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The Essentials
Frequency: Formerly 1270am
Frequency: 104.7fm
City of License: Elkhart
Metro(s): South Bend
Power: AM: 5000 watts - Day, 1000 watts - Night (DA-2) (Class B) FM: 50,000 watts @ 459 feet (Class B)
Format: AM: Southern Gospel, FM: Religious
Address: P.O. Box 307, Elkhart, IN 46515-0307
Address: 25802 County Road 26, Elkhart, IN 46517-9132
Phone: 574.875.5166
FAX: 574.875.6662
Ownership: Progressive Broadcasting System, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): Ambassador, Focus, IRN/USA News
Web Presence: http://www.wfrn.com
Notes: FM translators: W236BD,
W241AD,
W242BH,
W243AJ,
W248AP,
W258BD,
W262AF,
W262AU,
W266AE,
W270BL,
W272BZ,
W273BM,
W291BQ,
W292DO and
W294AJ
Station Personnel
Current
President & GM: Ed Moore
Station Manager: Bob Dawson
OM: Bob Dawson
PD: Jim Carter
MD: Doug Moore
News Director: Ron Bedward
Mornings: Doug (6am - 9:30am)
Mornings: Vincy (6am - 9:30am)
Middays: Cody Collier
Afternoons: Jim Carter (3:00pm - 7:30pm)
Nights: Martha Hadley
Former
SM: Steve Randolph
PD: Roger Booth
PD: Randy Young (October 1999 - ?)
News Director: Don Wagner
Pete Probst (Now APD/MD at WETL)
Station History
Previously WCMR, WFRN signed on in 1979. WFRN has a
great history up on the web at: http://wfrn.com/wfrn/story.php
WFRN(AM)
1270am signed on March 16, 1956. WFRN(AM) flipped formats in January 2003
to more of a southern gospel and talk feel. WFRN's calls stand for "Friend."
In June 2008, 1270am became WCMR.
WFRN-FM
104.7fm signed on June 10, 1963. Formerly WXAX.
For Further Reading...
"WFRN format stays." Elkhart Truth. 1 September 2001. Page C1.
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