WXCT
adult album alternative radio station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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.
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. 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.
History
On December 31, 1940, the station signed on as WDEF. It originally broadcast at 1400 kHz 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 the 1990s.
Luther Masingill was on the station for the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks.
The public source identifies “WXCT” as adult album alternative radio station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WXCT, adult and album.
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