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| Broadcast area | Tampa Bay Area |
| Frequency | 1250kHz |
| Branding | 1250 & 105.9 WHNZ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk -Business |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | May 15, 1922; 103 years ago (1922-05-15) |
Former call signs | WDAE (1922–2000)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23077 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 28°1′14″N82°36′34″W / 28.02056°N 82.60944°W /28.02056; -82.60944 |
| Translator | 105.9 W290BJ (West Tampa) |
| Repeater | 100.7 WMTX-HD2 (Tampa) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | whnz |
WHNZ (1250AM) is a commercial radio stationlicensed toTampa, Florida.[3] The station'sbroadcast license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC, asubsidiary ofiHeartMedia. The station airs atalk andbusinessformat. WHNZ is one of the eight stations in theTampa Bayradio market owned by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located on West Gandy Boulevard inSouth Tampa.
By day, WHNZ broadcasts at 25,000watts. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations onAM 1250, WHNZ reduces power to 5,900 watts. The station uses adirectional antenna with a six-tower array. Thetransmitter site is off Memorial Highway inTown 'n' Country, Florida, co-located withsister station 970 AMWFLA.[4] WHNZ programming is also heard on 250-wattFM translator 105.9W290BJ inWest Tampa.[5]
WHNZ is the successor of two radio stations, co-ownedWDAE, one of Florida's oldest radio stations, going on the air May 15, 1922. WDAE spent most of its history at AM 1250 before moving to AM 620. The station was co-owned with theTampa Times daily newspaper.[6]
WHNZ also has history onAM 570 inPinellas Park. That was the original frequency that carried the WHNZcall sign and aired some of the same business and financial shows that are heard on today's WHNZ.
On October 24, 1991, what was thenWPLP was bought byPaxson Communications, the company founded by multi-millionaireBud Paxson after he had sold theHome Shopping Network.[7] Unlike today's WHNZ, Paxson put a full-time business and financial station on AM 570, changing thecall sign to WHNZ. Those call letters refer to "Wins Radio", meaning that it will help you win in the business world.
In 1998, Clear Channel Communications, the previous name ofiHeartMedia, bought AM 570. It also bought AM 620 fromCox Communications, after Cox had moved what wasWSUN and itsadult standards format to co-ownedAM 910 in nearbyPlant City, Florida, in anticipation of a sale. Once Clear Channel owned all three frequencies, 570, 620 and 1250, it was able to execute a three-way frequency swap.
On New Year's Day 2000, WDAE's sports format and call sign moved to AM 620. WHNZ's business format and call sign moved to AM 1250. Clear Channel put anews/talk format on AM 570, giving it thecall signWTBN, which stood for "Tampa Bay News". The following year,Salem Communications took over AM 570, installing aChristian radio format, heard currently on WTBN.[8]
WHNZ was theflagship station of theTampa Bay Raysbaseball team from 2005 to 2008, now heard on WDAE. As of 2011[update], WHNZ airs select sporting events moved from WDAE or WFLA due to schedule conflicts. Beginning on May 19, 2018, WHNZ will be the radio home of theTampa Bay Rowdies.[9]
Weekday mornings began withThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. In afternoondrive time, WHNZ carriedThe Todd Schnitt Show. (Schnitt for many years was a host on co-owned WFLA. His syndicated show aired in Tampa Bay on WHNZ live at 3 p.m. and was replayed on WFLA at 6 p.m.). At night, WHNZ carriedFox Sports Radio. Brokered programs on money, business and health were heard in middays, evenings and weekends.CBS Radio News began most daytime hours.
On July 26, 2021, WHNZ changed its format to Spanish-language news/talk, branded as "Acción 1250".[10] It had been simulcast withWRSO in theOrlando area.
On January 11, 2024, WHNZ switched back from Spanish news/talk to a mix of English-language talk and business news, branded as "Impact Radio".[11] The station began carrying a mix of financial news and information fromBloomberg Radio along with syndicated talk shows not airing on co-owned talk station WFLA 970.
Weekday mornings on WHNZ begin withYour Morning Show withMichael DelGiorno, based at co-ownedWLACNashville. That's followed by othernationally syndicated talk programs:Armstrong & Getty,The Ramsey Show withDave Ramsey,The Joe Pags Show andThe Michael Berry Show. Financial news coverage is heard middays and overnights fromBloomberg Radio.