WTTN
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WTTN is a radio station
broadcasting a Spanish Sports
format licensed to Columbus, Wisconsin
and serving Madison's Hispanic Market. The station is owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC and features programing from ESPN Desportes. WTTN (AM) began broadcasting with 250 watts as a daytime only station licensed to Watertown, Wisconsin in 1950. Power was later increased to 1000 watts, and a 4 watt night time service was added in the late 1980's. With the city of license change and transmitter site move, WTTN began broadcasting with a daytime power of 5,000 watts using a directional antenna system from Columbus, Wisconsin
. Co-owned WTTN-FM which signed on in 1961, was originally located at 104.7 FM, and moved to 94.1 Mhz. in the 1970's. 94.1 is now owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting, and now uses the call sign WJJO
with studios in Madison, Wisconsin. WTTN has had a variety of formats over the years, including, variety, adult standards
, adult contemporary, country
, classic country
, news/talk and oldies
. Previous owners of the station have included Watertown Radio, Inc. and Select Communications.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Spanish Sports
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
format licensed to Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census. Columbus is located about northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area...
and serving Madison's Hispanic Market. The station is owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC and features programing from ESPN Desportes. WTTN (AM) began broadcasting with 250 watts as a daytime only station licensed to Watertown, Wisconsin in 1950. Power was later increased to 1000 watts, and a 4 watt night time service was added in the late 1980's. With the city of license change and transmitter site move, WTTN began broadcasting with a daytime power of 5,000 watts using a directional antenna system from Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census. Columbus is located about northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. Co-owned WTTN-FM which signed on in 1961, was originally located at 104.7 FM, and moved to 94.1 Mhz. in the 1970's. 94.1 is now owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting, and now uses the call sign WJJO
WJJO
WJJO is a radio station broadcasting at 94.1 FM in Madison, Wisconsin. . It describes itself as having an "active rock" format, targeting adults 18 to 49. WJJO is considered one of the hardest active rock radio stations in the country, and was voted #1 Rock Station in the country by the music...
with studios in Madison, Wisconsin. WTTN has had a variety of formats over the years, including, variety, adult standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
, adult contemporary, country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, classic country
Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...
, news/talk and oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
. Previous owners of the station have included Watertown Radio, Inc. and Select Communications.