WFST (600
AM) is a
radio station in
Caribou, Maine
Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 7,396 at the 2020 census, and between the 2010 and 2020 census it was the fastest-shrinking city in Maine. The city is a service center for the agri ...
. It is owned by Northern Broadcast Ministries. WFST airs a
Christian talk and teaching
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radio format with some
Christian music programs. WFST calls itself "Family Radio" on the air, but is not associated with the national
Family Radio
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network, based in
Tennessee.
By day, WFST is powered at 5,000
watts
non-directional. To protect other stations on
600 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 600 kHz: 600 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency
Argentina
* LU5 in Neuquén, Neuquén.
Bolivia
* CP190 in Sucre
Brazil
* ZYH920 in São Luís, Maranhão
* ZYH287 in São Ga ...
from interference, at night it reduces power to 127 watts. The
transmitter tower is on Sweden Street (Route 181), east of downtown Caribou.
Programming
WFST airs national religious programs including ''
Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll,
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations ...
with
Jim Daly,
Turning Point with David Jeremiah'' and ''
Grace to You with John MacArthur''.
Music programs include
Southern Gospel
Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ...
and
Christian adult contemporary music. Overnight, programming is supplied from the
Moody Bible radio network. News and sports updates are provided by
SRN News.
History
The station
signed on
Signing may refer to:
* Using sign language
* Signature
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the air July 5, 1956. In its early years, WFST was a
daytimer, required to go off the air at night.
AM 600 is the frequency on which
CFCF in
Montreal was located, Canada's first radio station. So WFST could not interfere with CFCF's signal. In the 1970s, WFST aired a
country music format.
For a short time, WFST had an FM sister station on 97.7
MHz. That FM frequency is now part of the
Channel X Radio network of stations.
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References
External links
{{Religious Radio Stations in Maine
FST
Moody Radio affiliate stations
Caribou, Maine
Radio stations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Maine