WYRN (1480 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting an

urban gospel Urban/contemporary gospel, also known as urban gospel music, urban gospel pop, or just simply urban gospel, is a modern subgenre of gospel music. Although the style developed gradually, early forms are generally dated to the 1970s, and the genr ...

urban oldies Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on ...

format. The station is licensed to

Louisburg, North Carolina Louisburg is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,064. The town is located approximately 29 miles northeast of the state capital, Raleigh, and located a ...

, United States. WYRN is owned by Sadie Diana Alston, through licensee A and D Broadcasting, Inc.

History

WYRN signed on September 12, 1958. At one time, WYRN aired the same programming as WKXU, which was previously WHLQ.

Curtis Media Group Curtis Media Group is a broadcast media company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The company owns and operates several North Carolina radio stations and television networks. Broadcast stations Curtis Media Group owns and opera ...

purchased WHLQ and WYRN from Franklin Broadcasting in 2003.

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YRN Franklin County, North Carolina Gospel radio stations in the United States Urban oldies radio stations in the United States CPS Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub