| City of license | Talladega, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Talladega County, Alabama |
| Branding | Thunder 92.7 |
| Slogan | "Bama's Better Country" |
| Frequency | 92.7 MHz |
| First air date | November 10, 1972 |
| Format | Country Music / Classic Country |
| ERP | 2,600 watts |
| HAAT | 154 meters (505 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 29722 |
| Callsign meaning | ThunDeR[1] |
| Former callsigns | WHTB (1972-1985)[2] WEYY-FM (1985-2000)[3] |
| Owner | Jacobs Broadcast Group, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WGBZ |
| Website | wtdrthunder.com |
WTDR (92.7 FM, "Thunder 92.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Talladega, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Jacobs Broadcast Group, Inc. It airs a combination classic country and country music format.[4]
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New FM station WHTB Stereo 93 began broadcasting with 250 watts of effective radiated power at 92.7 MHz on November 10, 1972.[2] The station was launched under the ownership of Jimmy E. Woodward. On April 1, 1985, the station was assigned the call letters WEYY-FM (to match former AM sister station WEYY, now known as WVOK) by the Federal Communications Commission.[3]
In February 1987, Woodard Broadcasting Company owner Jimmy E. Woodard agreed to sell WEYY-FM to Radio Talladega, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 25, 1987.[5]
In August 1992, Radio Talladega, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to James H. Jacobs, Jr., and Laura A. Jacobs, the equal co-owners of Jacobs Broadcast Group, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 16, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on September 30, 1992.[6]
The station was assigned the current WTDR call letters by the FCC on October 25, 2000.[3] The station flipped from country music to a classic country format on January 5, 2009. Less than a year later, however, Thunder began to add country music back into its playlist.
On November 16, 2005, the station was granted a construction permit to change the station's community of license to Munford, Alabama. The station's effective radiated power would be reduced to 250 watts but the antenna would be raised to a height above average terrain of 481.2 meters (1579 feet) on the tower currently used by television station WCIQ located at 33°29'06"N, 85°48'32"W, on the top of Mount Cheaha, the highest point in the state of Alabama.[7] This permit expired on November 16, 2008, with the move not yet completed but on November 24, 2008, the station applied for an identical construction permit.[8] That application was approved on January 29, 2009, and the new construction permit is scheduled to expire on January 29, 2012.[8]
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