WMPS

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WMPS
Broadcast area Memphis metropolitan area
Frequency 1210 kHz
BrandingSunny 1210 & 103.1
Programming
Format
Ownership
Owner
  • Flinn Broadcasting Corporation
  • (Arlington Broadcasting Company)
KXHT, WHBQ, WHBQ-FM, WMSO, WOWW
History
First air date
August 19, 1986 (1986-08-19)
Former call signs
  • WGSF (1981–2000)
  • WTCK (2000–2004)
  • WWCZ (2004)
Call sign meaning
taken from the former WMPS in Memphis
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 2802
Class B
Power
  • 10,000 watts (day)
  • 250 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
35°15′40.00″N89°49′50.00″W / 35.2611111°N 89.8305556°W / 35.2611111; -89.8305556
Translator 103.1 W276BH (Memphis)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website sunny1210.com

WMPS (1210 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bartlett, Tennessee, United States, and serving the Memphis metropolitan area. [2] Owned by Flinn Broadcasting, it airs an adult standards and soft oldies format branded "Sunny 1210 & 103.1". WMPS's studios are on Mount Moriah Road Extension at Ridgeway Road in Memphis, and the transmitter is on Rockyford Road at Walker Farms in Bartlett.

Contents

The station also simulcasts over FM translator W276BH (103.1 FM) in Memphis and streams online.

History

The station signed on the air on August 19, 1986, as WGSF, licensed to Arlington, Tennessee. [3] WGSF was owned by the Arlington Broadcasting Company. In the 1980s, Fred Flinn became the general manager of the station and would later acquire the station as part of his Flinn Broadcasting Corporation. In the late 1980s, WGSF's city of license was switched to Bartlett, Tennessee, and its call letters changed to WMPS.

WMPS originally carried the "Music of Your Life" syndicated adult standards format, [4] later switching to adult contemporary music. [5] Under Flinn Broadcasting ownership, the station returned to a standards format mixed with soft oldies, primarily from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, programmed in-house.

Logo when simulcasting on KHGA WMPS Sunny1210-103.1-103.9 logo.jpg
Logo when simulcasting on KHGA

FM translator

Broadcast translator for WMPS
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W276BH103.1FM Memphis, Tennessee 149184250D LMS

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WMPS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WMPS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-289, Broadcasting & Cable
  4. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  5. "Markets: Memphis". radio-info.com. Retrieved March 16, 2011.