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format, but retains their Sunday schedule of church worship programming from their previous format. Starting with the 2023–24 academic year, the station also began offering programming produced by students of Todd County Schools as part of the multimedia cirriculum.
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companion until that day. The translator, as W218CR, was purchased by Ham Broadcasting from Hope Media Group in 2023. The translator's callsign was changed to W221EU before it began Elkton operations as the FM companion of WEKT.
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On June 16, 2023, it was announced that M&R Broadcasting was intending to sell WEKT to Ham Broadcasting Company, Incorporated (also known as the Edge Media Group), the owners of
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In addition to classic hit music, the station also broadcasts church services on Sundays. It is also the home of football and basketball games of the
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and three other radio stations in the region. The sale was finalized later that month. On July 1, 2023, the station began broadcasting their current
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to simulcast its AM programming at 92.1 megahertz. WEKT was previously one of a few remaining AM radio stations in western Kentucky without an
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purchased the station. After the station was purchased by Marshall and Ruby Sidebottom shortly after he sold
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Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
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From 2000 until around the mid-2010s, WEKT previously served as the Todd County radio home of the
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athletic teams. Since 2001, the station also serves as a part-time affiliate of the
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Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State
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The station's studio is located at the Public Square (junction of
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format under ownership of Jim White. It became known as
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National news updates are currently provided by the
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Elkton, Kentucky
Frequency
kHz
Format
Classic hits
Salem Radio Network
Sister stations
WKDZ
WKDZ-FM
WHVO
Call sign
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
watts
36°48′33″N 87°09′38″W / 36.80917°N 87.16056°W / 36.80917; -87.16056
Translator(s)
Public file
LMS
Webcast
Listen live
wektradio.com
AM
radio station
Classic hits
Elkton, Kentucky
Cadiz, Kentucky
US 68 Business
KY 181

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