City Rockford, Illinois Branding Sportsfan Radio 1330 Format Sports talk radio | Broadcast area Rockford, Illinois Frequency 1330 kHz | |
Power 1,000 watts day
91 watts night | ||
WNTA (1330 AM) is a radio station licensed to Rockford, Illinois, United States. The station serves the Rockford area. The station's programing is focused on Spanish news/talk and music and branded "La Movida." The station is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting.
History
The station was assigned the call letters WXTA on September 23, 1982. On March 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WYBR and on September 1, 1988 to WRRR. On September 18, 1995, the station became the current WNTA.
On November 11, 2011, WNTA rebranded as "100.5 NTA FM".
On July 26, 2012, WNTA changed their format from news/talk to comedy, branded as "Funny 1330".
In April 2013, WNTA was sold to Mid-West Family Broadcasting along with its sister stations by Maverick Media. WNTA was promptly flipped to Spanish news & talk/full-service programming as "La Movida" on June 10th at 10 a.m. Much of the programming and personalities are originated from sister station WLMV in Madison, Wisconsin.
On July 21st, 2016, Midwest Family Broadcasting announced that WNTA will flip to sports talk as "Sports Fan 1330" on August 1st. The station will utilize Fox Sports Radio, as well as the syndicated Bill Michaels Show from WSSP in Milwaukee. The station will also air local high school sports as well as Wisconsin Badgers and Chicago Bears football.