WEKT
Frequency1070 kHz
BrandingTodd 1070 WEKT
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsSalem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Edge Media Group
  • (Ham Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
WKDZ, WKDZ-FM, WHVO
History
First air date
July 21, 1977 (1977-07-21) [1]
Former call signs
WSRG (1977-1988)
WOAM (1988-1989)
Call sign meaning
ElKTon
Technical information
Facility ID39460
ClassD
Power500 watts day
18 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
36°48′33″N 87°09′38″W / 36.80917°N 87.16056°W / 36.80917; -87.16056
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewektradio.com

WEKT (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic hits format. Licensed to and located in Elkton, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by the Cadiz, Kentucky-based Edge Media Group, a unit of Ham Broadcasting Company, Inc.[2]

The station's studio is located at the Public Square (junction of US 68 Business and KY 181) in downtown Elkton, and its transmission facility is located on Marion Street on the west side of Elkton.

History

The station signed on the air as WSRG on July 21, 1977, initially broadcasting a country music format under ownership of Jim White. It became known as WOAM on February 1, 1988 when country music singer Ernie Ashworth purchased the station. After the station was purchased by Marshall Sidebottom shortly after he sold WIRV of Irvine, WOAM officially became WEKT on January 3, 1989.[3][4]

The station switched to a Southern Gospel format at some time in the early 1990s.

On March 24, 2016, WEKT was granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 1,000 watts.[5]

On June 16, 2023, it was announced that M&R Broadcasting was intending to sell WEKT to Ham Broadcasting Company, Incorporated (also known as the Edge Media Group), the owners of WHVO in nearby Hopkinsville and three other radio stations in the region.[6] The sale was finalized later that month. On July 1, 2023, the station began broadcasting their current Classic hits format, but retains their Sunday schedule of church worship programming from their previous format. Starting with the 2023-24 academic year, the station also began offering programming produced by students of Todd County Schools as part of the multimedia cirriculum.[7]

Programming

In addition to classic hit music, the station also broadcasts church services on Sundays. It is also the home of football and basketball games of the Todd County Central High School athletic teams.

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. ↑ "WEKT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933.
  5. ↑ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
  6. ↑ Claussen, Joshua (June 16, 2023). "Edge Media Group Acquiring Todd County's WEKT, Pending FCC Approval". WKDZ-FM. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "About us". WEKT Radio. Retrieved December 10, 2023.


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