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| City | North Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Branding | 680 The Fan |
| Slogan | Atlanta's Sports Station |
| Frequency | 680 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 93.7 W229AG (Atlanta) |
| First air date | 1967 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 56389 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°57′42″N 84°15′46″W / 33.961551°N 84.262776°W |
| Callsign meaning |
Cable News Network (CNN Headline News, the former news radio format carried by the station) |
| Former callsigns | WRNG (1967-1982) WCNN (1982-1987) WGTW (1987-1988) |
| Affiliations | NBC Sports Radio |
| Owner | Dickey Broadcasting Company |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 680thefan.com |
WCNN is an AM station broadcasting on a frequency of 680 kHz and serving the Atlanta-area radio market with a sports radio format. The station is commonly known by the on-air branding as "The Fan". The station formerly broadcast the audio portion of the CNN Headline News channel (hence its current callsign) along with some local news and commercials, a news radio format that the station pioneered in the 1980s and re-appeared on the station later in the station's history. WCNN broadcasts with a power of 50,000 watts during the daytime, and 10,000 watts during nighttime, and is actually licensed to serve North Atlanta, with transmitter and towers located near Norcross, Georgia (in the northeastern Atlanta suburbs).
WCNN is the flagship of three all-sports stations owned by Dickey. This station carries a local talk lineup, while WFOM is the affiliate of ESPN Radio and WIFN is the affiliate for Fox Sports Radio.
"680" began in 1967 as WRNG, Atlanta's first talk radio station. The last three letters of the callsign represented the station's branding as "Ring Radio". It was the first broadcast home of talk radio personality Neal Boortz, now on WSB and syndicated nationally. Other, now well known talk radio personalities were also heard on the station, including KGO's Ronn Owens, San Francisco, Southern Humorist Ludlow Porch, and KFYI's Barry Young, Phoenix.
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