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WEKT

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City
  
Elkton, Kentucky

Frequency
  
1070 kHz

Branding
  
Heavenly 1070

Slogan
  
Your Southern Gospel Station

First air date
  
July 21, 1977; 39 years ago (1977-07-21)

Format
  
Gospel music/Christian radio

WEKT (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Elkton, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by M & R Broadcasting, Inc.

WEKT has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 1,000 watts.

History

The station signed on the air as WSRG on July 21, 1977, initially broadcasting a country music format. It became known as WOAM on February 1, 1988, but officially became WEKT On January 3, 1989. The station switched to a gospel music format at some time in the late 1990s or the early 2000s. National news updates are currently provided by the Salem Radio Network.

References

WEKT Wikipedia