WMTA (AM)

'WMTA' AM 1380 kHz is a heritage radio station founded in 1955 as the first radio station in Central City and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was founded by the owners of the local weekly newspaper; The Messenger-Times Argus (founded in 1909), brothers, Amos and Larry Stone. The station's call letters were for the newspaper W) M)essenger T)imes A)rgus. The station remained in the original owners hands until 1985 when the station was sold to Thomas Broadcast Engineering of Owensboro, Kentucky which sold the station to WMTA AM 1380, Inc., in 1989. The station remained under that ownership and management until 2004 when it was sold to Faith Broadcasting Company of Evansville, Indiana.