WEKT

WEKT
City Elkton, Kentucky
Branding Heavenly 1070
Slogan Your Southern Gospel Station
Frequency 1070 kHz
First air date July 21, 1977 (1977-07-21) [1]
Format Gospel music/Christian radio
Power 500 watts day
18 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 39460
Transmitter coordinates 36°48′33.00″N 87°9′38.00″W / 36.8091667°N 87.1605556°W / 36.8091667; -87.1605556
Callsign meaning ElKTon
Former callsigns WSRG (1977-1988)
WOAM (1988-1989)
Affiliations Salem Radio Network
Owner M & R Broadcasting, Inc.
Website wektgospelradio.com

WEKT (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Elkton, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by M & R Broadcasting, Inc.[2]

WEKT has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 1,000 watts.[3]

History

The station signed on the air as WSRG on July 21, 1977, initially broadcasting a country music format. It became known as WOAM on February 1, 1988, but officially became WEKT On January 3, 1989.[4] The station switched to a gospel music format at some time in the late 1990s or the early 2000s. National news updates are currently provided by the Salem Radio Network.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2010. p. D-240.
  2. ↑ "WEKT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WEKT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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