WTTB
Appearance
Premiere Radio Networks | |
Ownership | |
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Owner |
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WGYL, WJKD, WOSN | |
History | |
First air date | June 7, 1954 |
Call sign meaning | Where The Tropics Begin |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 58947 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°37′12.00″N 80°25′1.00″W / 27.6200000°N 80.4169444°W |
Translator(s) | 105.7 W289CF (Vero Beach) |
Links | |
Website | wttbam.com |
WTTB (1490
radio station licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, and serving the Treasure Coast. It broadcasts a talk radio format
, calling itself "Newsradio 105.7 and 1490." The station is owned by Treausure & Space Coast Radio with the license held by Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC.
WTTB is powered at 1,000
Programming
While most of WTTB's programming is
WPTV
Channel 5.
History
WTTB is one of the oldest radio stations along the Treasure Coast. It
signed on the air on June 7, 1954[3] Although it is widely believed the station's slogan, Where the tropics begin, originated with WTTB, Dr. John Leroy Hutchison has been credited for coining the phrase back in the 1920s–nearly three decades before WTTB went on the air. The phrase was used in the 2009 television series pilot for CBS's Harper's Island.[4]
.During the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the station featured a
full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. By the 1990s, it had ended its music programs and became all-talk
.
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WTTB
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W289CF
- ^ "WTTB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Russ Lemon (April 11, 2009). "Russ Lemmon: Slogan 'Where The Tropics Begin' from early 1920s".
External links
- WTTB in the FCC AM station database
- WTTB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W289CF in the FCC FM station database