WIFN (AM)


WIFN, is an Atlanta AM radio station transmitting on a frequency of 1340 kHz. The station is currently broadcasting a sports radio format, and is a sister station to WCNN "680 The Fan", running programming from ESPN Sports Radio.

History and ownership

The station is co-owned with AM radio stations WCNN AM 680 and WFOM AM 1230. All three stations are owned by Dickey Broadcasting, with studios in Buckhead. The station previously aired a Spanish language sports/talk format and a gospel music format.
As WALR this station simulcast their former sister station WALR-FM.
This station was a simulcast of WFOM on two occasions. In earlier years, the station was a black talk-formatted station with studios located on the west side of the city, and well before that, a well-known rock station, with studios at the Georgian Terrace Hotel on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta.

Facilities and callsign

WIFN's transmitting facility and tower is located in southwest Atlanta near the Atlanta University Center campus. Originally as WAKE, it broadcast from the Georgian Terrace Hotel. It was later WIGO. "WIFN" was previously on a station in nearby Macon, Georgia, which is now WLXF 105.5 there.