Thunder Rumbles Again In Tampa Bay

Clear Channel’s simulcast of N/T WFLA 970 AM on two translators has ended with the relaunching of Classic Rocker Thunder in the Tampa market.

W290BJ 105.9FM 60dBu Coverage Map

Two translators, W290BJ 105.9 FM in West Tampa on the Tampa side of the bay and W233AV 94.5 FM in Gulfport on west wide of the bay, are rebroadcasting WMTX-HD2 at 100.7 FM.  Both were simulcasting N/T WFLA.

W233AV 94.5 FM 60dBu Coverage Map

Tampa Bay’s Thunder last aired under the WTBT call letters and was Jacor’s classic rock Thunder 105.5 when it went on the air in 1995. Clear Channel bought out Jacor in 1999 and WTBT moved to 103.5 in a frequency swap with Bradenton’s WDUV. It also upgraded power from 3,000 watts to 100,000 watts and moved its tower, which changed the city of license to Gulfport.

Thunder was the #1 station 25-54 in the Tampa market in 2001.

However, in 2005 Clear Channel traded WTBT’s rock’n’roll shoes for a pair of country boots and flipped the station to WFUS West Florida’s US 103.5, setting up a showdown with Infinity’s heritage WQYK.

  

ThunderTampaBay.com has been registered by Clear Channel, but is now redirecting to iHeart Radio.