WRZN

WRZN
City	Hernando, Florida
Broadcast area	Gainesville-Ocala
Branding	The Sheppard Radio 720 and 1430
Frequency	720 kHz
First air date	June 1989
Format	Christian radio
Power	10,000 watts day 250 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	39769
Transmitter coordinates	28°55′21.72″N 82°22′20.31″W / 28.9227000°N 82.3723083°W / 28.9227000; -82.3723083
Owner	MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC
Sister stations	WDVH, WDVH-FM, WHHZ, WPLL, WTMG, WTMN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theshephardradio.com

WRZN (720 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Christian radio teaching format for the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida media market. Licensed to Hernando, Florida, USA, the station broadcasts from a three tower directional antenna array located off State Highway 200, just north of Hernando.^[1] It is owned by MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC.^[2] Its studios are in a single wide mobile home located next to the transmitter towers on North Roscoe Road. Programming is also simulcast on 1430 WTMN in Gainesville. The stations call themselves "The Shepherd Radio 720 and 1430."

WRZN broadcasts at 10,000 watts by day with a non-directional antenna.^[3] During daytime operation, the station can be heard in Ocala, Gainesville, and Tampa. But at night, the station reduces power to 250 watts, using a directional antenna because 720 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WGN in Chicago.

History

WRZN signed on in June 1989, owned by Management and Marketing Synergy Inc, whose principals were Frank Watson and Clay Brinker. In 2000, the station was sold to Pamal Broadcasting as a part of a multi-station market purchase in the Gainesville-Ocala market. WRZN was purchased by Marc Radio in 2011. In early November 2011, WRZN became Fox News Talk 720. In 2016 it switched to a religious format.

WRZN's logo under its previous news-talk format

References

↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WRZN-AM&h=N
↑ "WRZN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wrzn&nav=&x=0&y=0

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WRZN

Radio-Locator Information on WRZN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WRZN

Radio stations in the Gainesville / Ocala market

By AM frequency	640 850 900 980 1230 1240 1370 1390 1430

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Defunct stations	WCFI

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