WTMY

WTMY
MHz, Sarasota);
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Website	lanumero1.fm

WTMY (1280

radio station, licensed to Sarasota, Florida, and broadcasting a Regional Mexican radio format. It is owned by Tomas Martinez and Mercedes Soler with the license held by Solmart Media, LLC.^[2] The studios are on Honore Avenue in the Fruitville

section of Sarasota.

WTMY is a

FM translator W256DI at 99.1 MHz. The translator's transmitter is on Honore Avenue at Fruitville Road. Programming is also heard on the HD Radio digital subchannel of sister station WZSP at 105.3 FM

-HD2.

History

The station

AM Stereo.^[5] In 2011, the station became a Fox Sports Radio network affiliate

.

In October 2013, the station changed to adult standards and big band hits. The on-air staff included Eugene Dolan, Doug Miles, Smilin' Lou Powers, with shows such as "Big Band Wakeup Call", "Sunshine Music Memories with Smilin' Lou Powers", "Big Band Files with Doug Miles", "The Sounds of Sinatra with Sid Mark", "Milkman's Serenade" with Eugene Dolan, "Those Were the Days" with Danny Lane, "Swing Street" with Kevin Hayes, Artist Spotlight with Doug Miles, contributor Don Henderson, "Your Hit Parade" with Bea Wain and Andre Baruch, and Old Time Radio Classics with Will Rogers. Betty Comora was Creative Director.

"Artist Spotlight with Doug Miles" guests include: Cynthia Sayer, Liz Callaway, Dick Hyman, Patti LuPone, Steve Lawrence, John O’Hurley, Jack Jones, Sandy Stewart, Judy Carmichael, Linda Purl, Sid Mark, Audrey Landers, Deana Martin, Larry Kane, Mark Russell, Stephanie Trick, Kitt Moran, Julie Budd, Ann Hampton Callaway, Dennis Bono, Michael Feinstein, Sarasota Jazz Project Big Band, Ken Loomer Big Band, and Ocean's Eleven Big Band.

On August 8, 2016, the station was sold by Southwest Florida Radio Broadcasting LLC to Solmart Media for $125,000. The format was changed to

FM translator

, W256DI on 99.1 MHz.

References

^ "Gary McHenry". Retrieved 2023-09-13.
^ "Station Search Details".
^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Sarasota Herald Tribune". Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ "WTMY - A History". Retrieved 2023-09-13.

External links

WTMY in the FCC AM station database
WTMY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Doug Miles

[1] "Gary McHenry". Retrieved 2023-09-13.

[2] "Station Search Details".

[3] "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".

[4] "Sarasota Herald Tribune". Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[5] "WTMY - A History". Retrieved 2023-09-13.

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