WFLA (AM)

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WFLA

Tampa, Florida
Broadcast area	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Frequency	970 kHz 25.87 MHz (Shortwave)
Branding	Newsradio WFLA
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Conservative talk radio
Affiliations	Fox News Radio NBC News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	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	pre-ZIP code era abbreviation for Florida
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	29729
Class	B
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	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wflanews.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.