WTMA
Radio station in Charleston, South Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WTMA (1250 AM), “News Talk 1250 WTMA”, is a commercial radio station licensed to Charleston, South Carolina. It has a news/talk format and is owned by Cumulus Media. WTMA's studios and offices are on Faber Place Drive in North Charleston.[2]
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Broadcast area | Charleston metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1250 kHz |
Branding | News-Talk 1250 AM WTMA |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
Network | ABC News Radio |
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History | |
First air date | June 16, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-06-16) (at 1210 AM) |
Former frequencies | 1210 kHz (1939–1941) |
Call sign meaning | "Where Talk Means Action" (backronym) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72376 |
Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 32°49′27.00″N 80°00′10.00″W |
Repeater(s) | 96.9 WIWF-HD2 (Charleston) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wtma.com |
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By day, WTMA broadcasts with 5,000 non-directional watts. But at night, to protect other stations on 1250 AM, WTMA reduces power to 1,000 watts and switches to a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is off Eton Road in Charleston.[3] The station streams its programming through its website, WTMA.com as well as through iHeartRadio and free smartphone apps.