WCRT
Broadcast areaNashville, Tennessee
Frequency1160 kHz
BrandingBott Radio Network
Programming
FormatReligious
Ownership
OwnerBott Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
April 1971
Former call signs
WAMB (1968–2006)
Call sign meaning
Christian Radio Tennessee
Technical information
Facility ID25031
ClassB
Power50,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
36°9′49.00″N 86°42′56.00″W / 36.1636111°N 86.7155556°W / 36.1636111; -86.7155556 (NAD27)
Translator(s)107.1 W296DE (Donelson)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitebottradionetwork.com/station/1160-am-nashville-tn/
WCRT-FM1
  • Donelson, Tennessee
Broadcast areaNashville, Tennessee
Frequency106.3 MHz
BrandingBott Radio Network
Programming
FormatReligious
Ownership
OwnerBott 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 ID166220
ClassSTA
ERP75 watts
HAAT83 meters (272 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°9′49.00″N 86°42′56.00″W / 36.1636111°N 86.7155556°W / 36.1636111; -86.7155556 (NAD27)

WCRT (1160 kHz) is a Class B AM 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 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to cease operations when a license was issued for a low-power station on the frequency, WXNS-LP.[2] It has since been replaced by a normal translator, W296DE (107.1 FM).

1160 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which KSL in Salt Lake City is the dominant 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Charles N. (May 8, 2007). "In re: Bott Communications, Inc. WCRT-FM1 (FB), Donelson, Tennessee, Facility Identification Number 166220, Special Temporary Authority" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  2. ↑ WCRT-FM1 final STA


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