WRND (AM)
WRND (1370 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format, simulcasting WRND-FM 94.3 FM Oak Grove, Kentucky. Licensed to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC. Its tower and transmitter located on Stateline Road in Oak Grove, Kentucky immediately outside the main gates of the Ft. Campbell, Kentucky military installation.
History
The station went on the air as WABD in 1968 broadcasting a top-40 station appealing to soldiers and their families on Ft. Campbell. In the late 1970s, album rock moved to WABD-FM and the AM became oldies.
The stations were sold in 1986 to Southern Broadcasting of Clarksville, Tennessee, with Tom Cassetty, president and general manager. WABD-FM changed call letters to WCVQ-FM and was upgraded to 100,000 kilowatts with a 950-foot tower and became known as Q-108, a gold-based adult contemporary sound with the urban format moved to the AM. Southern sold the stations to Saga Communications, Inc., the current owner and operator.