On December 31, 1940, the station signed on as WDEF. It originally broadcast at 1400 kilocycles and was moved to 1370 in the late 1940s. It has long been the sister station to WDEF-FM and was co-owned with WDEF-TV, before the TV station was spun off to other owners in 1990s.
On November 14, 2016 at 8 a.m. WXCT dropped the WUUQ simulcast and changed its format to adult album alternative, branded as "Alt 93.9." It began a simulcast on FM translatorW230CN at 93.9 FM.[4]
On September 1, 2017, WXCT changed its FM translator frequency from 93.9 MHz to 98.7 MHz, as W254DB and rebranded as "ALT 98-7."
wxct, southington, connecticut, radio, station, that, held, call, sign, from, 2003, 2016, wnty, 1370, commercial, radio, station, chattanooga, tennessee, station, owned, bahakel, communications, along, with, wdef, wdod, wuuq, adult, album, alternative, radio, . For the Southington Connecticut radio station that held the call sign WXCT at 990 AM from 2003 to 2016 see WNTY WXCT 1370 AM Alt 98 7 is a commercial radio station in Chattanooga Tennessee The station is owned by Bahakel Communications along with WDEF FM WDOD FM and WUUQ WXCT has an adult album alternative radio format The studios are located on Broad Street in Chattanooga WXCTChattanooga TennesseeFrequency1370 kHzBrandingALT 98 7ProgrammingFormatAdult Album Alternative AAA OwnershipOwnerBahakel Communications Jackson Telecasters Inc Sister stationsWDEF FM WDOD FM WUUQHistoryFirst air dateDecember 31 1940 83 years ago 1940 12 31 as WDEF at 1400 Former call signsWDEF 1940 2016 Former frequencies1400 kHz 1940 1948 Call sign meaningChattanooga TennesseeTechnical informationFacility ID57845ClassBPower5 000 wattsTransmitter coordinates35 2 25 N 85 20 22 W 35 04028 N 85 33944 W 35 04028 85 33944Translator s 98 7 W254DB Chattanooga LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewww wbr alt98 wbr com WXCT s power is 5 000 watts By day it is non directional but at night to avoid interfering with other stations on 1370 AM it switches to a directional antenna 1 The transmitter is located in the Moccasin Bend district in Chattanooga In addition to the AM signal WXCT is heard on 99 watt FM translator W254DB at 98 7 MHz 2 Contents 1 History 2 Translator 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOn December 31 1940 the station signed on as WDEF It originally broadcast at 1400 kilocycles and was moved to 1370 in the late 1940s It has long been the sister station to WDEF FM and was co owned with WDEF TV before the TV station was spun off to other owners in 1990s On October 30 2016 WDEF changed its call sign to WXCT 3 It had been simulcast with country music station 97 3 WUUQ On November 14 2016 at 8 a m WXCT dropped the WUUQ simulcast and changed its format to adult album alternative branded as Alt 93 9 It began a simulcast on FM translator W230CN at 93 9 FM 4 On September 1 2017 WXCT changed its FM translator frequency from 93 9 MHz to 98 7 MHz as W254DB and rebranded as ALT 98 7 Translator editCall sign Frequency City of license FID ERP W HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info W254DB 98 7 FM Chattanooga Tennessee 156865 99 100 m 328 ft D 35 00 33 N 85 20 41 W 35 00917 N 85 34472 W 35 00917 85 34472 W254DB LMSReferences edit Radio Locator com WXCT Radio Locator com W254DB WXCT Call Sign History Alt 93 9 Launching in Chattanooga Radioinsight November 13 2016External links editOfficial website The template AMQ is being considered for deletion WXCT in the FCC AM station database WXCT in Nielsen Audio s AM station database The template FMQ is being considered for deletion W254DB in the FCC FM station database W254DB at FCCdata org nbsp nbsp This Tennessee radio station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WXCT amp oldid 1116271390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
