WDYN is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Christian radio

Christian radio

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 format. Licensed to Rossville, Georgia

Rossville, Georgia

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, USA, the station serves the Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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area. The station is currently owned by Tennessee Temple University

Tennessee Temple University

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.

History

The station signed on in 1958 as WRIP. The call letters were changed to WGVT in December of 1986. Next, in February 1989, the station became WLMX. In 1999, Cumulus Broadcasting owned WLMX-AM at 980. In 2000, Cumulus sold WLMX-AM and 5 other Chattanooga-area stations to Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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. The 980 frequency became the sports talk WUUS.

3 Daughters Media bought WUUS from Clear Channel in a deal announced late in 2006, Simulcasting WNGA for some time. In January 2009, WUUS-AM 980 AM broke away from the simulcast, becoming Talk AM 980.

For many years, WDYN

WYBK

WYBK is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by the Bible Broadcasting Network.-History:...

 had been located at FM 89.7. In November 2010, Tennessee Temple sold the station's tansmitters and frequency to Bible Broadcasting Network

Bible Broadcasting Network

The Bible Broadcasting Network is a listener-supported global Christian radio network staffed and headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The programming consists of 50% outside ministries, 30% music and 20% BBN produced programs...

 for $2.5 million as WYBK

WYBK

WYBK is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by the Bible Broadcasting Network.-History:...

. The school retained the studio facilities, and continued to broadcast on the internet.

In December 2010, 3 Daughters Media sold WUUS AM 980 for $175,000 to Tennessee Temple University

Tennessee Temple University

Tennessee Temple University is a four-year private Christian university, with its focus on liberal arts education, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Operating there, also, is Temple Baptist Seminary, the university's graduate school of Christian theology....

for its WDYN signal.