WTTI (1530 AM) and 93.3 FM is a

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broadcasting a Contemporary Christian music format. WTTI operates with a power of 10,000 watts, and uses a two-tower directional antenna system. Licensed to

Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the ci ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by Deborah and James Boyd, through licensee Hope Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as WTTI on June 17, 1965, and broadcast a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format. At that time the station was owned by WTTI broadcasters, and was located in the First National Bank building in Dalton. The station had its first ownership change in September 1971. In 1972, WTTI was broadcasting a contemporary music format. In 1985, the station's format was again Country music. WTTI had its second ownership change in September 1986, and was then airing an

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music format. The station was sold for a third time in 1987. The new owner was Pye Wilson Broadcasting, who switched WTTI to a

Christian music Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely aroun ...

format. The station was sold to Troy Hall who continued the Christian format through Troy Hall Broadcasting. In 2009, Deborah and Jim Boyd (Hope Broadcasting, Inc.) took over ownership with a Praise and Worship (Christian music) format. In July 2016, an FM translator was added to WTTI at 93.3 FM. WTTI Radio currently airs on 1530 AM, 93.3 FM, and wttiradio.com. The station signal covers Northwest Georgia, including Dalton, Chatsworth, Ringgold, LaFayette, and Calhoun. The AM station signs off at sunset, to protect WCKY from

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. The FM station is 24 hours. WTTI Radio streams live at wttiradio.com and on smart phone apps, both IOS and android formats.

References

External links

Official websiteWTTI Radio Audio Archive (Steve Hill)
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