WTMN

WTMN (1430 AM) is a commercial radio station in Gainesville, Florida. It is owned by MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC, and broadcasts to the Gainesville-Ocala radio market. WTMN, and its sister station WRZN 720 AM in Hernando, simulcast a Christian talk and teaching radio format.

WTMN

Gainesville, Florida
Broadcast area	Gainesville-Ocala
Frequency	1430 kHz
Branding	The Shepherd Radio
Programming
Format	Christian Talk and Teaching
Affiliations	SMN News
Ownership
Owner	MARC Radio Gainesville, LLC
Sister stations	WDVH, WHHZ, WPLL, WRZN, WTMG, WXJZ
History
First air date	January 1990; 35 years ago (1990-01)
Former call signs	WWLO
Call sign meaning	W TeaMN "Team" for previous sports format
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23022
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts day 45 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	29°37′27.33″N 82°17′17.7468″W
Translator(s)	96.3 W242CS (Gainesville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theshepherdradio.com

By day, WTMN is powered at 10,000 watts. But at night, to avoid interference to other stations on 1430 AM, WTMN greatly reduces power to 45 watts. Programming is also heard on FM translator W242CS at 96.3 MHz in Gainesville.^[2]

Programming

WTMN and WRZN call themselves "The Shepherd Radio." They are brokered programming stations, where hosts buy time and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. Some national religious leaders heard on WTMN include Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Dr. James Dobson, Tony Evans, David Jeremiah, Charles Stanley, Jay Sekulow and Rick Warren.

WTMN and WRZN also carry The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey live in the afternoon and repeated in the evening. The stations get updates from SRN News.

History

WTMN signed on the air in January 1990; 35 years ago (January 1990). Its original call sign was WWLO.^[3] It was a daytimer with 2,500 watts power, and required to be off the air at night. It was diplexed on the WLUS tower (now WDVH) on SE 27th Street in Gainesville. The station initially broadcast an urban contemporary format. That format was moved to sister station 101.3 WTMG in 1993.

After that, several attempts were made to launch a sports radio format. But they were not successful because the dominant Gainesville team, the University of Florida Gators, are heard on AM 850 WRUF, the school's commercial radio station.

WTMN switched to urban gospel music in 2001, and later switched to a Christian talk and teaching format.

In 2003 the station upgraded its daytime power to 10,000 watts and in 2004 the station added 45 watts of night time power.