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Broadcast area
  
Canton, Ohio

ERP
  
52,000 watts

Class
  
B

Frequency
  
104.5 MHz

Format
  
Country music

Area
  
Canton

First air date
  
1947

HAAT
  
101 meters

Facility ID
  
74201

City of license
  
Wooster

Owner
  
Dix Communications

Branding
  
Sports Country

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Affiliations
  
Cleveland Browns Radio Network

WQKT is a commercial FM radio station in Wooster, Ohio, United States, broadcasting at 104.5 MHz with a country music format. The station carries Cleveland Indians baseball, Cleveland Browns football, Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, Ohio State University football and basketball, football and basketball games of The College of Wooster, along with various local High School sports broadcasts. WQKT is co-owned with AM station WKVX.

WQKT FM began broadcasting as WWST-FM and for many years rebroadcasting the programming of its sister AM station WWST. The station signed on in 1947 at 5,000 watts while playing block programming. In 1962 in the wave of Rock Music broadcasting on the radio, WWST followed suit until the 1980s when it began Country Programming. It changed to WQKT on October 10, 1983 when it adopted its present country music format now using Westwood One's Mainstream Country feed.

References

WQKT Wikipedia