Simulcasts WDUN, Gainesville | |
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Broadcast area | Gainesville, Georgia |
Frequency | 102.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | North Georgia's News/Talk AM 550 & FM 102.9 WDUN |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Westwood One Motor Racing Network Performance Racing Network Atlanta Falcons Gwinnett Gladiators Georgia Southern Gainesville High School |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1990 |
Former call signs | WCHM-FM (1990–1990) WMJE (1990–2010) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 32978 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 16,000 watts |
HAAT | 126 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°29′5.00″N83°38′24.00″W / 34.4847222°N 83.6400000°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wdun.com |
WDUN-FM (102.9 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Clarkesville, Georgia, the station serves the Northeastern Georgia area. The station is currently owned by JWJ Properties, Inc., [2] [3] doing business as Jacobs Media Corporation, which also operates WDUN (AM) in Gainesville, Georgia. [4]
The station signed on the air January 9, 1990 as WCHM, and less than a month later became WMJE 102.9FM, "Majic 103FM", with a soft AC format. The station changed format to Contemporary hit radio in 1997, to Hot Adult Contemporary in 2000, to Oldies in 2003, all the while retaining the "Majic" branding. The station changed to "Kool FM" for a short time before dropping its music programming altogether in 2010.
WMJE dropped its music programming on October 4, 2010, and became News/Talk 102.9 WDUN-FM, partially simulcasting sister station News/Talk AM 550 WDUN. [5]
According to FCC records, WDUN-FM had one repeater station, W300BF 107.9 MHz in Commerce, Georgia, owned by Athens Christian Radio, Inc. The repeater callsign has now been removed from the FCC FM Query website.
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