Radio WDNG-AM (Newstalk 1450)

WDNG (1450 AM, "Newstalk 1450") is a radio station licensed to serve Anniston, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by WDNG, Inc. It airs a News/Talk format and features programming from ABC Radio.

WDNG slowly shifted to a news/talk format during the mid 1980's and very early 1990s. The station first made a mark playing top forty music with a huge local news focus. Its first morning local talk show featured fiery host Ed Benedict in 1985. In time WDNG moved away from music and to all talk and news. This move was made easier by the stations long time commitment to local news coverage having once operated a three person local news department covering Calhoun and North Talladega Counties. WDNG News was in operation as far back as 1959 under former station owner the late Tom Potts. It was the only Anniston radio station to offer same day coverage of the May 14th, 1961 Freedom Riders bus burning which is considered one of the landmark events of the Civil Rights era. WDNG often had news reports air on the national level by various employees who worked as "stringers" for the networks.