| Frequency | 1370 kHz |
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| Branding | ALT 98-7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Album Alternative (AAA) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WDEF-FM, WDOD-FM, WUUQ | |
| History | |
First air date | December 31, 1940; 83 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″N 85°20′22″W / 35.04028°N 85.33944°W / 35.04028; -85.33944 |
| Translator(s) | 98.7 W254DB (Chattanooga) |
| Links | |
Public license information |
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| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WXCT (1370 AM, "Alt 98-7") is a commercial radio stationinChattanooga, 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.[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]
On December 31, 1940, the station signed onasWDEF. It originally broadcast at 1400 kilocycles and was moved to 1370 in the late 1940s. It has long been the sister stationtoWDEF-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 signtoWXCT.[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."
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W254DB | 98.7 FM | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 156865 | 99 | 100 m (328 ft) | D | 35°00′33″N 85°20′41″W / 35.00917°N 85.34472°W / 35.00917; -85.34472 (W254DB) | LMS |
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