WNTA

For the Newark, New Jersey television station that held the call sign WNTA-TV at channel 13 from 1958 to 1962, see WNET.

WNTA

City of license	Rockford, Illinois
Broadcast area	Rockford, Illinois
Branding	La Movida
Frequency	1330 kHz
Format	Spanish
Power	1,000 watts day 91 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	671
Transmitter coordinates	42°13′32″N 89°2′49″W / 42.22556°N 89.04694°W / 42.22556; -89.04694
Former callsigns	WXTA (1982-1987) WYBR (1987-1988) WRRR (1988-1995)
Owner	Mid-West Family Broadcasting (Mid-Way Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WGFB, WRTB, WXRX, WLMV
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official site

WNTA (1330 AM) is a radio station licensed to Rockford, Illinois, USA. The station serves the Rockford area. The station's programing is focused on Spanish news/talk and music and branded "La Movida." The station is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting.^[1]^[2]

History

WNTA's logo when it was news/talk.

The station was assigned the call letters WXTA on September 23, 1982. On March 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WYBR and on September 1, 1988 to WRRR. On September 18, 1995, the station became the current WNTA.^[3]

On November 11, 2011, WNTA rebranded as "100.5 NTA FM".

On July 26, 2012, WNTA changed their format from news/talk to comedy, branded as "Funny 1330".^[4]

In April 2013, WNTA was sold to Mid-West Family Broadcasting along with its sister stations by Maverick Media. WNTA was promptly flipped to Spanish news & talk/full-service programming as "La Movida" on June 10th at 10 a.m. Much of the programming and personalities are originated from sister station WLMV in Madison, Wisconsin.^[5]

References

↑ "WNTA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81641/maverick-media-sells-eau-claire-rockford-clusters/
↑ "WNTA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/59056/comedy-comes-to-rockford/
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/83747/la-movida-moves-to-rockford/

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WNTA

Radio-Locator Information on WNTA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNTA

Radio stations in the Rockford, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 91.9 92.1 93.3 93.7 95.3 95.7 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 103.1 104.9 106.3 107.3

By AM frequency	1330 1380 1440 1490 1520

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KZZ57 W220BL W263BJ WBEL WBGR-FM WFEN WFPS WGEZ WGFB WHJG-LP WILV WJVL WKGL-FM WLUV WNIE WNIJ WNIU WNTA WQFL WROK WRTB WSEY WSJY WTPB-LP WXRX WXXQ WYRB WZKL WZOK

Nearby radio markets Chicago Dubuque Janesville–Beloit LaSalle–Peru Madison Milwaukee–Racine Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Illinois

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