WCRT (AM)

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WCRT
Broadcast area Nashville, Tennessee
Frequency 1160 kHz
Branding Bott Radio Network
Programming
Format Religious
Ownership
OwnerBott Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
April 1971 (1971-04)
Former call signs
WAMB (1968–2006)
Call sign meaning
Christian Radio Tennessee
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25031
Class B
Power
  • 50,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 36°9′49.2″N86°42′56″W / 36.163667°N 86.71556°W / 36.163667; -86.71556
Translator 107.1 W296DE (Donelson)
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Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website bottradionetwork.com/station/1160-am-nashville-tn/
Former FM transmitter
WCRT-FM1
  • Donelson, Tennessee
  • United States
Broadcast areaNashville, Tennessee
Frequency 106.3 MHz
BrandingBott Radio Network
Programming
Format Religious
Ownership
OwnerBott Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
August 14, 1990 (1990-08-14)
Former call signs
WAMB-FM1 (1990–2007)
Former frequencies
  • 106.7 MHz (1990–1998)
  • 98.7 MHz (1998–2009)
  • 103.9 MHz (2009–2015)
Call sign meaning
Christian Radio Tennessee
Technical information [2]
Facility ID 166220
Class STA
ERP 75 watts
HAAT 83 meters (272 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°9′49″N86°42′56″W / 36.16361°N 86.71556°W / 36.16361; -86.71556 (NAD27)
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Public license information

WCRT (1160 kHz) is a Class B AM radio station licensed to the community of Donelson, Tennessee, near Nashville. Broadcasting a format of evangelical preaching and talk shows, WCRT is owned by Bott Communications, a Christian broadcaster, which bought the station, formerly WAMB, from longtime Nashville broadcaster Bill Barry (now deceased; he later operated a lower-powered WAMB on 1200 kHz).

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WCRT broadcasts with 50,000 watts during the day and 1,000 watts at night. Because the 1160 kHz frequency receives interference from a Cuban radio station[ who? ] operating in excess of the officially notified power under international treaties, WCRT maintained a special temporary authority since 1990 from the Federal Communications Commission to operate an FM station at night as well. This station had the call sign WCRT-FM1 and, from 1998 on, operated from one of the WCRT (AM) towers. [3] The last frequency for WCRT-FM1 is 106.3 MHz, the fourth frequency on which it operated since being authorized; the station was required to cease operations when a license was issued for a low-power station on the frequency, WXNS-LP. [4] It has since been replaced by a normal translator, W296DE (107.1 FM).

AM 1160 is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which KSL in Salt Lake City is the dominant Class A station. WCRT must reduce power during nighttime hours in order to protect the skywave signals of KSL and WYLL in Chicago, both fulltime 50,000 watts signals. WYLL is a Class B station.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCRT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCRT-FM1". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Miller, Charles N. (May 8, 2007). "In re: Bott Communications, Inc. WCRT-FM1 (FB), Donelson, Tennessee, Facility Identification Number 166220, Special Temporary Authority" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  4. ↑ "WCRT-FM1 final STA". Federal Communications Commission.


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