WDNG is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Anniston, Alabama

Anniston, Alabama

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, USA. The station is owned by WDNG, Inc. It airs a News

News Radio

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/Talk

Talk radio

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 format and features programming from ABC Radio.

The station was assigned the WDNG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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Programming

Local weekday programming includes "On The Air" with Chuck Stricklin and on Saturdays at 3 PM Central, "The Honest Answer" with Marty and Casey Rollins. Notable syndicated programming includes shows hosted by Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

Laura Anne Ingraham is an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator. Her nationally syndicated talk show, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...

, Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz

Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...

, Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...

, Mark Levin

Mark Levin

Mark Reed Levin is a lawyer, author and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. Levin served in the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese...

, Michael Savage

Michael Savage (commentator)

Michael Savage is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...

, and Lars Larson

Lars Larson

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History

WDNG slowly shifted to a news/talk format during the mid 1980's and very early 1990s. The station first made a mark playing top forty music with a huge local news focus. Its first morning local talk show featured fiery host Ed Benedict in 1985. In time WDNG moved away from music and to all talk and news. This move was made easier by the stations long time commitment to local news coverage having once operated a three person local news department covering Calhoun and North Talladega Counties. WDNG News was in operation as far back as 1959 under former station owner the late Tom Potts. It was the only Anniston radio station to offer same day coverage of the May 14th, 1961 Freedom Riders bus burning which is considered one of the landmark events of the Civil Rights era. WDNG often had news reports air on the national level by various employees who worked as "stringers" for the networks.