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| Broadcast area | Memphis metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1210kHz |
| Branding | Sunny 1210 & 103.1 |
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| Ownership | |
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| KXHT,WHBQ,WHBQ-FM,WMSO,WOWW | |
| History | |
First air date | August 19, 1986 (1986-08-19) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | taken fromthe former WMPS in Memphis |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2802 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 35°15′40.00″N89°49′50.00″W / 35.2611111°N 89.8305556°W /35.2611111; -89.8305556 |
| Translator | 103.1 W276BH (Memphis) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | sunny1210.com |
WMPS (1210AM) is a commercialradio station licensed toBartlett, Tennessee, United States, and serving theMemphis metropolitan area.[2] Owned by Flinn Broadcasting, it airs anadult standards and softoldies format branded "Sunny 1210 & 103.1". WMPS's studios are on Mount Moriah Road Extension at Ridgeway Road in Memphis, and the transmitter is on Rockyford Road at Walker Farms in Bartlett.
The station also simulcasts overFM translatorW276BH (103.1FM) in Memphis and streams online.
The station signed on the air on August 19, 1986, as WGSF, licensed toArlington, Tennessee.[3] WGSF was owned by the Arlington Broadcasting Company. In the 1980s, Fred Flinn became the general manager of the station and would later acquire the station as part of his Flinn Broadcasting Corporation. In the late 1980s, WGSF's city of license was switched toBartlett, Tennessee, and its call letters changed to WMPS.
WMPS originally carried the "Music of Your Life" syndicatedadult standards format,[4] later switching toadult contemporary music.[5] Under Flinn Broadcasting ownership, the station returned to a standards format mixed with soft oldies, primarily from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, programmed in-house.

| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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| W276BH | 103.1FM | Memphis, Tennessee | 149184 | 250 | D | LMS |