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Radio station in Tampa, Florida, United States

WTIS Tampa, Florida United States Broadcast area Tampa Bay Frequency 1110 kHz Branding La Mega Tampa Bay Programming Format Spanish Contemporary hits Ownership Owner George & Esperanza Arroyo (Q-Broadcasting Corporation, Inc.) Sister stations WAMA, WLBE History First air date December 11, 1946; 79 years ago (1946-12-11) Former call signs WALT (1946–1970) WQYK (1970–1976) Call sign meaning "Tampa Inspirational" (based on previous format) Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 74088 Class D Power 10,000 watts (day) 5,500 watts (critical hours) Transmitter coordinates 27°55′06.00″N 82°23′42.00″W / 27.9183333°N 82.3950000°W / 27.9183333; -82.3950000 Translators 101.1 W266CW (Tampa) 96.1 W241DH (Riverview) Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Website www.lamegatampa.com

**WTIS** (1110 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a radio station icensed to [Tampa, Florida](/source/Tampa%2C_Florida), it serves the Tampa Bay area. The station is currently owned by Esperanza Arroyo, through licensee Q-Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. WTIS also broadcasts on FM translators, **W266CW** 101.1 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting) in Tampa, and **W241DH** 96.1 FM in [Riverview](/source/Riverview%2C_Florida). Its transmitter and tower are co-located with its sister station, [WAMA](/source/WAMA_(AM)).

WTIS is a [daytimer](/source/Daytimer) station, to protect clear-channel stations [WBT](/source/WBT_(AM)) in [Charlotte, North Carolina](/source/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina), and [KFAB](/source/KFAB) in [Omaha, Nebraska](/source/Omaha%2C_Nebraska), it must sign off the air at sundown.

## History

W. Walter Tison applied on January 31, 1946, to build a new radio station in Tampa. The application was amended in April to specify the daytime-only frequency of 1110 kHz, and the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) approved on July 18, provided Tison divested his interest in Tampa station [WFLA](/source/WFLA_(AM)).[2] WALT went on the air on December 11, 1946.[3] Tison would go on to found television station [WTVT](/source/WTVT).

WALT was a pioneer [Top 40](/source/Top_40) station in the Tampa area. In the 1960s, a weekly Sunday afternoon broadcast from Tampa Municipal Beach entitled *Beach Party* featured *The Littlest DJ*, Ricky Barone, later known as [Richard Barone](/source/Richard_Barone) of [The Bongos](/source/The_Bongos).

In 1970, Suncoast Radio, the owners of future [WQYK-FM](/source/WQYK-FM) 99.5, bought WALT and relaunched it as a [country music](/source/Country_music) station, WQYK. The signal was [simulcast](/source/Simulcast) with WQYK-FM until 1976, when the AM station was sold to a religious broadcaster and its [call letters](/source/Call_letters) changed to WTIS. (The WALT callsign would later be reassigned to [AM](/source/WMOG_(AM)) and [FM](/source/WALT-FM) stations in [Meridian, Mississippi](/source/Meridian%2C_Mississippi).)

In addition to its regular religious programming, WTIS aired *The Debra Evans in the Morning Show*, *The [Herman Cain](/source/Herman_Cain) Show*, *The Pete O'Shea Show* and *The Adam Smith Show*.

On January 1, 2017, WTIS notified the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) that it had suspended operations on December 31, 2016, because it had lost its lease to the transmitter site, located near the intersection of 50th Street and Causeway Boulevard in the [Palm River-Clair Mel](/source/Palm_River-Clair_Mel) area of [Hillsborough County](/source/Hillsborough_County%2C_Florida). It requested authorization to remain off the air for six months while it searched for a new site. The authorization was granted on January 18, 2017.[4] The station has since been sold to Q Broadcasting Corporation, the owners of WAMA 1550 kHz. The station would return to the air with an oldies pop music format as "Timeless 1110 and 101.1", but would very soon flip to a Spanish-language [Salsa](/source/Salsa_music) and [Merengue](/source/Merengue_music) format, with an announcement that they would change to a more general Spanish-language format on April 30, 2018.

On April 30, 2018, WTIS flipped to Spanish Variety (Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Spanish Pop and Rock).

George Arroyo died on October 25, 2022, leaving ownership of WTIS/W266CW to Ezperanza Arroyo.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-74088_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WTIS"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=74088). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hc_2-0)** ["History Cards for WTIS"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=67462). [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission). ([Guide to reading History Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tamp461211_3-0)** ["New Radio Station"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100034184/new-radio-station/). *The Tampa Times*. Tampa, Florida. December 11, 1946. p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["FCC Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA"](https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101748073&formid=910&fac_num=74088). *United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["George Arroyo: fallece un pionero de la radio hispana en Florida Central"](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2022/10/27/george-arroyo-fallece-un-pionero-de-la-radio-hispana-en-florida-central). *Orlando Sentinel*. October 27, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

## External links

- [Facility details for Facility ID 74088 (WTIS)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=74088) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WTIS](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=WTIS) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- ["History Cards for WTIS"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=67462). [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

**FM translator**

- [Facility details for Facility ID 156390 (W266CW)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=156390) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [W266CW](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W266CW&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in the Tampa Bay area of Florida This region includes the cities Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. By AM frequency 570 620 680 760 820 860 910 970 1010 1040 1110 1150 1250 1300 1340 1350 1380 1400 1450 1470 1500 1520 1550 1590 16201 By FM frequency 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.1 91.5 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.5 104.7 105.5 106.3 106.5 107.3 LPFM 90.1 96.3 WBPU-LP WSCQ-LP WURK-LP 96.5 WCWR-LP WSPE-LP 96.7 WMTB-LP WZPH-LP 99.1 WUJM-LP WVVD-LP 100.1 WGGF-LP WGPY-LP WVVF-LP 101.1 101.9 102.1 WPBW-LP WWFH-LP 104.1 105.1 106.9 107.9 WPHC-LP WNRH-LP WZWC-LP Translators 90.9 91.9 92.1 92.3 92.9 93.7 W229BM W229DJ 94.5 W233AV W233CV 95.3 96.1 96.7 W244BE W244EG 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.3 100.9 101.1 101.9 W270DH W270DU 102.1 102.9 103.1 103.9 W280DK W280DW 104.3 W282CC W282CI 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.7 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.45 162.55 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 1150 88.5-1 88.5-2 88.5-3 88.5-4 89.7-1 89.7-2 90.5-1 90.5-2 90.5-3 92.5-1 92.5-2 92.9-1 92.9-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 94.1-1 94.9-1 94.9-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 95.7-3 96.1-1 96.1-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.7-1 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.7-1 100.7-2 100.7-3 101.5-1 101.5-2 102.5-1 102.5-2 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.7-1 104.7-2 105.5-1 105.5-2 106.5-1 106.5-2 106.5-3 107.3-1 By call sign "Bulls Radio"1 KEC38 KHB32 W215CJ W220EK W221DW W222CI W225CQ HD2 W229BM W229DJ W233AV W233CV W237CW W241DH2 W244BE W244EG W248CA W252DF W256CT W262CP W265BJ W266CW W270DH W270DU W271DL W275AZ W276CX W280DK W280DW W282CC W282CI W290BJ W291CW W295CF W299CI WAMA WBPU-LP WBTP HD2 HD3 WBVM HD2 HD3 WCIE WCWR-LP WDAE WDAE-FM HD2 HD3 WDCF WDUV HD2 WFLA WFLZ HD2 WFUS HD2 WGES WGGF-LP WGHR WGPY-LP WGUL WHBO WHNZ WHOT WHPT HD2 WJBR WKES WKVZ WLCC WLLD WMGG WMNF HD2 HD3 HD4 WMTB-LP WMTX HD2 HD3 WPBW-LP WPHC-LP WPSO WQBN WQTA-LP WQYK-FM HD2 WRBQ-FM HD2 WSCQ-LP WSDX-LP WSPE-LP WSUN HD2 WTAN WTBN WTWD WTBV HD2 WTEC-LP WTIS WTMP WTMP-FM HD2 WUJM-LP WURK-LP WUSF HD2 WVVD-LP WVVF-LP WWBA WWFH-LP WWJB WWMI WWRM HD2 WWZT-LP WXGL WXJB WXPP-LP WXTB HD2 WXYB WYFE WYUU HD2 WZHR WZIG-LP WZPH-LP WZWC-LP WYPW-LP Defunct WFTI-FM (91.7 FM) WGBP "WKID" (96.7 FM)1 WPCQ-LP (96.3 FM) WSUN (620 AM) Radio stations in Central Florida Daytona Beach Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne Orlando Tampa Bay Other nearby regions Gainesville/Ocala Sarasota Sebring-Arcadia See also List of radio stations in Florida Notes 1. Part 15 station with notability. 2. Station is silent.

v t e Daytime-only radio stations in Florida Active Bithlo WNTF Blountstown WYBT Bushnell WKFL Chattahoochee WJXO Cocoa WWBC Crestview WJSB Destin WPNS Jacksonville WYMM Mims WPGS New Port Richey WPSO St. Augustine Beach WSOS Tallahassee WCVC WFRF Tampa WTIS Defunct Beverly Hills WINV Crescent City WBAS Melbourne WLZR Perry WGKR 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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