WLTT

Coordinates: 34°9′3.00″N 78°4′48.00″W / 34.1508333°N 78.0800000°W / 34.1508333; -78.0800000

WLTT
City Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Broadcast area Wilmington, North Carolina
Frequency 1180 kHz
First air date July 1, 1989 (as WMYT)
Format Spanish-language music and talk/Christian radio
Power 10,000 watts days only
Class D
Facility ID 25586
Transmitter coordinates 34°9′3.00″N 78°4′48.00″W / 34.1508333°N 78.0800000°W / 34.1508333; -78.0800000
Former callsigns WMYT (1987-2011)
WUIN (2011)
WSFM (2011-2013)[1]
Owner CLI Radio, LLC
Website WLTTradio.com

WLTT (1180 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Carolina Beach, North Carolina. The station serves the Wilmington, North Carolina radio market. The station is owned by CLI Radio, LLC.[2] On weekday mornings and all day on weekends, it airs Spanish-language entertainment and talk shows, along with Christian radio programs in English on weekday afternoons.

Because AM 1180 is a clear-channel frequency reserved for Class A WHAM in Rochester, New York, WLTT must sign-off between sunset and sunrise each day to avoid interference. Its transmitter is located off Governors Road Southeast in Winnabow, North Carolina.[3]

History

On July 1, 1989, the station first signed on as WMYT.[4] It began as a religious radio station, owned by Gulfstream Radio.

Later, WMYT was a Spanish-language Contemporary Christian station known as "Radio Alegre" (Happiness Radio).[5]

Late in 2010, Brian Schimmel of Sunrise Broadcasting said Sea-Comm Media would buy WMYT from Carolina Christian Radio, which bought the WUIN frequency.[6]

The call sign changed to WUIN on January 1, 2011, and later changed to WSFM on January 11, 2011.[1]

The format changed to classical music with the name "Bach FM." During this time, the station was simulcast on an FM translator station at 95.9 MHz. In 2014, the translator station changed to a rebroadcast of sports radio AM 630 WMFD.

On December 2, 2013, WSFM switched to a talk format previously heard on 93.7 and 106.3 FM. Those FM stations switched to a country music format called "The Dude" at 12 noon.[7]

On December 10, WSFM changed its call letters to WLTT, the former call sign of 106.3 FM.[1]

On March 17, 2014, WLTT began simulcasting 103.7 WBNE (now WILT).[8]

On October 21, 2014, WLTT changed to a Christian radio format, branded as "Today's Christian Talk 1180." Later, the format switched to Spanish-language shows on weekday mornings and weekends, while Christian instruction and preaching programs are heard on weekday afternoons.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  2. ↑ "WLTT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WLTT
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990 page B-223
  5. ↑ "WMYT - Radio Alegre 1180 AM Carolina Beach, NC". Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  6. ↑ Royal, Judy (2010-12-01). "Surf 98.3 changing to Coastal Carolina's Modern Rock 98.7". Star-News. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Port City Radio Moves; Dude Launches In Wilmington". radioinsight.com. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  8. ↑ "Wilmington's Bone Fades Away". radioinsight.com. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-04-10.


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