WCMT (AM)

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For the FM radio station in South Fulton, Tennessee, United States, see WCMT-FM.

WCMT

City of license	Martin, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Jackson TN area
Branding	1410 Your Best Friend
Frequency	1410 kHz
First air date	1957
Format	News Talk Information
Power	700 watts day 58 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	67054
Transmitter coordinates	36°21′45.00″N 88°50′57.00″W / 36.3625000°N 88.8491667°W / 36.3625000; -88.8491667
Affiliations	CNN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One
Owner	Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company
Website	wcmt.com

WCMT (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Martin, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Northwest Tennessee and Southwest Kentucky radio market from Paducah, Kentucky to Jackson, Tennessee. The station is currently owned by Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company and features programing from CNN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.^[1]

WCMT-AM began broadcasting June 16, 1957 when J. T. Sudbury of Blytheville, Arkansas placed the station on the air. It has remained in the same location since the station began broadcasting. WCMT's early success is attributed to the late Dwight A. "Duke" Drumm who arrived on the scene in 1959 and worked for twenty years doing practically every job in the station. Herb Cathey was a long time air personality who also served as an engineer for the station.

In 1968 Drumm convinced Sudbury to add an FM station to the airwave and WCMT-FM (then 101.7) joined WCMT-AM. The station late upgraded its power and changed frequency and is now on 101.3 FM. In 1994, Thunderbolt Broadcasting purchased 95.1 WGNN, formerly WJZK, and changed the call letters to WCDZ-FM. The studios were moved from Dresden, Tennessee to the Martin studios.

Programming

Programming includes: Local News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Jim Bohannon, George Noory, Art Bell, American in the Morning, First Light, Mike Colamenco, Warren Eckstein, Dr. Joy Browne, and Good Times in the Morning with Chris and Paul a local "town hall" meeting every morning from 6-9am.

WCMT's Good Times in the Morning program can be heard on 1410 WCMT as well as WCMT FM 101.3 and 100.5 and 103.3. WCMT stands for "The Voice of Weakley County."

Paul Freeman Tinkle, Thunderbolt Broadcasting president began his career at WCMT as a janitor of the radio station in 1970 while as a sophomore at Martin High School (now Westview High School.) A short time later he became a board operator when another announcer couldn't come work. He later worked in Union City and McKenzie, Tennessee and Mayfield and Paducah, Kentucky before returning in 1981 where he later became a partner in Thunderbolt Broadcasting.

Operations manager

Cindy Stewart Prince has worked at the station since 1979 and serves as assistant to the president. Tinkle's son, Jordan Tinkle, now working at stations in Nashville, began his start at WCMT at the age of 10 working as a "take out the trash" boy and became a board operator a short time later.

1410 WCMT is an award-winning news station and has won every Associated Press award in Tennessee including "Station of the Year." Local news can be heard around the clock while national news is heard hourly.

WCMT is owned by Thunderbolt Broadcasting and is located at 1410 North Lindell Street in Martin, Tennessee and also owns and operates WCMT-FM and WCDZ-FM with studios co-located with WCMT. Thunderbolt Broadcasting also own WQAK-FM and WYVY-FM in Union City, Tennessee. WCMT simulcasts (duplicates)its programming on 100.5 FM.

WCMT is a member of the International Broadcaster's Idea Bank, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters and the Kentucky Broadcaster's Association and a number of chamber of Commerce associations in the Ken Tenn area.

WCMT is a 2005 winner of the NAB "Crystal" award for community service and is a recipient of the Weakley County Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.

References

↑ "WCMT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCMT

Radio-Locator Information on WCMT

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