| WEKT | |
| City: | Elkton, Kentucky |
| Branding: | Todd 1070 WEKT |
| Frequency: | 1070 kHz |
| Translator: | W221EU (92.1 FM) Elkton |
| Airdate: | [1] |
| Format: | Classic hits |
| Power: | 500 watts day 18 watts night |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 39460 |
| Callsign Meaning: | ElKTon |
| Former Callsigns: | WSRG (1977–1988) WOAM (1988–1989) |
| Affiliations: | Salem Radio Network |
| Owner: | Edge Media Group |
| Licensee: | Ham Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Sister Stations: | WKDZ, WKDZ-FM, WHVO |
| Webcast: | Listen live |
| Website: | wektradio.com |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WEKT (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic hits format. Licensed to and located in Elkton, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by the Cadiz, Kentucky-based Edge Media Group, a unit of Ham Broadcasting Company, Inc.[2]
The station's studio is located at the Public Square (junction of US 68 Business and KY 181) in downtown Elkton, and its transmission facility is located on Marion Street on the west side of Elkton.
The station signed on the air as WSRG on July 21, 1977, initially broadcasting a country music format under ownership of Jim White.[3] [4] It became known as WOAM on February 1, 1988, when country music singer Ernie Ashworth purchased the station.[5] After the station was purchased by Marshall and Ruby Sidebottom shortly after he sold WIRV of Irvine, WOAM officially became WEKT on January 3, 1989.[6] [7]
The station switched to a Southern Gospel format at some time in the early 1990s.
On March 24, 2016, WEKT was granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 1,000 watts.[8]
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 WHVO in nearby Hopkinsville and three other radio stations in the region.[9] [10] The sale was finalized later that month. On July 1, 2023, the station began broadcasting their current Classic hits 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.[11]
On April 12, 2024, WEKT launched a low-power translator to simulcast its AM programming at 92.1 megahertz.[12] WEKT was previously one of a few remaining AM radio stations in western Kentucky without an FM companion until that day. The translator, as W218CR, was purchased by Ham Broadcasting from Hope Media Group in 2023.[13] The translator's callsign was changed to W221EU before it began Elkton operations as the FM companion of WEKT.
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 Todd County Central High School athletic teams. Since 2001, the station also serves as a part-time affiliate of the Hilltopper Sports Network, broadcasting games of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team.[14]
National news updates are currently provided by the Salem Radio Network.
From 2000[15] until around the mid-2010s, WEKT previously served as the Todd County radio home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans football games through the Titans Radio Network.