WFLA (AM)

WFLA
Broadcast areaTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Frequency
BrandingNewsradio WFLA
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatConservative talk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WDAE, WFLZ-FM, WFUS, WHNZ, WMTX, WRUB, WXTB
History
First air date
1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Former call signs
  • WGHB (1925–1927)
  • WFHH (1927)
  • WFLA (1927)
  • WFLA-WSUN (1927–1937)
Former frequencies
  • 1130 kHz (1925–1927)
  • 590 kHz (1927–1929)
  • 620 kHz (1929–1941)
  • 940 kHz (1941)
Call sign meaning
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29729
ClassB
Power
  • 25,000 watts day
  • 11,000 watts night
  • 100 watts (KPM360 - Shortwave)
Transmitter coordinates
28°01′14″N 82°36′34″W / 28.02056°N 82.60944°W / 28.02056; -82.60944
Translator(s)See § Translators
Repeater(s)97.9 WXTB-HD2 (Clearwater)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewflanews.iheart.com

WFLA (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay media market. The station airs a news/talk format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located on Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa.[2]

WFLA broadcasts by day at 25,000 watts, reducing power to 11,000 watts at night. (For most of its history, from the 1940s to the early 2000s, it ran at 5,000 watts.) It uses a directional antenna at all times. The main transmitter site is off Montague Street in Town 'n' Country, Florida.[3] Programming is also heard on two FM translators, 94.5 MHz in Gulfport and 99.1 in Bayonet Point.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFLA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ WFLAnews.iheart.com/contact
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WFLA-AM