WCHT
Broadcast areaUpper Peninsula
Frequency600 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk Radio 93.5 FM 600 AM
Programming
FormatNews–talk
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerAMC Partners, LLC
History
First air date
1958 (1958) (as WLST)
Former call signs
  • WLST (1958–1971)
  • WBDN (1971–1986)
Call sign meaning
"Classic hits" (former format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID47119
ClassD
Power
  • 570 watts day
  • 134 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
45°48′19″N 87°10′13″W / 45.80528°N 87.17028°W / 45.80528; -87.17028
Translator(s)93.5 W228DQ (Escanaba)
Links
Public license information
WebsiteWCHT Online

WCHT (600 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan, with a power output of 570 watts during the day and 134 watts night, covering much of the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, doing business as the Radio Results Network and broadcasts from studios on Ludington Avenue in Downtown Escanaba.[2] Its programming is also simulcasted on FM translator W228DQ, licensed to Escanaba at 93.5 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 250 watts.[3]

History

WCHT first began broadcasting under the WLST call sign in 1958, and then became WBDN around 1971. WBDN programmed adult contemporary music throughout the 1970s and then went country around 1979, keeping that format until late 1986, when the station switched formats to oldies under the WCHT calls (with the call letters standing for classic hits). For a short period of time, WCHT's current news talk format was simulcast on the FM band on WMXG.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCHT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ https://www.radioresultsnetwork.com/contact/}
  3. ↑ https://radio-locator.com/info/W228DQ-FX
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