WCMT (AM)
Radio station in Martin, Tennessee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WCMT (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news–talk format. Licensed to Martin, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Northwest Tennessee and Southwest Kentucky radio market from Paducah, Kentucky to Jackson, Tennessee. The station is owned by Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company and features programing from CBS News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.[2]
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Broadcast area | Jackson, Tennessee, area |
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Frequency | 1410 kHz |
Branding | "Talk and News You can Use!" |
Programming | |
Format | News–talk |
Affiliations | CBS News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One, Radio America |
Ownership | |
Owner | Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company |
KYTN, WCDZ, WCMT-FM, WQAK | |
History | |
First air date | June 16, 1957 (1957-06-16) |
Call sign meaning | Weakley County; Martin, Tennessee |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 67054 |
Class | D |
Power | 700 watts day 58 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°21′45.00″N 88°50′57.00″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WCMT began broadcasting June 16, 1957, when J. T. Sudbury of Blytheville, Arkansas placed WCMT on the air. It has remained in the same location since the station began broadcasting.
WCMT's early success is attributed to the late Dwight A. "Duke" Drumm who arrived on the scene in 1959 and worked for twenty years doing practically every job in the station. Herb Cathey was a long time air personality who also served as an engineer for the station.
In 1968 Drumm persuaded Sudbury to add an FM station to the airwaves and WCMT-FM (then 101.7) joined WCMT. The station later upgraded its power and changed frequency and is now on 101.3 FM.
In 1994, Thunderbolt Broadcasting purchased 95.1 WGNN-FM, formerly WJZK-FM, and changed the call letters to WCDZ-FM. The studios were moved from Dresden, Tennessee to the Martin studios.
In December 2005 Thunderbolt Radio purchased Twin States Broadcasting stations 104.9 KYTN-FM and 105.7 WQAK-FM.
WCMT has expanded its nighttime coverage by adding extra FM channels located in neighboring towns. These "translators" broadcast on 92.7 FM, 96.1 FM, 99.7 FM, 100.5 FM and 103.3 FM.