WTCL

WTCL
City	Chattahoochee, Florida
Broadcast area	Tallahassee area
Branding	Sunny Radio
Frequency	1580 kHz
First air date	November 1, 1963 (as WSBP)
Format	80s Hits
Power	10,000 watts day
Class	D
Facility ID	37471
Transmitter coordinates	30°40′14.00″N 84°50′0.00″W / 30.6705556°N 84.8333333°W / 30.6705556; -84.8333333
Former callsigns	WSBP (1963-1980) WENO (1980-1988)
Owner	Metz, Inc. (sale pending)

WTCL (1580 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting an 80s hits format. It is licensed to Chattahoochee, Florida, USA, and serves the Tallahassee area. The station is owned by Metz, Inc.^[1]

History

The station's original call sign was WSBP, broadcasting a country format for most of its early history.

The construction permit to build the station was first issued on January 22, 1962. It first signed on November 1, 1963 at 1,000 watts of daytime-only power and under the ownership of Chattahoochee Broadcasting Inc. Emory Pope was the company president.

WSBP was sold to another company, calling itself "Radio Station WSBP" on May 1, 1968. Roscoe Fleetwood served as company president and general manager.

On November 11, 1975, the station changed hands again, this time to Soundway Broadcasting Company, headed by president and general manager Erwin O'Connor. Prior to the sale that year, the FCC approved the station's request to increase the station's daytime power to five thousand watts. The change became effective January 22, 1979.

The call sign changed to WENO on 1980-01-29. on 1988-05-12, the station changed its call sign to the current WTCL.^[2]

WTCL went silent on December 24, 2013 after the collapse of an LMA to a prospective new owner. It has remained silent since then as its current owner seeks a buyer or another LMA offer.

On February 23, 2016 WTCL returned to the air with an 1980s hits format, branded as "Sunny Radio".

References

↑ "WTCL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WTCL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

WSBP facility changes

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WTCL

Radio-Locator Information on WTCL

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTCL

Radio stations in the Tallahassee, Florida market

By AM frequency	730 790 840 930 1070 1240 1270 1330 1400 1410 1450 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 97.3 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9

By callsign	WAKU WANK WANM WAYT WBZE WCVC WFLA-FM WFRF (AM) WFRF-FM WFRU WFSD-LP WFSQ WFSU-FM WGEX WGLF WGMY WGRA WHBT WHBX WHTF WKVH WMGR WPAX WPRY WQTL WSTT WTAL WTCL WTLY WTNT-FM WTSM WUJC WVFS WVFT WWLD WWOF WXSR

Defunct	WJZT 97.9 FM WSBX 1020 AM WWSD 1230 AM

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Florida List of radio stations in Georgia

Daytime-Only radio stations in Florida

Stations	WCVC - Tallahassee WFRF - Tallahassee WJSB - Crestview WKFL - Bushnell WLZR - Melbourne WNTF - Bithlo WNWF - Destin WPGS - Mims WPSO - New Port Richey WSOS - St. Augustine Beach WTCL - Chattahoochee WTIS - Tampa WWBC - Cocoa WYBT - Blountstown WYMM - Jacksonville

Defunct	WINV - Beverly Hills

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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