WWTM (1400 AM, "1400 The Team") is a

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formatted

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licensed to

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, that serves Decatur,

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, and the northwest

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region. The station is owned by Brantley Broadcast Associates, LLC.

Programming

No longer "On Air" Station has gone dark. The station derives almost all of its programming from

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. Weekend programming from other providers includes "Tee It Up" from Fourteenth Colony Productions. Weekend programming during the football season also includes "NFL Preview", "NFL Insider" and "NCAA Football Insider" from

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, plus "Pro Football Weekly" from Syndication Networks.

History

The station started in 1935 as WMSL and was owned by Mutual Savings Life. Later owners included Frank Whisenant and Clete Quick. Under Whisenant, it acquired a sister television station, WMSL-TV (channel 23, now WAFF on channel 48 in Huntsville) and an FM sister (on 92.5 and 102.1, now

WVNN-FM WVNN-FM (92.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Trinity, Alabama. Owned by Cumulus Media, it airs a Talk Radio format. WVNN-FM simulcasts WVNN 770 AM, which is licensed to Athens, Alabama. The stations are branded as "NewsTalk ...

). In March 1987 the call letters were changed to WAVD, which they remained until becoming WWTM, the current call sign, in June 2001. Before becoming available for this station, the WWTM call letters were most recently otherwise assigned to a station in

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, before it changed to WVEI in August 2000.

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