WCLT-FM | |
City: | Newark, Ohio |
Area: | Columbus metropolitan area |
Branding: | T-100 |
Airdate: | [1] |
Format: | Country |
Subchannels: | HD2: 104.7 The Big Lick (Rock) |
Erp: | 50,000 watts |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 71285 |
Coordinates: | 40.0339°N -82.4022°W |
Affiliations: | Compass Media Networks Motor Racing Network |
Owner: | WCLT Radio |
Sister Stations: | WCLT (AM) |
Webcast: | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
Website: | wclt.com thebiglick.com (HD2) |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WCLT-FM (100.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. It is owned by WCLT Radio and uses the slogan Today's Country and Your All-Time Favorites, T-100. Licensed to Newark, Ohio, it serves the Columbus metropolitan area. In morning drive time, T-100 carries the syndicated Big D and Bubba Show.
WCLT-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the current maximum for most of Ohio.[2] [3] The transmitter and studios are on Jacksonville Road (Ohio State Route 13) in Newark. WCLT-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[4] The HD2 digital subchannel carries a mainstream rock format known as "104.7 The Big Lick." It feeds FM translator W284CH at 104.7 MHz.
WCLT-FM signed on the air on .[5] It was owned by The Advocate, Newark's daily newspaper.[6] In its early days, WCLT-FM largely simulcast co-owned WCLT 1480 AM.
By the 1970s, the FM station was offering separate programming. While WCLT (AM) was a Top 40 station, WCLT-FM played automated easy listening music. In the 1980s, the station made the transition to soft adult contemporary music. In the 1990s, it flipped to country music.