WXCT

For the Southington, Connecticut radio station that held the call sign WXCT at 990 AM from 2003 to 2016, see WNTY.

WXCT
City	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding	Alt 93.9
Slogan	Where Music Matters in Chattanooga
Frequency	1370 kHz
Translator(s)	93.9 W286BJ (Chattanooga)
First air date	1940 (as WDEF at 1400)
Format	AAA
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	57845
Former callsigns	WDEF (1940-2016)
Former frequencies	1400 kHz (1940-1948)
Owner	Bahakel Communications (Jackson Telecasters, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEF-FM, WDOD-FM, WUUQ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.alt939.com

WXCT (1370 AM, "Alt 93.9") is a radio station serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. The station is currently owned by Bahakel Communications along with WDEF-FM, WDOD-FM, and WUUQ.

WXCT has long been the sister station to WDEF-FM and was the sister station to WDEF-TV, before being spun off from the CBS affiliate in the 1990s. It signed on as WDEF on December 31, 1940 at 1400 on the AM dial, and was moved to 1370 in the late 1940s.

On October 30, 2016, WDEF changed their call letters to WXCT.^[1]

On November 14, 2016 at 8 a.m. WXCT dropped its simulcast with WUUQ and changed their format to adult album alternative, branded as "Alt 93.9" (simulcast on FM translator W286BJ 93.9 FM Chattanooga).^[2]

References

↑ WXCT Call Sign History
↑ Alt 93.9 Launching in Chattanooga Radioinsight - November 13, 2016

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WXCT

Radio-Locator Information on WXCT

Chattanooga, Tennessee radio stations

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.3 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.3 100.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.7 105.1 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	980 1070 1110 1150 1260 1280 1370 1420 1450 1490 1590

By callsign	WAAK-LP WALV-FM WBDX WDEF-FM WDNT WDOD-FM WDYN WFLI WGOW WGOW-FM WJBP WJOC WJTT WKWN WKXJ WLMR WLND WMBW WMPZ WNGH-FM WNOO WOCE WOGT WPLZ WQCH WQMT WRXR-FM WSAA WSKZ WSMC-FM WUAT WUSY WUTC WUUQ WXCT WYBK

Defunct stations	WDOD (AM 1310)

Tennessee radio markets Chattanooga Jackson Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Knoxville Memphis Nashville Other Tennessee radio regions Clarksville Cookeville See also List of radio stations in Tennessee

Bahakel Communications

Radio stations	KILO KRXP WDEF-FM WDOD-FM WUUQ WXCT

Television stations	WAKA (CBS) WBBJ-TV (ABC; CBS on DT3) WBMM (The CW) WCCB (The CW) WFXB (Fox) WNCF (ABC) ¹ WOLO-TV (ABC)

¹ Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting; operated by Bahakel through shared services agreement (SSA).

Coordinates: 35°02′25″N 85°20′22″W / 35.04028°N 85.33944°W / 35.04028; -85.33944

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