WXCT (1370 AM, "Alt 98-7") is a

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. The station is owned by

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along with

WDEF-FM WDEF-FM (92.3 MHz "Sunny 92.3") is a commercial radio station in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The station is owned by Bahakel Communications and airs an adult contemporary radio format. WDEF-FM advertises itself as the "listening at work" station. Fo ...

WDOD-FM WDOD-FM (96.5 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40/CHR format. Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, the station is currently owned by WDOD of Chattanooga, Inc. Its studios are located on Broad Street in Chattanooga, and its transmit ...

, and

WUUQ WUUQ (97.3 FM) is a radio station serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, broadcasting on two different frequencies. The main frequency is 97.3 MHz FM which is licensed to South Pittsburg, Tennessee. 99.3 FM is a translator station licensed ...

. WXCT has an

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. The

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s are located on Broad Street in Chattanooga,. WXCT’s power is 5,000

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s. By day, it is non-directional, but at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on

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, it switches to a

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. The

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is located in the

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district in Chattanooga. In addition to the AM signal, WXCT is heard on 99-watt

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W254DB at 98.7

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History

On December 31, 1940, the station

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as WDEF. It originally broadcast at 1400

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s and was moved to 1370 in the late 1940s. It has long been the

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and was co-owned with

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, before the TV station was spun off to other owners in 1990s. On October 30, 2016, WDEF changed its

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to WXCT. It had been

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with

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station 97.3

. On November 14, 2016 at 8 a.m. WXCT dropped the WUUQ simulcast and changed its format to

, branded as "Alt 93.9." It began a simulcast on

W230CN at 93.9 FM.Alt 93.9 Launching in Chattanooga
Radioinsight - November 13, 2016 On September 1, 2017, WXCT changed its FM translator frequency from 93.9 MHz to 98.7 MHz, as W254DB and rebranded as "ALT 98-7."

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