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The History of WTMA, Charleston

J

JohnQuincy

This Monday (Labor Day) WTMA will be presenting another edition of "The History of WTMA". It will air from 6a till 3p. 8 of the 9 hours will be brand new, assembled in the last few weeks.

If you're not in the Charleston area, it will be streamed at www.WTMA.com.

For more on WTMA's history, check out www.WTMAMemories.com.

Shameless Plug Disclaimer: I produced both "The History of WTMA" and run WTMAMemories.com.
 
there is nothing wrong with a shameless plug. most of the posts are negative here. being proud of your work is nothing to apologize for.
 
I remember listening to WTMA-FM in Myrtle Beach in the early '60s. The FM had a killer signal up there and simulcasted the AM.
 
DuckBlue said:
I remember listening to WTMA-FM in Myrtle Beach in the early '60s. The FM had a killer signal up there and simulcasted the AM.
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Today known as 95SX. Isn't Wikipedia a wonderful thing?
 
I had a friend who worked there in 1976; he went by Ken Harland on TMA. Prior to that, he was at WDIX-FM in Orangeburg as Roy Edwards. He was originally from Chicago. I looked on the TMA website, but it doesn't say anything about him.

nybody know anything?
 
Glad to see WTMA still going strong-I visited Charleston back in August and have been streaming them online here in the Atlanta area quite a bit since.  Their saltwater signal is quite a reach also, as I remember listening to WTMA back in 1999 during the daytime during my visit down to Daytona Beach.
 
Thanks for creating this site, John! I love radio history and you've done an incredible job! ;D
 
Thanks for the nice words.

We'll be presenting another edition of "The History of TMA" this Thursday and Friday (11/26 and 11/27) from 6a to 10a on The Morning Buzz. Most of the hours will be encore presentations of our special 70th birthday program from June.
 
"Stay classy, Charleston"
Q, that was awesome!
Stay classy, Q! I got yer scotch waitin' for ya
 
I was programming a great station in Beaufort, SC back in the early 70's. The facility was crappy, the owner a crook, but the staff and I had a great time. Back then WTMA and WAPE (Jville, Fla) were rocking and I remember doing a regualr check on their product.

Back then...radio was fun and corporate America had yet to discover a way to squeeze the life out of that industry. :)
 
Yea, thats the one. At the time Sea Island Broadcasting owned it (WSIB) as well as WDOG in Allendale.

We had a great time messing with WBEU, which was owned by the Trask clan, who controlled much of the area. Those were the days of station wars, jock wars, etc. Oh the stories I could tell.....if the staute of limitation has actually run out. :)

The owner, Charles Bell Sr, was eventually killed by a former employee he had wronged. On that basis alone the lime up at the PD must have gone around the block.

We ran shotgun package modeled after WAPE, which was modeled after WLS, which was modeled after KHJ....etc. Top 40 radio at its best with 18 minutes of spots per 55 minutes. God help us all...I miss it.
 
This Thursday and Friday morning (Thanksgiving and the day after) WTMA will again present 8 hours of "The History of (W)TMA" between 6 and 10.

In the Charleston area, listen on the air at 1250 AM or hear it on Comcast C2 -- or hear it anywhere in the world on WTMA.com.
 
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