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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WTMP
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| city = [[Egypt Lake, Florida]]
| area = [[Tampa Bay Area]]
| branding = '''''WTMP AM 1150 97.5 FM'''''
| slogan =
| frequency = 1150 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator = 97.5 [[MHz]] (W248CA -[[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]])<br>102.1 MHz (W271DL -[[Egypt Lake, Florida|Egypt Lake]])
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| class = B
| facility_id = 74108
| callsign_meaning = '''T'''a'''MP'''a
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Neal Ardman
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'''WTMP''' is a [[radio station]] serving the [[Tampa Bay]], Florida region broadcasting on 1150 AM. The station is licensed to Neal Ardman of NIA Broadcasting, Inc.
It also broadcasts on FM translator W248CA on 97.5
==Station history==
WTMP plays [[urban oldies]] in the [[Tampa Bay area]] on frequencies 1150
WTMP, on 1150 AM originally (including a few prior years as urban-formatted WIOK), has been a longtime heritage [[urban contemporary]] station in the market. Noted R&B vocalist and Tampa native [[King Coleman]] got his start as a DJ on WTMP in the 1950s. In the late 1990s, the station, then-owned by Broadcast Capital, was bought by Tama Broadcasting, which has headquarters in Tampa, thus making WTMP the flagship. Long controlled by the Cherry family, Tama also owns stations in [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]], [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Savannah, Georgia]] and [[Greenville, South Carolina]]; it owns newspapers in Daytona Beach and [[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]]. The owner went on to buy the then-[[WGUL]] in 2002 and made it a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]-urban station (and home to [[Russ Parr]] in the Morning) as WTMP-FM. Even after a format change to [[rhythmic oldies]], that station did not do well due to its [[Rimshot (broadcasting)|rimshot signal]], so it ended up as a simulcast of WTMP a year later. The rimshot signal, which barely reaches the [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough County]] line from its transmitter southeast of [[Brooksville, Florida|Brooksville]], also couldn't be moved closer to Tampa or upgraded with changes to the tower or transmitter power, due to interference issues with other stations broadcasting on 96.1 and nearby frequencies.
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==Former logos==
[[Image:Wtmp radio.jpg]]
==See also==
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