUN | Class B City of license Gainesville Area Atlanta metropolitan area Sister stations WDUN-FM, WGGA | |
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Broadcast area Atlanta metropolitan area Power 10,000 Watts (day)
2,500 Watts (night) Former frequencies 1400 kHz (1949-1953)
1240 kHz (1953-1983) Affiliations Atlanta Falcons Fox News Radio Gwinnett Braves Gwinnett Gladiators Georgia Southern SEC Radio Network Gainesville High School Format Talk radio, All-news radio | ||
WDUN (550 AM), known as "North Georgia's Newstalk", is a News/Talk radio formatted radio station licensed to the city Gainesville, Georgia, in the Atlanta, Georgia radio market. WDUN is licensed as a Class B AM broadcast facility by the Federal Communications Commission operating with 10,000 Watts of power during the daytime using a non-directional antenna signal pattern, and 2,500 Watts during nighttime using a directional antenna pattern. The station is currently owned by JWJ Properties, Inc., doing business as Jacobs Media Corporation, which also operates WDUN-FM in Clarkesville, Georgia.
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Programming
The radio station features locally originated shows the Bill and Joel Morning Show, Morning Talky, and The Ken Coleman Show and Sportstalk with Katie B. Davis as part of its weekday programming line up. Nationally syndicated hosts include Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Dave Ramsey, Mike Gallagher and Jim Bohannon.
WDUN's sports programming includes Georgia Southern Eagles football, Atlanta Falcons football, Atlanta Hawks basketball, and local prep play-by-play coverage covering a ten-county area. In 2009, WDUN became the radio home of the Gwinnett Braves, the AAA minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. As a result, the major league Atlanta Braves games, formerly aired on WDUN, moved to sister station 1240 ESPN Radio. WDUN is also the radio home of the Gwinnett Gladiators, the ECHL affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes with limited games on air and all games streamed at WDUN.Com.
On October 4, 2010, WDUN began simulcasting on WDUN-FM, including WDUN news updates every thirty minutes. WDUN-FM airs Dave Ramsey from noon until three while WDUN-AM airs Rush Limbaugh due to "city of license" contract stipulations.
History
As part of the station's history, "WDUN 550" and sports formatted 1240 ESPN Radio (WGGA) swapped dial positions in the 1983.