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{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WCNN | logo = WCNN logo.png | logo_size = 180px | city = [[Brookhaven, Georgia|North Atlanta, Georgia]] | area = [[Atlanta metropolitan area]] | branding = ''The Fan - 680 and 93.7 FM'' | frequency = {{Frequency|680|[[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]]}} | translator = {{Radio Relay|93.7|W229AG|[[Atlanta]]}} | airdate = {{start date|1965|9|1}} (as WRNG) | format = [[Sports radio|Sports]] | power = 50,000 [[watt]]s day<br>10,000 watts night | class = B | facility_id = 56389 | coordinates = {{coord|33|57|41|N|84|15|47|W|type:landmark}} | callsign_meaning = [[CNN|Cable News Network]]<br>([[Headline News|CNN Headline News]], the former [[news radio]] format carried by the station) | former_callsigns = WRNG (1965β1982)<br>WCNN (1982β1987)<br>WGTW (1987β1988) | affiliations = [[ESPN Radio]] | owner = Dickey Broadcasting Company | sister_stations = [[WIFN (AM)|WIFN]], [[WFOM]] | webcast = [https://www.680thefan.com/listen-live Listen Live] | website = {{URL|https://www.680thefan.com|680thefan.com}} | licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] }} '''WCNN''' (680 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Brookhaven, Georgia|North Atlanta]] and serving the [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-area]] [[radio market]]. It is owned by Dickey Broadcasting and airs a [[sports radio]] [[radio format|format]]. The station is commonly known by the on-air branding as "'''The Fan'''". Local sports shows are heard weekdays with the [[ESPN Radio]] Network airing nights and weekends. WCNN is the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] of the [[Atlanta Braves Radio Network]]. WCNN broadcasts with a power of 50,000 [[watt]]s during the daytime, and 10,000 watts at night, using a [[directional antenna]] at all times to protect other stations on [[AM 680]] including [[KNBR (AM)|KNBR]] from [[San Francisco]]. WCNN's [[transmitter]] and [[mast radiator|tower]]s are located near [[Norcross, Georgia]], northeast of [[Atlanta]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WCNN-AM&h=N Radio-Locator.com/WCNN]</ref> WCNN is also heard on a 250-watt [[FM radio|FM]] [[broadcast relay station|translator]], W229AG at 93.7 [[hertz|MHz]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/W229AG-FX Radio-Locator.com/W229AG]</ref> The station formerly broadcast the audio portion of the [[CNN Headline News]] channel (hence its current [[call sign]]), an [[all-news radio]] format that the station pioneered in the 1980s and re-appeared on the station later in the station's history.<ref name="Atlanta Area AM Radio Stations">[http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/radio/am.html Atlanta Area AM Radio Stations]</ref>
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