WPWT

WPWT
City	Colonial Heights, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Tri-Cities, VA/TN
Branding	"Power Talk 870"
Frequency	870 kHz
First air date	1984
Format	Talk Radio
Power	10,000 Watts daytime only
Class	D
Callsign meaning	W PoWer Talk
Owner	Kenneth Clyde Hill
Sister stations	WABN, WHCB, WHGB, WHGG
Website	WPWT Online

For the former FM radio station in Philadelphia named WPWT, see WKDU.

WPWT is a Talk Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Tennessee, serving the Tri-Cities, VA/TN area. WPWT is owned and operated by Kenneth Clyde Hill.

History

This station signed on the air in 1984. Prior to its sign-on, it had been assigned the call letters WIKV by the FCC. Since these calls were deemed by constructing supervisor Dave Murray (husband of Martha Murray, the original licensee) to be too close to the calls of a prominent FM in the market, WIKQ, the calls were changed, to WPRQ. All this transpired before the station ever officially hit the air.

The original power was 5,000 watts. This was increased later to 10,000 watts. The signal, which shares the clear channel of 870 kHz with Class-A 50,000-watt WWL in New Orleans, was licensed as daytime-only, which it remains today.

The original format was contemporary Christian hit music. Other formats have followed, including news/talk and religious talk. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, the station was dark (silent) for a time, but was sold and returned to the air. Its current owner, Kenneth Clyde Hill, owns other stations as well.

The transmitter was originally a single tower near Warrior's Path State Park in Colonial Heights, Tennessee, which is south of Kingsport, Tennessee. It remains there today.

The original studio was in a residence, in Colonial Heights, Tennessee, which was owned by Dave and Martha Murray.

Management

Dr. Kenneth C. Hill is the owner of WPWT and sister stations WHCB, WHGB, and WHGG.

External links

Power Talk 870 Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPWT

Radio-Locator Information on WPWT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPWT

Radio stations in the Johnson City / Kingsport / Bristol TN–VA market

By AM frequency	640 690 790 870 910 980 1050 1090 1140 1230 1260 1320 1400 1490 1550

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.5 92.3 92.9 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.7 103.1 103.9 104.3 104.9 106.5 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W206BE W213AN W222AG WABN WAEZ WAXM WBCM-LP WBGQ WCQR-FM WCSK WETB WETS-FM WEXX WEYE WFHG WFHG-FM WGAT WGOC WHCB WHGG WIGN WIKQ WJCW WKJV-LP WKOS WKPT WMCH WMEV-FM WMIT WOPI WPWT WQUT WRZK WTFM WUMC WVEK-FM WXBQ-FM WXIS WXLZ WXLZ-FM WXSM WZAP

Defunct	WDUF

Tennessee radio markets Chattanooga Jackson Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Knoxville Memphis Nashville Other Tennessee radio regions Clarksville Cookeville Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Virginia

Daytime-only radio stations in Tennessee

Stations	WBBX - Kingston WBOL - Bolivar WBRY - Woodbury WCLC - Jamestown WCTA - Alamo WDEB - Jamestown WDTM - Selmer WENO - Nashville WENR - Englewood WETR - Knoxville WFCM - Smyrna WFCN - Nashville WGUE - Memphis WHEW - Franklin WHGG - Kingsport WJBE - Powell WJPJ - Humboldt WKCE - Maryville WKVL - Knoxville WLOD - Loudon WNPC - Newport WNPZ - Knoxville WNWS - Brownsville WOCV - Oneida WPTN - Cookeville WPWT - Colonial Heights WQZQ - Goodlettsville WRQR - Paris WSBI - Static WSDQ - Dunlap WSGI - Springfield WSLV - Ardmore WTNW - Jasper WTPR - Paris WUAT - Pikeville WVLZ - Knoxville WWDX - Huntingdon WYXE - Gallatin

Defunct	WKJQ - Parsons WMTY - Farragut WPFD - Fairview

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

Coordinates: 36°27′40″N 82°27′12″W / 36.46111°N 82.45333°W / 36.46111; -82.45333

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