▁and ▁week ends . ▁ ▁W C NN ▁is ▁the ▁flags hip ▁of ▁three ▁all - s ports ▁stations ▁owned ▁by ▁Dic key ▁Broadcast ing , ▁head ed ▁by ▁former ▁C um ulus ▁Media ▁CE O ▁Lew ▁Dic key . ▁W C NN ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁flags hip ▁of ▁the ▁Atlanta ▁Bra ves ▁Baseball ▁Radio ▁Network . ▁ ▁W C NN ▁broadcast s ▁with ▁a ▁power ▁of ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁w att s ▁during ▁the ▁day time , ▁and ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁w att s ▁at ▁night , ▁using ▁a ▁direction al ▁anten na ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁to ▁protect ▁other ▁stations ▁on ▁AM ▁ 6 8 0 ▁including ▁K N BR ▁from ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁ ▁W C NN ' s ▁transmit ter ▁and ▁to wers ▁are ▁located ▁near ▁Nor cross , ▁Georgia , ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁Atlanta . ▁ ▁W C NN ▁is ▁also ▁heard ▁on ▁a ▁ 2 5 0 ▁w att ▁FM ▁transl ator , ▁W 2 2 9 AG ▁at ▁ 9 3 . 7 ▁M Hz . ▁ ▁The ▁station ▁formerly ▁broadcast ▁the ▁audio ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁CNN ▁Head line ▁News ▁channel ▁( h ence ▁its ▁current ▁call ▁sign ), ▁an ▁all - news ▁radio ▁format ▁that ▁the ▁station ▁pione ered ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁re - app eared ▁on ▁the ▁station ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁station ' s ▁history . ▁ ▁History ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁the ▁station