Over the years, the station aired programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and later the NBC Radio Network.
The station's current owner, Bristol, Tennessee-based Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation, purchased WABN on May 5, 2004.
[16] Under the new company, original owners Nelson T. Barker and Lindy M. Seamon transferred 25% of their shares to their wives, Ethel and Frances, respectively.
[26] On April 26, 1968, Nelson and Ethel Barker sold their shares of WBBI (and WBBI-FM) to co-owners Lindy and Frances Seamon for $30,000.
[30] In July 1982, Burley Broadcasting began the process of selling WBBI and sister station WABN-FM to Southern Communications, Inc. for $500,000.
[34] In mid-February 1987, Southern Communications agreed to sell WBBI, along with sister station WABN-FM, to Edwards and Sutherland Broadcasting Company for $466,200.
[39] Almost four years later, on November 11, 1999, WABN and WABN-FM were sold to Bristol Broadcasting Company for an unknown sum.
[40][41] Less than two years later, on July 5, 2001, Bristol Broadcasting Company donated WABN to the Abingdon Church of the Nazarene.
[49] The Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation (AECC), based in Bristol, Tennessee, agreed to purchase the station for $50,000.
[2] WABN previously aired a mix of local information and sports, along with the oldies and classic hits music.
WABN produces a local public service program called "Abingdon Talks", which airs on Sundays.
[57] The station broadcasts the entire schedule of Abingdon High School athletics live throughout the year.
[57] Syndicated programs heard on WABN include Earth & Sky[59] and the Old Farmer's Almanac "Radio Report".
[58][61] Mike Cox, a staff meteorologist at AECC, provides local weather forecasts on WABN twice an hour.