WTID

WTID (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Thomaston, Alabama. The station is owned by Great South Wireless LLC. The CEO of Great South Wireless LLC, a family owned commercial broadcast group, is Joan Reynolds.

Programming

WTID broadcasts a country music format. Syndicated music programming includes America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend from Westwood One.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 21, 1998. The new station was assigned the call letters WAYI by the FCC on March 6, 1998. WAYI received its license to cover from the FCC on April 17, 2001.

Falling silent

On July 26, 2002, the station went off the air. Citing staffing issues, Marengo Broadcast Associates applied to the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent. The FCC granted this request on April 23, 2002, with an expiration date of October 23, 2002. With the staffing issues apparently unresolved, Marengo Broadcast Associates applied for an extension of this authority on October 23, 2002. The FCC granted the extension on October 25, 2002, with a caution that the station's license was subject to forfeiture if they did not resume broadcasting by February 26, 2003—one year after the station first fell silent.