WMTA

WMTA
City Central City, Kentucky
Branding Real Gospel
Frequency 1380 kHz
Format Christian radio
Power 500 watts day
23 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 18947
Transmitter coordinates 37°16′34.00″N 87°8′39.00″W / 37.2761111°N 87.1441667°W / 37.2761111; -87.1441667
Callsign meaning Messenger Times Argus, newspaper[1]
Former callsigns WTBL (1988-?)
Owner Richard Benham
(Giving Hope 2U, LLC)
Website

WMTA (1380 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. It is licensed to Central City, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by Richard Benham, through licensee Giving Hope 2U, LLC.[2][3]

History

The station went on the air as WMTA AM 1380 in January 1955. The station briefly changed its call letters to WTBL AM W)here T)he B)ible L)ives from 1988 to 1990. The station changed its call sign back to the current WMTA a few years later.[4]

The radio station founded in 1955 as the first radio station in Central City and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was founded by the owners of the local weekly newspaper; The Messenger-Times Argus (founded in 1909), brothers, Amos and Larry Stone. The station's call letters were for the newspaper W) M)essenger T)imes A)rgus. The station remained in the original owners hands until 1985 when the station was sold to Thomas Broadcast Engineering of Owensboro, Kentucky which sold the station to WMTA AM 1380, Inc., in 1989. The station remained under that ownership and management until 2004 when it was sold to Faith Broadcasting Company of Evansville, Indiana.

Effective May 18, 2016, Faith Broadcasting sold WMTA to Giving Hope 2U, LLC for $160,000.

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "WMTA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WMTA Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "WMTA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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