| City of license | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Myrtle Beach |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Format | News talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| HAAT | 108.0 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 24775 |
| Former callsigns |
WQJM (06/25/2002 - 04/18/2007) |
| Owner | NextMedia (Nm Licensing LLC) |
| Sister stations | WRNN-FM, WYAV, WKZQ, WMYB |
| Website | website |
WRNN (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, serving the Myrtle Beach area. The station is currently owned by NextMedia Broadcasting.
A portion of WRNN's broadcast day is simulcast of sister station 99.5 WRNN-FM from 12:00AM-10:00AM. WRNN-AM airs Mike Gallagher, Dr. Laura, Clark Howard, Lars Larson, and a local sports talk program during the daytime and evening hours.
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WMYB was the first radio station in Myrtle Beach in the early 1950s.
Tom Fowler, later vice president for radio with South Carolina Educational Television, made his debut on WMYB the night of the fire that killed three Apollo 1 astronauts. In 2002 he said, "The Teletypes went nuts. I thought we were at war. That was the real start of an adventure."[2]
WMYB's format was adult contemporary during most of its later years, when it used the call letters WQOK and WCSE. The format was oldies in 1985.[3] The letters WKEL were approved but never used, since the station signed off in the late 1980s.
On December 23, 1996, WKZQ-AM moved from 1520 to 1450, giving the station a nighttime signal (though daytime power was reduced from 5000 to 1000 watts), and continuing the FM simulcast, as well as NASCAR. At first, WKZQ-AM played rock.[4] Then it went to sports talk. The station also aired the Atlanta Braves.[5] Tony Kornheiser replaced The Fabulous Sports Babe late in 1999. Also heard on the station at that time were three NFL games each Sunday, Monday Night Football, UNC Tar Heel football and basketball, some East Carolina University games, other Westwood One and CBS college football, and the Charlotte Hornets.[6]
When NextMedia Group bought the station in 2000, the WJYR letters were moved from 92.1 FM, and most of the station's programming was adult standards from the Music of Your Life network.[7] Since few people listened (other stations played similar music), sports talk returned. In 2002, the call letters changed to WQJM.[1] ESPN Radio aired 24 hours a day prior to August 2002 but remained on the station in the overnight hours and on weekends until February 2003;[8] and talk radio other than sports was part of the format. The station now serves as a "companion" to talk station WRNN-FM. Programming includes the morning show hosted by Dave Priest and Tara Servatius.[9]
Ham radio operators started WTGR, a 250-watt station at 1520 AM, in 1965. Tiger Radio became "the hallmark radio station" for Myrtle Beach, playing Top 40 and beach music. DJs included Billy Smith, Bill Hennecy, Big Al Irvin, Bill Connell, Bruce Miller, Steve Mims and J. Patrick Milan.
WTGR began a simulcast of WKZQ-FM in the early 1980s and eventually became WKZQ-AM.[10] On December 23, 1996, WKZQ-AM moved to 1450.[4]
Banana Jack Murphy and Bob Scarborough of Waccamaw Media started TigerRadioOnline.com, an Internet radio station, in 2000, with jingles and music from the former WTGR. This station stayed on the air until 2005, operating from Waccamaw Media studios on Wesley Street near what is now Freestyle Music Park.[10]
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