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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WTMY
| logo             =
| city             = [[Sarasota, Florida]]
| area             = [[Sarasota metropolitan area]]
| branding         = ''La Numero Uno 1''
| frequency        = 1280 [[kHz]]
| translator       = W256DI (99.1 [[MHz]], Sarasota)
| airdate          = {{Start date and age|December 1960}}
| format           = [[Regional Mexican]]
| power            = 300 [[watt]]s days<br />100 watts nights
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 51440
| coordinates      = {{coord|27|21|21.00|N|82|29|13.00|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WYND<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioyears.com/other/details.cfm?id=876|title=Gary McHenry| access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref> (1960-?) <br /> WWZZ (to 1988)<br />WSGX (1988–1991)
| affiliations     =
| owner            = Tomas Martinez and Mercedes Soler
| licensee         = Solmart Media, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WZSP]]
| webcast          = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WTMYAM Listen Live]
| website          = [https://lanumero1.fm lanumero1.fm]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WTMY''' (1280 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]], [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Sarasota, Florida]], and broadcasting a [[Regional Mexican]] [[radio format]].  It is owned by Tomas Martinez and Mercedes Soler with the license held by Solmart Media, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=51440|title=Station Search Details}}</ref>  The studios are on Honore Avenue in the [[Fruitville, Florida|Fruitville]] section of Sarasota.
WTMY is a [[list of broadcast station classes|Class B]] AM station.  By day, it is powered at 300 [[watt]]s.  But to protect other stations on [[1280 AM]] from interference at night, it reduces power to 100 watts.  The [[transmitter]] is on City Island near [[Longboat Key]] in Sarasota.  WTMY [[simulcast]]s on 165-watt [[FM translator]] '''W256DI ''' at 99.1 [[Hertz|MHz]].  The translator's transmitter is on Honore Avenue at Fruitville Road.  Programming is also heard on the [[HD Radio]] [[digital subchannel]] of [[sister station]] [[WZSP]] at [[105.3 FM]]-HD2.
==History==
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air in {{Start date and age|December 1960}}.  Its original [[call sign]] was WYND.  It was owned by Kelsey Hutchinson of Gulf Coast Broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19601102&id=Fz9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H3kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7302,502869|title = St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> On November 1, 1966<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarasota Herald Tribune|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19661029&id=ouscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z2UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334,6802632|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> it switched to a top 40 format called Surf Row Radio. It has had different call letters over the years, including WWZZ and WSGX. As WSGX, the station was broadcasting in [[AM Stereo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioyears.com/other/details.cfm?id=1314|title=WTMY - A History|access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref> In 2011, the station became a [[Fox Sports Radio]] [[network affiliate]].
In October 2013, the station changed to [[adult standards]] and [[big band]] hits.  The on-air staff included Eugene Dolan, Doug Miles, Smilin' Lou Powers, with shows such as "Big Band Wakeup Call", "Sunshine Music Memories with Smilin' Lou Powers", "Big Band Files with Doug Miles", "[[Frank Sinatra|The Sounds of Sinatra]] with [[Sid Mark]]", "Milkman's Serenade" with Eugene Dolan, "Those Were the Days" with Danny Lane, "Swing Street" with [[Valve Amplification Company|Kevin Hayes]], Artist Spotlight with Doug Miles, contributor Don Henderson, "Your Hit Parade" with Bea Wain and Andre Baruch, and Old Time Radio Classics with Will Rogers. Betty Comora was Creative Director.
"Artist Spotlight with Doug Miles" guests include: Cynthia Sayer, [[Liz Callaway]], [[Dick Hyman]], Patti LuPone, Steve Lawrence, John O’Hurley, Jack Jones, Sandy Stewart, Judy Carmichael, Linda Purl, Sid Mark, Audrey Landers, Deana Martin, Larry Kane, Mark Russell, Stephanie Trick, Kitt Moran, Julie Budd, [[Ann Hampton Callaway]], Dennis Bono, Michael Feinstein, Sarasota Jazz Project Big Band, Ken Loomer Big Band, and Ocean's Eleven Big Band.
On August 8, 2016, the station was sold by Southwest Florida Radio Broadcasting LLC to Solmart Media for $125,000.  The format was changed to [[Spanish language]] programming, simulcasting then-sister station [[WSRQ-FM|WZZS]] in [[Zolfo Springs, Florida]].  Eventually, WTMY began airing its own [[Regional Mexican]] format.  On April 4, 2019, the station added an [[FM translator]], W256DI on 99.1 MHz.
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|51440|WTMY}}
*[https://www.dougmilesmedia.com Doug Miles]
{{Sarasota Radio}}
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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1960]]