WRNE (980
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting an
urban adult contemporary
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format. Licensed to
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is located between Downtown Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, and is part of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,340 at the 2020 census, up from 5,763 at the 2010 census ...
, the station serves the Pensacola area. It is owned by Media One Communications, Inc.
Its studios are in
Ensley, Florida
Ensley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. It is a community in Pensacola, and is located northwest of Pensacola. The population was 23,817 at the 2020 United States census, up from 20,602 at the 2010 Census. It is ...
(with a Pensacola address), and its transmitter is near
Avalon Beach, Florida.
The station was first licensed, as WBOP, on November 27, 1956.
The station's call sign was changed to WCHZ on July 18, 1985.
On July 3, 1986, the station changed its
call sign
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to WFXP and, on December 28, 1990, to WRNE.
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Radio stations established in 1956
Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
1956 establishments in Florida
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