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{{About|a radio station|the programming language|WSFN (programming language)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WSFN
| logo             = [[Image:WSFN ESPN790-103.7 logo.jpg|150px]]
| city             = [[Brunswick, Georgia]]
| area             = [[Coastal Georgia]] <BR>[[Golden Isles of Georgia]]
| branding         = ''ESPN Coastal Georgia''
| frequency        = {{Frequency|790|[[kHz]]}}
| translator       = 103.7 W279BC (Brunswick)
| airdate          = {{Start date and age|1966|9|1}}
| format           = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power            = 500 [[watt]]s day<br>115 watts night
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 29131
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = 
| affiliations     = [[ESPN Radio]]
| owner            = Southern Media Interactive LLC
| webcast          = [http://player.listenlive.co/62831 Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.espncoastal.com/ espncoastal.com] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WSFN''' (790 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[sports radio|sports]] [[radio station]] in [[Brunswick, Georgia]].   Programming is [[simulcast]] on [[WFNS (AM)|WFNS]] [[1350 AM]] and on [[FM translator]] '''W279BC''' at 103.7 [[Hertz|MHz]]. Southern Media Interactive LLC owns WSFN and also [[WSEG]] in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] and WFNS in 
[[Blackshear, Georgia|Blackshear]].  Most of the programming comes from [[ESPN Radio]].  The station also carries [[Atlanta Braves]] [[MLB|baseball]] games.

By day, WSFN is powered at 500 [[watt]]s.  But to protect other stations on [[790 AM]] from interference, WSFN reduces power to 115 watts at night.

==History==
The station first [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on {{Start date and age|1966|9|1}}<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, p. D-158]</ref>  It went through multiple formats over the years.  In the 2000s, it switched to all [[sports radio]] programming.  "The Fan" SportsRadio 790 WSFN was the first and only full-time, 24-hour all-sports radio station serving Brunswick and [[The Golden Isles of Georgia]].

In March 2013, Southern Media Interactive, LLC, acquired WSFN, WFNS and WSEG.  The company created the Southern Pigskin Radio Network, broadcasting on all five AM/FM stations in the Brunswick, Savannah and Hilton Head [[media market|radio market]]s.

The station is an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of the [[Atlanta Braves Radio Network]], the largest radio network in [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/atl/schedule/affiliates.jsp|title=Affiliate Radio Stations|work=The Official Site of the Atlanta Braves}}</ref>  Regular programming on WSFN is pre-empted when the Braves are playing.

On September 4, 2022, it was announced that Shanks Broadcasting would acquire WSFN and would begin carrying the company's "Sports Superstations" network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Macon’s Sports Superstations To Expand To Savannah & Coastal Georgia |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/240651/macons-sports-superstations-to-expand-to-savannah-coastal-georgia/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2024, WSFN was told by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] that it would be fined $16,200 and would lose the license to run its [[FM translator]] at 103.7&nbsp;MHz.  The FCC said WSFN had committed numerous violations, including being off the air without notifying the FCC, operating from a location not on its license and using equipment not on its license.<ref>[https://rbr.com/multiple-violations-could-cost-one-georgia-am-its-fm-translator/ RBR.com "Multiple Violations Could Cost Georgia AM Its FM Translator" Radio+Television Business Report.  March 14, 2024.]</ref>  WSFN management is considering contesting the fine and translator revocation.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/ESPNCoastalGeorgia/photos/espn-coastal-georgia-wsfn-am-790-fm-1037-is-off-air-we-are-working-as-fast-as-we/1678159952215576/ ESPN Coastal Georgia Facebook]
{{AM station data|29131|WSFN}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|151451|W279BC}}
*{{FXL|W279BC}}

{{Brunswick Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Georgia}}
{{ESPN Georgia}}

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