WCRT (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Frequency | 1160 kHz |
| Branding | Bott Radio Network |
| Programming | |
| Format | Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bott Communications, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | April 1971 |
Former call signs | WAMB (1968–2006) |
Call sign meaning | Christian Radio Tennessee |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25031 |
| Class | B |
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| Translator | 107.1 W296DE (Donelson) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | bottradionetwork |
| Former FM transmitter | |
| WCRT-FM1 | |
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| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Frequency | 106.3 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 |
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Call sign meaning | Christian Radio Tennessee |
| Technical information[2] | |
| Facility ID | 166220 |
| Class | STA |
| ERP | 75 watts |
| HAAT | 83 meters (272 ft) |
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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 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.[3] 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.[4] It has since been replaced by a normal translator, W296DE (107.1 FM).
AM 1160 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 and WYLL in Chicago, both fulltime 50,000 watts signals. WYLL is a Class B station.
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Bott Radio Network Station Info — official information page
- Facility details for Facility ID 25031 (WCRT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WCRT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 166220 (DWCRT-FM1) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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