WWTF
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°10′5″N 84°35′37″W / 38.16806°N 84.59361°W |
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| Translator(s) | 97.7 W249DJ (Lexington) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wtf977rocks.iheart.com |
WWTF (1580
WWTF broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day but severely reduces power at night to 45 watts due to international treaty obligations. 1580 AM is designated a clear-channel frequency allocated to Canada. Since 2006, the allocation has been used by CKDO in Oshawa, and thus no stations are allowed to broadcast a signal on 1580 that reaches within 750 miles of CKDO during nighttime hours. CKDO's directional signal, pointed away from the United States and at the bare minimum allowed for a clear-channel station, is not audible anywhere near Lexington.[4] It uses a directional antenna at all times. The FM translator operates at 250 watts around the clock, the maximum power allowed for a translator. The transmitter is on Ironworks Road in Georgetown. The studios and offices are located on Nicholasville Road in Lexington, with the other iHeart stations in the Lexington media market.
History
Former radio engineer and business owner, Robert Johnson began on September 6, 1957, WGOR
By the end of 1982, the AM station dropped the country music simulcast and began airing Satellite Music Network's "Stardust" adult standards format, with the call sign WBBE. In 1990, the station reverted to the WAXU call letters, carrying SMN's "Real Country" format.
On April 15, 1991, WAXU became WTKT, simulcasting the
The station switched to
On October 29, 2012, the station flipped to all-comedy, using
In September 2016, WWTF added FM translator W249DJ. On February 20, 2017, WWTF flipped to an active rock/alternative rock format as "WTF 97.7."[9]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWTF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WWTF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com
- ^ Radio-Locator.com
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-84
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ "WWTF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ WWTF Lexington Flips To Sports Radioinsight - May 13, 2014
- ^ WTF is Rocking Lexington Radioinsight - February 20, 2017
External links
- WTF 97.7
- LKYRadio.com page on WAXU
- Facility details for Facility ID 34246 (WWTF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WWTF in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 158396 (W249DJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W249DJ at FCCdata.org