WTMN
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| Broadcast area | Gainesville-Ocala |
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| Frequency | 1430 kHz |
| Branding | The Shepherd Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian Talk and Teaching |
| Affiliations | SMN News |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC |
| WDVH, WHHZ, WPLL, WRZN, WTMG, WXJZ | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1990 |
Former call signs | WWLO |
Call sign meaning | W TeaMN "Team" for previous sports format |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23022 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 10,000 watts day 45 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°37′27.33″N 82°17′17.7468″W / 29.6242583°N 82.288263000°W |
| Translator(s) | 96.3 W242CS (Gainesville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | theshepherdradio.com |
WTMN (1430 AM) is a commercial radio station in Gainesville, Florida. It is owned by MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC, and broadcasts to the Gainesville-Ocala radio market. WTMN, and its sister station WRZN 720 AM in Hernando, simulcast a Christian talk and teaching radio format.
By day, WTMN is powered at 10,000 watts. But at night, to avoid interference to other stations on 1430 AM, WTMN greatly reduces power to 45 watts. Programming is also heard on FM translator W242CS at 96.3 MHz in Gainesville.[2]
Programming
WTMN and WRZN call themselves "The Shepherd Radio." They are brokered programming stations, where hosts buy time and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. Some national religious leaders heard on WTMN include Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Dr. James Dobson, Tony Evans, David Jeremiah, Charles Stanley, Jay Sekulow and Rick Warren.
WTMN and WRZN also carry The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey live in the afternoon and repeated in the evening. The stations get updates from SRN News.
History
WTMN signed on the air in January 1990. Its original call sign was WWLO.[3] It was a daytimer with 2,500 watts power, and required to be off the air at night. It was diplexed on the WLUS tower (now WDVH) on SE 27th Street in Gainesville. The station initially broadcast an urban contemporary format. That format was moved to sister station 101.3 WTMG in 1993.
After that, several attempts were made to launch a sports radio format. But they were not successful because the dominant Gainesville team, the University of Florida Gators, are heard on AM 850 WRUF, the school's commercial radio station.
WTMN switched to urban gospel music in 2001, and later switched to a Christian talk and teaching format.
In 2003 the station upgraded its daytime power to 10,000 watts and in 2004 the station added 45 watts of night time power.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTMN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W242CS
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-66
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 23022 (WTMN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WTMN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 139043 (W242CS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W242CS at FCCdata.org
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