WXCT

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WXCT
Frequency 1370 kHz
BrandingALT 98-7
Programming
Format Adult Album Alternative (AAA)
Ownership
Owner
WDEF-FM, WDOD-FM, WUUQ
History
First air date
December 31, 1940;84 years ago (1940-12-31) (as WDEF at 1400)
Former call signs
WDEF (1940–2016)
Former frequencies
1400 kHz (1940–1948)
Call sign meaning
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 57845
Class B
Power 5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 35°2′25″N85°20′22″W / 35.04028°N 85.33944°W / 35.04028; -85.33944
Translator(s) 98.7 W254DB (Chattanooga)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.alt98.com

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,.

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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. [2] 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. [3]

History

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 October 30, 2016, WDEF changed its call sign to WXCT. [4] 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. [5]

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

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W254DB98.7 FM Chattanooga, Tennessee 15686599100  m (328  ft)D 35°00′33″N85°20′41″W / 35.00917°N 85.34472°W / 35.00917; -85.34472 (W254DB) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WXCT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WXCT
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W254DB
  4. ↑ WXCT Call Sign History
  5. ↑ Alt 93.9 Launching in Chattanooga Radioinsight - November 13, 2016


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