WFTI-FM (91.7 FM) was a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, it served the Tampa Bay area. The station was owned by the Radio Training Network, repeating the signal of

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-based

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88.1 MHz. Prior to October 2012, the station was owned by the

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ministry, rebroadcasting most programs broadcast by that network. That month, WFTI was purchased by the Radio Training Network for $2.5 Million. In early March 2013, shortly after the sale was completed, WFTI began broadcasting ''The Joy FM'' programming, fully simulcasting the schedule of WJIS. On November 21, 2013, the licensee surrendered the station's license to the

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(FCC). The licensee noted that the surrender was necessary to begin signal improvements of its sister stations WCIE 91.5

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and WJFH 91.7 Sebring, both, like WFTI, simulcasting WJIS.FCC CDSB Application Search for WFTI-FM. Accessed March 5, 2014
/ref> The FCC cancelled WFTI-FM's license on November 21, 2013.

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* FTI-FM Radio stations disestablished in 2013 Defunct radio stations in the United States 2013 disestablishments in Florida Defunct religious radio stations in the United States FTI-FM {{Florida-radio-station-stub