WBRN (AM)

WBRN

City of license	Big Rapids, Michigan
Broadcast area	(Daytime) (Nighttime)
Branding	Newsradio 1460 & 107-7 FM WBRN
Frequency	1460 kHz
First air date	1953
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts (Daytime) 2,500 watts (Nighttime)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Big Rapids Michigan
Owner	Mentor Partners
Website	http://www.wbrn.com/

WBRN (1460 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Big Rapids, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1953.

WBRN rebroadcasts on FM translator W299BE at 107.7 MHz in Big Rapids, which makes WBRN the first AM station in Michigan to add an FM translator. The March 2008 addition of W299BE had formerly simulcast sister station WYBR. Mentor Partners also holds a construction permit for a translator at 95.1 FM W236BR in Reed City, which would most conceivably be used to relay WBRN, although WYBR is listed as the primary station on the application.

WBRN carries a mostly syndicated talk radio format affiliated with the Premiere Networks talk lineup on weekdays (Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show and Coast to Coast AM) and Fox News Radio on weekends.

On February 2, 2015, shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge, whose show originates from Tampa, Florida, announced on his morning show that Beasley Broadcast Group, whose stations carry Bubba's program (including his flagship, which was previously WHFS-FM), is finalizing a deal to buy the rights to the callsign WBRN. As the Big Rapids and Tampa stations broadcast on separate bands, WBRN AM would not necessarily have to give up its calls in order for WHFS-FM to use a WBRN-FM call sign.^[1] (For an example, see WPBS.)

References

↑ http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/bubba-the-love-sponge-returns-to-local-radio/2212475

Sources

Michiguide.com - WBRN History

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBRN

Radio-Locator Information on WBRN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBRN

Radio stations in North Central Michigan, including Mount Pleasant, Clare, Big Rapids and Cadillac

By FM frequency	89.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 98.5 100.9 102.3 104.3 104.9 (Alma) 104.9 (Lake City) 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	830 1240 1280 1370 1460 1520

By callsign	WAIR WATT WBHL WBRN WCDY WCEN-FM WCFX WCMU-FM WCZY-FM WDEE-FM WFYC WCKC WGCP WJZQ WKAD WLJW WLJW-FM WLXV WMHW-FM WMLM WMMI WOLW WQBX WQAC WTWS WUPS WWBR

Defunct	WBSQ-LP 105.9 WDEE 1500

Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon Tri-Cities Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Michigan

All-news	WWJ – Detroit

Full-Time News-Talk	WABJ – Adrian WATT – Cadillac WBCK – Battle Creek WBRN – Big Rapids WCHT – Escanaba WDMJ – Marquette WHTC - Holland WILS – Lansing WIOS - Tawas City WJIM – Lansing WJML – Petoskey WJNL – Kingsley/Traverse City WJR – Detroit WJRW – Grand Rapids WKBZ – Muskegon WKHM - Jackson WKZO – Kalamazoo WLDN – Ludington WMIQ – Iron Mountain WMLQ - Manistee WMMI – Shepard/Mt. Pleasant WMKT – Charlevoix/Traverse City WOOD – Grand Rapids WOOD-FM – Muskegon WPNW – Zeeland WSGW – Saginaw WSJM – St. Joseph/Benton Harbor WTCM – Traverse City WTRC – Niles WWCK – Flint WXYT – Detroit WZTK – Alpena

Part-Time News-Talk	WMIC – Sandusky WMPL – Hancock/Houghton WPHM – Port Huron WQTX - St. Johns/Lansing WSGW-FM – Carrollton/Saginaw WDBC - Escanaba WSOO - Sault. Ste. Marie

Defunct	WATZ - Alpena WMTE - Mansitee WNEM - Bridgeport / Saginaw

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 43°39′49″N 85°28′54″W / 43.66361°N 85.48167°W / 43.66361; -85.48167

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