WTMA
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| City | Charleston, South Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Charleston Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | News-Talk 1250 AM WTMA |
| Slogan | The Lowcountry's Big Talker |
| Frequency | 1250 kHz |
| First air date | June 16, 1939 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Where Talk Means Action. |
| Former frequencies | 1210 kHz (1939-1941) |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One Network Westwood One News |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WSSX, WIWF, WWWZ |
| Website | WTMA.com |
WTMA (branded as News Talk 1250 WTMA) is an AM radio station licensed to Charleston, South Carolina with a Talk radio format. This station operates on 1250 kHz and is under the ownership of Cumulus Media. WTMA airs a local news and interview morning show hosted by Charlie James. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows from Cumulus subsidiary Westwood One Networks. They include Chris Plante, Clark Howard, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, John Batchelor, Red Eye Radio and First Light. Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate and gardening, with syndicated shows from Larry Kudlow, Bob Brinker and repeats of weekday shows. Each hour begins with Westwood One News.
WTMA broadcasts with 5,000 non-directional watts of power during the day and 1,000 directional watts of power at night. The station streams its programming through its website, WTMA.com as well as through iHeart Radio and free smartphone apps. WTMA's studios and offices are on Faber Place Drive in North Charleston. The transmitter is off Eton Road in Charleston.
WTMA began its broadcasting activities on June 16, 1939 as an NBC affiliate and is the Charleston, SC area's second oldest AM radio station. Of those two, WTMA is the only one to maintain its current call letters. In 1945, it added an FM sister station which today is 95.1 WSSX.
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