{"id":631967,"date":"2026-05-09T01:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631967\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:23:13","slug":"radio-training-network-acquires-atlanta-huntsville-florence-signals-from-cumulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631967\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Training Network Acquires Atlanta, Huntsville &#038; Florence Signals From Cumulus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thejoyfm.png\" alt=\"The Joy FM Radio Training Network\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-208048\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/radiotrainingnetwork.com\/stations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Training Network<\/a>, which operates multiple Christian AC networks across the southeast, is purchasing three signals from Cumulus Media for S2.45 million.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Training Network will acquire 97.9 W250BC Atlanta, Classic Country \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.933nashicon.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">93.3 Nash Icon<\/a>\u201d WWFF-FM New Market\/Huntsville AL, and Sports \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1005thegame.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">100.5 The Game<\/a>\u201d WWFN-FM Marion\/Florence SC. The first two signals will likely join RTN\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejoyfm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Joy FM<\/a>\u201d network heard on signals in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia along with individual stations. in Aiken SC and Chattanooga TN. WWFN-FM fits in the footprint of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hisradio.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His Radio<\/a>\u201d heard on stations in North and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/og979-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"OG 97.9 WWWQ-HD3 W250BC Atlanta\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-295843\"  \/>W250BC is currently Classic Hip Hop \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.og979.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OG 97.9<\/a>\u201d rebroadcasting 99.7 WWWQ-HD3 Atlanta. That format has begun simulcasting on 98.9 W255CJ and WWWQ-HD2 replacing the simulcast of Alternative \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/99xatl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">99X<\/a>\u201d 100.5 WNNX College Park on that signal ahead of the sale. Radio Training Network has also entered into a 10 year lease of Cumulus\u2019 101.5 WKHX-HD2 Marietta to feed W250CJ, which had covered the Atlanta market on rimshot 93.3 WVFJ-FM Greenville GA, but its signal into the city has not been as strong since its <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/247343\/wvfj-fm-tower-destroyed-by-tornado\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tower was destroyed<\/a> and rebuilt following a January 2023 tornado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radio Training Network, which operates multiple Christian AC networks across the southeast, is purchasing three signals from Cumulus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-631967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}