WFLA (AM)

WFLA
	Tampa, Florida; United States;
Broadcast area	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Frequencies	970 kHz; 25.87 MHz (Shortwave);
Branding	Newsradio WFLA
Programming
Format	Conservative talk radio
Affiliations	Fox News Radio; NBC News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks;
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WDAE; WDAE-FM; WFLZ-FM; WFUS; WHNZ; WMTX; WXTB;
History
First air date	October 4, 1925
Former call signs	WGHB (1925–1927); WFHH (1927); WFLA (1927); WFLA-WSUN (1927–1937);
Former frequencies	1130 kHz (1925–1927); 590 kHz (1927–1929); 620 kHz (1929–1941); 940 kHz (1941);
Call sign meaning	pre-ZIP code era abbreviation for Florida
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	29729
Class	B
Power	25,000 watts day; 11,000 watts night; 100 watts (KPM360 - Shortwave);
Transmitter coordinates	28°1′15.1″N 82°36′33.3″W / 28.020861°N 82.609250°W
Translator	See § Translators
Repeater	97.9 WXTB-HD2 (Clearwater)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	wflanews.iheart.com

WFLA (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay media market. The station airs a news/talk format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are on Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa.

WFLA broadcasts by day at 25,000 watts, reducing power to 11,000 watts at night. (For most of its history, from the 1940s to the early 2000s, it ran at 5,000 watts.) It uses a directional antenna at all times. The main transmitter site is off Montague Street in Town 'n' Country, Florida. Programming is also heard on two FM translators, 94.5 MHz in Gulfport and 99.1 in Bayonet Point.