WMTA

Infobox Radio station
name = WMTA


city = Central City, Kentucky
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branding = "Real Gospel"
frequency = 1380 kHz
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format = Christian radio
power = 500 watts day
23 watts night
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class = D
facility_id = 18947
coordinates = coord|37|16|34.00|N|87|8|39.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Messenger Times Argus, newspaper [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
former_callsigns = WTBL (1988-?)
owner = Faith Broadcasting Company
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website = * [http://faith1180.com/ faith1180.com]
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WMTA (1380 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Central City, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by Faith Broadcasting Company. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WMTA |title=WMTA Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WMTA|title=WMTA Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

History

The station went on the air as WTBL on January 1 2001. On September 8 2008, the station changed its call sign to the current WMTA. [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=18947&Callsign=WMTA |title=WMTA Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

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.

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*AM station data|WMTA