WCRT (AM)

WCRT
	MHz
Branding	Bott Radio Network
Programming
Format	Religious
Ownership
Owner	Bott Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	August 14, 1990
Former call signs	WAMB-FM1 (1990–2007)
Former frequencies	106.7 MHz (1990-1998); 98.7 MHz (1998-2009); 103.9 MHz (2009-2015)
Call sign meaning	Christian Radio Tennessee
Technical information
Facility ID	166220
Class	STA
ERP	75 watts
HAAT	83 meters (272 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°9′49.00″N 86°42′56.00″W / 36.1636111°N 86.7155556°W (NAD27)

WCRT (1160

radio station licensed to the community of Donelson, Tennessee, near Nashville. Broadcasting a format of evangelical preaching and talk shows

, WCRT is owned by Bott Communications, a Christian broadcaster, which bought the station, formerly WAMB, from longtime Nashville broadcaster Bill Barry (now deceased; he later operated a lower-powered WAMB on the frequency of 1200 kHz).

WCRT broadcasts with 50,000 watts during the day and 1,000 watts at night. Because the 1160 kHz frequency receives interference from a Cuban radio station^[who?] operating in excess of the officially notified power under international treaties, WCRT maintained a special temporary authority since 1990 from the Federal Communications Commission to operate an FM station at night as well. This station had the call sign WCRT-FM1 and, from 1998 on, operated from one of the WCRT (AM) towers.^[1] The last frequency for WCRT-FM1 is 106.3 MHz, the fourth frequency on which it operated since being authorized; the station was required to cease operations when a license was issued for a low-power station on the frequency, WXNS-LP.^[2] It has since been replaced by a normal translator, W296DE (107.1 FM).

Class A station. WCRT must reduce power during nighttime hours in order to protect the skywave signals of KSL (AM) and WYLL in Chicago, both fulltime 50,000 watts

signals. WYLL is a Class B station.