WRNN (AM)
| City | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Branding | ESPN Myrtle Beach |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| First air date | 1965 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 24775 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°42′20.00″N 78°53′23.00″W / 33.7055556°N 78.8897222°W |
| Former callsigns |
WQJM (6/25/2002-4/18/2007) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner |
Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC) |
| Sister stations | WRNN-FM, WYAV, WKZQ, WMYB |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | espnmyrtlebeach.com |
WQJM (6/25/2002-4/18/2007)
WJYR (9/15/2000-6/25/2002)
WRNN (1450 AM) is a Sports talk radio station licensed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, serving the Myrtle Beach area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.
A portion of WRNN's broadcast day was a simulcast of sister station WRNN-FM from 8 PM to 6 AM on weekdays, and throughout the weekend. WRNN previously aired Mike Gallagher, Dr. Laura, Clark Howard, Lars Larson, and a local sports talk program during the daytime and evening hours.
Ham radio operators started WTGR, a 250-watt station at 1520 AM, in 1965. Tiger Radio became "the hallmark radio station" for Myrtle Beach, playing Top 40 and beach music. DJs included Billy Smith, Bill Hennecy, Big Al Irvin, Bill Connell, Bruce Miller, Steve Mims and J. Patrick Milan.
WTGR began a simulcast of WKZQ-FM in the early 1980s and eventually became WKZQ.
Banana Jack Murphy and Bob Scarborough of Waccamaw Media started TigerRadioOnline.com, an Internet radio station, in 2000, with jingles and music from the former WTGR. This station stayed on the air until 2005, operating from Waccamaw Media studios on Wesley Street near what is now Freestyle Music Park.
On December 23, 1996, WKZQ moved to 1450, a frequency vacated in the mid-1980s which once used the letters WMYB, giving the station a nighttime signal (though daytime power was reduced from 5,000 to 1,000 watts), and continuing the FM simulcast, as well as NASCAR. At first, WKZQ played rock. Then it went to sports talk. The station also aired the Atlanta Braves.Tony Kornheiser replaced The Fabulous Sports Babe late in 1999. Also heard on the station at that time were three NFL games each Sunday, Monday Night Football, UNC Tar Heel football and basketball, some East Carolina University games, other Westwood One and CBS college football, and the Charlotte Hornets.
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