WMTS-FM (88.3

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) is a student-run

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station licensed to

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. The station is currently owned by

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(MTSU) alongside WMOT (89.5 FM), with studios for both stations located at the John Bragg Media and Entertainment Building on campus. WMTS's transmitter is located just east of the MTSU campus. WMTS went on-air in March 1992 on

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Channel 38, the Housing and the Residential Life Channel.

History

In 1992, the signal was moved to MTSU Channel 8 on the local cable system. WMTS worked to obtain

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(FCC) approval for an FM license and construction permit during this time. With the donation of tower space and a transmitter from WMOT, they hit the FM band on 88.3

in the summer of 1995. The station

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was changed to WMTS that fall. 810 WMTS in Murfreesboro donated the call letters. In August 1995, WMTS began normal operation and broadcast in

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. During 1996, they went into

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with processing which increased potential signal coverage and enabled it to sound like other FM stations in the area. It also began constantly broadcasting with a mix of automation and live personalities. WMTS is now also broadcast on WMOT's HD3 sub-channel.

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