AM History Profile: WREN

History:

WRAG came on in August 1951 along with WRAG-FM (now WZBQ). Before going to their current gospel format, the station had stints as top 40, country and R&B.  In the late 90's the tower was struck by lightning, sending the station off the air for quite some time. Today, the station (owned by Willis Broadcasting Network of Virginia) is alive and kicking with traditional black gospel music. Disc jockey and station manager Willie Washington has been with the station for over 42 years. He currently runs it with another jock, Al Hinton.  Their slogan is "The Mighty 590 AM".

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In December of 2008 the station was reported to have changed calls from WRAG to WREN.