WWNN

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WWNN
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Broadcast area
Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach
[[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]]1470 kHz
BrandingRadio Shekinah International
Programming
LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from textHaitian Creole
FormatChristian radio
Ownership
OwnerShekinah Radio International, LLC
History
First air date
April 4, 1959; 67 years ago (1959-04-04)
Former call signs
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  • WPOM (1959–1963)
  • WRBD (1963–1997)
Call sign meaning
Winners News Network (former branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
73930
ClassB
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  • 30,000 watts day
  • 2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
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Public license information
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WWNN (1470 kHz) is a radio station licensed to Pompano Beach, Florida, United States, and serving Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The station is owned by Shekinah Radio International, LLC, and known as Radio Shekinah International.

By day, WWNN is powered at 30,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array to avoid interfering with stations in the Miami area on 1450 and 1490 kHz. At night, to further reduce interference to other stations, the power is reduced to 2,500 watts. The transmitter is on NW 44th Street, near Florida's Turnpike, in Tamarac.

The 1470 frequency has had a varied history, being built in 1959 as WPOM by Gold Coast Broadcasters. It changed its call sign to WRBD in 1963 and oriented itself toward the Black community in Broward County and was the market's first Black-owned station. Citing low ratings and competition from FM outlets, its owners sold it in 1997 to Howard Goldsmith. Goldsmith moved the "Winners News Network" format of health talk and personal motivation programming from the previous WWNN at 980 kHz. Beasley Broadcast Group retained the format when it acquired the station in 2000; in 2019, when two of its sister stations were sold, WWNN took on the financial talk programming previously heard on WSBR (740 AM). Beasley sold WWNN in 2022, marking the first of five sales in two years; in one transaction, the station's two associated FM translators were separated. Shekinah Radio acquired WWNN in 2023.

History

WPOM

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WPOM studio and vehicles, c. 1961–1963

In 1958, Gold Coast Broadcasters was granted a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) It was given the call sign WPOM. The daytime-only station signed on the air on April 4, 1959.[2] Almardon, Inc., acquired WPOM in 1961,[3] and the station became an ABC radio affiliate.[4]

WRBD

In May 1963, WPOM became WRBD ("Radio Broward").[5] The studios were on Rock Island Road in Tamarac.[6] Four months later, WRBD became the first radio station in Broward County oriented to the local African American community.[7] It featured South Florida radio legends like Joe Fisher, "The Crown Prince" and "The Mad Hatter".[8]

WRBD's Radio Broward designation turned into "Rockin' Big Daddy" as the format changed.[6]Template:R/superscript[9]Template:R/superscript A similarly formatted FM sister station, the mostly automated WRBD-FM 102.7, launched in December 1969.[6]Template:R/superscript It became WCKO in 1971, playing disco music, and remained Black-oriented throughout the 1970s. The pair became charter affiliates of the Mutual Black Network in 1972.[10]

Rose Broadcasting acquired WRBD and WCKO for $2 million in 1978. The new owners flipped the disco-formatted FM to album-oriented rock as "K-102" the next year, to reduce overlap between the two stations' target markets.[11]

Rose owned the two stations until their acquisition by Sconnix Broadcasting in 1985, a $7 million deal.[12] Sconnix replaced WCKO's rock format with adult contemporary as WMXJ that March.[13] In 1986, an investor group led by John Ruffin, a Black supermarket executive, acquired the AM station from Sconnix for $2 million; the sellers retained WMXJ.[14][7]Template:R/superscript WRBD thus became the first Black-owned radio station in South Florida.[9] The split resolved a culture clash between the mostly Black AM staff and the white FM staff, much of which Sconnix had imported from other markets the year prior;[13]Template:R/superscript Ruffin renovated the neglected studios.[3]Template:R/superscript By 1991, however, facing financial difficulties and heavy competition from FM stations, WRBD had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[8]Template:R/superscript

James Thomas ("James T") and Jerry Rushin bought the station from Ruffin in 1992.[9]Template:R/superscript

WWNN

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Logo as "WNN"

In 1997, citing competition from FM stations that were obtaining higher ratings,[15] WRBD's ownership, including Rushin, sold the station to Howard Goldsmith, owner of WSBR (740 AM) and WWNN (980 AM). Rushin then went on to become the general manager of WEDR (99.1 FM). James T had been a DJ on WRBD early in his career. The health talk and motivational programming of WWNN, established as the "Winner's News Network" in 1987, moved from the 980 signal to 1470 AM; 980 became a primarily Haitian ethnic station as WHSR. Beasley Broadcast Group of Naples acquired Goldsmith's three broadcasting outlets in 2000 for $18 million.[16]

WWNN retained the "WNN" name and branded as "Your Health and Wealth Network" until early 2019, when it changed its imaging to "WWNN, South Florida's Talk".

South Florida's MoneyTalk Network

Co-owned WSBR (740 AM) and WHSR concurrently ceased operations at midnight on December 1, 2019, in order to allow for the sale of the associated transmitter site for both stations to Parkland, Florida for $7,100,000. The city had announced plans in September 2019 to develop a 36-acre park on the land.[17]

WWNN absorbed WSBR's imaging, becoming "South Florida's MoneyTalk Network", and much of its programming. It also began broadcasting over its two translators in Boca Raton (W280DU 103.9) and Lauderdale Lakes (W245BC 96.9).[18][19]

Five owners in two years

On February 2, 2022, Beasley sold WWNN and its two translators to Marco Broadcasting.[20] The sale was consummated on April 1, 2022, at a price of $1.25 million.

On May 25, 2022, Marco sold WWNN and its two translators to Vic Canales Media Group.[21] On July 5, 2022, the station added oldies music as "Oldies 95.3/96.9", with music from The True Oldies Channel.[22] The sale to Vic Canales Media Group was consummated on August 19, 2022, at a price of $1.45 million. Canales kept the translators, selling WWNN itself to Radio Activa Media Group in August 2023 for $450,000. Months later, it was sold to Shekinah Radio International LLC, affiliated with the Tabernacle of Glory Church, for $675,000.[23]

References

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  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FCC Approved; Pompano Beach Station Goes On Air". Fort Lauderdale News. April 5, 1959. p. 3-B. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Syracuse Addition Brings ABC Radio Affils to 385". Variety. October 18, 1961. p. 30. Template:ProQuest.
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  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cherry, Alan (May 4, 1979). "Radio stations switch formats so listeners won't switch dial". Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel. pp. TV 12, 13. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Demarest, Lynn (March 5, 1986). "Group of black investors buys station WRBD". Miami Herald. p. 6BR. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rusnak, Jeff (April 3, 1997). "Changes at WRBD". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. p. 3E. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
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  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Week In Parkland Government: September 9–13". ParklandNews.net. September 9, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019. 24.38 acres located at 8400 Nob Hill Board on the northeast corner of Hillsboro Boulevard and Nob Hill Road. Purchase price $7,100,000 using available reserves for capital. This purchase would allow for the development of a future park consisting of 36 total acres.
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  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vic Canales Media Group Acquires WWNN". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oldies Comes To Fort Lauderdale". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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