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WMST

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Broadcast area
  
Lexington-Fayette

Callsign meaning
  
Mount STerling

Owner
  
Gateway Radio Works, Inc_

Branding
  
WMST AM-1150 & 106.9FM

Class
  
D

City of license
  
Mount Sterling

Area
  
Lexington

Slogan
  
America's Best Music

Power
  
2,500 watts (day) 53 watts (night)

Affiliations
  
CBS News Kentucky News Network (KNN) Adult Standards (Dial Global)

Sister stations
  
WKYN 107.7 FM, WKCA-FM 97.7 FM, WIVY 96.3 FM

Frequency
  
AM: 1150 kHz, FM: 106.9 MHz

Format
  
Adult contemporary music, Adult standards

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WMST (1150 AM / 106.9 FM) is a radio station serving the Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area with an adult standards/soft AC format fed from Dial Global's Adult Standards satellite feed and is under ownership of Gateway Radio Works, Inc..

Contents

Other programming includes newscasts, from CBS News and the Kentucky News Network, live talk (some are local) and religious programs, including the nationwide syndicated show, "The Sunday Morning Wake-up with Chris" from August 2003 until December 2008 and was produced in the studios of WMST. Local air talent, Chris Conkright, also won the Edward R. Murrow Award for WMST in 2009 for "Best Newscast" in Small Market Radio for his entry, "Gateway Regional News at Five."

On a clear day, WMST-AM can be heard as far away West as Louisville, KY, as far away East as Morehead, KY, as far away North as Florence, KY and as far away South as Monticello, KY. The most popular item on the current programming line-up includes the locally produced show, "Mid-Mornings on Main" with Tom and Judy Byron and Dan Manley which can be heard weekday mornings from 8:20am until 10:30am. WMST airs five major newscasts ("Gateway Regional News") every weekday (6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am, 12:00pm, 5:00pm).

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Translators

In addition to the main station, WMST-AM is relayed by an additional stereo translator to widen its broadcast area.

References

WMST Wikipedia