Frequency | 1000 kHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Urban contemporary gospel |
Ownership | |
Owner | Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC |
WAGR-FM | |
History | |
First air date | October 23, 1959 [1] |
Call sign meaning | XTN = "Christian" |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 27486 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°06′39″N 90°02′21″W / 33.11083°N 90.03917°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wxtnam1000.com |
WXTN (1000 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Benton, Mississippi, United States. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car traffic collision on May 30, 2009, [3] [4] and the station's license was transferred to Holmes County Broadcasting effective June 29, 2012.
The station is an AM daytimer, limited to daylight-only broadcast operations to protect the nighttime signals of KNWN in Seattle, WMVP in Chicago, and XEOY in Mexico City. [5] The station was assigned the call sign "WXTN" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [6]
WXTN broadcasts an urban contemporary gospel radio format. [7]
Brad has been in the radio business for over thirty-four years. He started as an employee of WXTN as a teenager. He later became station manager. In 1989, Brad and his family opened WAGR, a new FM station in Lexington. Since 2000, he has been owner and operator for both stations.
Frequency | 1000 kHz |
---|---|
Programming | |
Format | Urban contemporary gospel |
Ownership | |
Owner | Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC |
WAGR-FM | |
History | |
First air date | October 23, 1959 [1] |
Call sign meaning | XTN = "Christian" |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 27486 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°06′39″N 90°02′21″W / 33.11083°N 90.03917°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wxtnam1000.com |
WXTN (1000 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Benton, Mississippi, United States. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car traffic collision on May 30, 2009, [3] [4] and the station's license was transferred to Holmes County Broadcasting effective June 29, 2012.
The station is an AM daytimer, limited to daylight-only broadcast operations to protect the nighttime signals of KNWN in Seattle, WMVP in Chicago, and XEOY in Mexico City. [5] The station was assigned the call sign "WXTN" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [6]
WXTN broadcasts an urban contemporary gospel radio format. [7]
Brad has been in the radio business for over thirty-four years. He started as an employee of WXTN as a teenager. He later became station manager. In 1989, Brad and his family opened WAGR, a new FM station in Lexington. Since 2000, he has been owner and operator for both stations.