WTLY

For the Thomasville, Georgia radio station that held the call sign WTLY at 107.1 FM from 1999 to 2009, seeWGMY.

WTLY

Tallahassee, Florida
Broadcast area	Tallahassee, Florida
Frequency	1270kHz
Branding	96.5 The Spear
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Florida State Seminoles
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WFLA-FM,WGMY,WTNT-FM,WXSR
History
First air date	1946(as WTNT)
Former call signs	WTNT (1946–1988) WYYN (1988–1990) WNLS (1990–2015)
Call signmeaning	TalLY(nickname for Tallahassee)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51592
Class	D
Power	5,000wattsday 110 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	30°25′38.00″N84°19′46.00″W
Translator(s)	96.5W243EG (Tallahassee)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	965thespear.iheart

WTLY(1270AM) is aradio stationinTallahassee, Florida,licensed to and serving the Tallahassee area. The station is currently owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.Its studios are in the north side of Tallahassee, while the transmitter is located west of downtown.

History

For over a decade, the station's cornerstone program wasThe Jeff Cameron Show.On January 25, 2012, Cameron resigned his post and was later announced to have taken a job at WTSM-FM 97.9 ESPN Radio, also in Tallahassee.

On November 26, 2014, WNLS dropped its sports format and began stunting withChristmas music,branded as "Christmas 94.3". At midnight on December 26, WNLS flipped to AC as "94.3 My FM".The first song on MY FM was "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"byJohn Parr

On September 24, 2015, WNLS rebranded as "94.5 My FM" (translator W232BO moved from 94.3 FM to 94.5 FM).On September 30, WNLS changed their call letters to WTLY.

On November 6, 2015, at 5 p.m., WTLY rebranded as "105.3 My FM" (translator changed frequency from 94.5 FM to 105.3 FM) and began stunting with Christmas music.

On May 27, 2017, WTLY flipped to urban contemporary as "105.3 The Beat", launching with 5,000 songs commercial free.

In June 2019, WTLY changed their format from urban contemporary (which moved to WGMY-HD2) to beach music, branded as "Beach 96.5" (simulcast on translator W243EG (96.5 FM)), utilizing iHeartMedia's Real Fun Beach Radio network.However, this turned out to be a stunt; on July 8, at 2 p.m., WTLY flipped toclassic hip hop,branded as "Throwback 96.5".The first song on Throwback was "Whoomp! (There It Is)"byTag Team.

On August 12, 2022 at midnight, after playing "Got Your Money"byOl' Dirty BastardfeaturingKelisand going into a stopset, the station dropped the classic hip hop format and began stunting withChristmas music(with the first song under the stunt beingAndy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), teasing a new format to debut on the following Monday, the 15th. The station is also emphasizing it will remain the Tallahassee home ofFlorida State Seminolesathletics.

On August 15, 2022, after stunting with Christmas music, WTLY launched a sports format, branded as "96.5 The Spear".

Translators

WTLY programming is also carried on abroadcast translatorto improve the coverage area of the main station in northeast portions of Tallahassee.

Broadcast translatorfor WTLY

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP(W)	Class	FCC info
W243EG	96.5 FM	Tallahassee, Florida	200511	99	D	LMS

Previous logos

External links

• FCC History Cards for WTLY
• 96.5 The Spear website
• Facility details for Facility ID 51592 (WTLY)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WTLYinNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 200511 (W243EG)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• W243EGat FCCdata.org