Broadcast area Portsmouth area Format Silent | Frequency 1380 kHz | |
City Portsmouth, New Hampshire First air date December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05) (as WBBX) Power 1,000 watts day
1,000 watts night | ||
WPLA (1380 AM) is a radio station that is presently silent. Licensed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Portsmouth area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
History
The station went on the air as WBBX on December 5, 1960. The station changed its call letters to WAVI on May 17, 1985, to WQMI on July 24, 1987, to WCQL on March 13, 1989, to WTMN on February 19, 1995, to WMYF on December 1, 1998, to WMGE on September 16, 2016, and to the current WPLA on December 14, 2016.
On November 22, 2010, WMYF changed their format from adult standards to sports, branded as "The Sports Animal". As of October 1, 2013, the station reverted to the standards format. On February 1, 2014, WMYF shifted to classic country.
WMYF carried Portland Sea Dogs baseball games, and Portsmouth High School Basketball Boys and Girls home games.
WMYF went silent on December 9, 2015 after losing its transmitter site. The station's programming continues to be available online at their website, and is also broadcast over-the-air as an HD2 sub-channel of WTBU on HD Radio receivers. The call letters were changed to WMGE on September 16, 2016 and to WPLA on December 14, 2016.