Branding Rocket 101 Frequency 100.9 MHz | Slogan "The Rock Station" Format Mainstream Rock | |
City North East, Pennsylvania Broadcast area Erie, Pennsylvania
Jamestown, New York
Ashtabula, Ohio | ||
WRKT (100.9 FM) is a rock music formatted radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania. They play classic rock and new rock songs plus an array of local and regional sports. Notable on air personalities past and present include Kris Earl Phillips (the original Program Director and architect of the format), Steve Bohen, Paul Spinley, Kevin August, Dave Sharp, Amy St. John, Ron "Klinester" Kline, Mark O'brien, Nat Massing, Mojo McKay, Allan Carpenter, Woody, Chris Rodler, and "Stat Boy". Launched on June 22, 1989 at 12 noon, WRKT (Rocket 101) is now over 20 years old.
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WRKT is slated to move up the dial to 104.9 MHz (and presumably rebrand as "Rocket 105" or something similar) in 2017. The 100.9 frequency will then become home to the format currently at WMCE.
Interference
As one travels east on U.S. Route 6 into the city of Warren, a Christian radio station on 100.7 FM (a WCTL repeater) starts to interfere with Rocket 101's signal.
History of the WRKT callsign
WRKT was at one time assigned to an AM station in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Call sign stood for "ROCKET 1300." The station served the Kennedy Space Center area (Titusville) to Melbourne. The station also simulcasted WRKT-FM at 104.1, which has since moved to Orlando. At the time of the simulcast in the mid-1970s the station was a Top 40 station that dominated the market.