WDNC (AM)
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| City | Durham, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area |
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Research Triangle Park |
| Branding | Buzz Sports Radio |
| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 96.5 W243DK (Durham) 99.3 W257CS (Morrisville) |
| Repeater(s) | 99.9-2 WCMC-HD2 |
| First air date | February 1934 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 1,500 watts days 41 watts nights |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 17762 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°58′04″N 78°53′17″W / 35.96778°N 78.88806°W |
| Callsign meaning | W-Durham, North Carolina (city of license) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Radio CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner | Capitol Broadcasting Company |
| Sister stations | WCLY, WCMC-FM, WRAL, WRAL-TV, WRAZ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | espntriangle.com |
WDNC is a sports talk radio station licensed to Durham, North Carolina but based in Raleigh, North Carolina with a frequency of 620 AM. Owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company as part of a cluster with NBC affiliate WRAL-TV, Fox affiliate WRAZ, and sister radio stations WCLY, WCMC-FM and WRAL, the station's studios are in Raleigh, and the transmitter site is in Durham. WDNC and branded 620 the Buzz and is affiliated with the CBS Sports Radio network. In addition, WDNC is the flagship station for the Duke Blue Devils and is the local affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets.
Durham's first radio station went on the air in February 1934, when then-Mayor W.F. Carr and several investors saw the need for a radio station in what was then the state's 3rd-largest city. They bought Wilmington-based 1370 WRAM (formerly WRBT) and moved its license and equipment to studios in Durham atop the Washington Duke Hotel downtown at the corner of Corcoran and Chapel Hill Streets (later known as the Carolina and the Jack Tar Hotel; the structure was imploded in 1975). The newly relocated station signed on with 100 watts at 1500 AM as CBS affiliate WDNC. In 1936, WDNC was purchased by the Herald-Sun Newspapers, publishers of the Durham Morning Herald and The Durham Sun. At this time, the station's studios were moved into the Herald-Sun's building at 138 East Chapel Hill Street, literally next door to the Washington Duke Hotel. In 1938, WDNC increased its power from 100 to 250 watts.
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