WXTN

WXTN
City	Benton, Mississippi
Slogan	"Your Radio"
Frequency	1000 kHz
First air date	October 23, 1959^[1]
Format	Religious
Language(s)	English
Power	5,000 watts (day only)
Class	D
Facility ID	27486
Transmitter coordinates	33°06′39″N 90°02′21″W / 33.11083°N 90.03917°W / 33.11083; -90.03917
Callsign meaning	XTN = "Christian"
Owner	Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC
Sister stations	WAGR-FM

WXTN (1000 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Benton, Mississippi, USA. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car traffic collision on May 30, 2009,^[2]^[3] and the station's license was transferred to Holmes County Broadcasting effective June 29, 2012.

The station is an AM daytimer, limited to daylight-only broadcast operations to protect the nighttime signals of KOMO in Seattle, Washington, WMVP in Chicago, Illinois, and XEOY in Mexico City.^[4] The station was assigned the call sign "WXTN" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).^[5]

WXTN broadcasts a religious radio format.^[6]

References

↑ "Facilities of Radio: Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1978. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1978. p. C-121.
↑ "Radio station owner killed in car crash". WLBT. July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ "Brad Cothran". The Clarion Ledger. June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2011. Brad has been in the radio business for over thirty-four years. He started as an employee of WXTN as a teenager. He later became station manager. In 1989, Brad and his family opened WAGR, a new FM station in Lexington. Since 2000, he has been owner and operator for both stations.
↑ "AM Station Classes: Clear, Regional, and Local Channels". Federal Communications Commission, Audio Division. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 6, 2011.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WXTN

Radio-Locator Information on WXTN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WXTN

Radio stations in the Greenville–Greenwood and North Central Mississippi area

By FM frequency	88.7 90.9 91.5 91.7 92.3 93.9 94.3 95.1 95.7 95.9 96.9 97.9 99.1 100.1 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.3 102.5 103.3 103.9 104.3 104.7 106.3 106.7 107.9

By AM frequency	960 1000 1220 1240 1260 1330 1490 1540 1580

By callsign	KAVH KUUZ KVSA WABG WAGR WBAD WBZL-FM WCLD WCLD-FM WDMS WESY WFCA WGNG WGNL WGRM WGRM-FM WGVM WIBT WIQQ WIXP-LP WKXG WLTM WLRK WMAO-FM WNIX WOHT WQXB WTCD WTGY WVSD WYTF WYMX

Defunct	KRKD (105.7 FM) KZYQ (103.5 FM) WDSK (1410 AM) WDTL-FM (92.9 FM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksdale Columbus-Starkville-West Point El Dorado Jackson Monroe Oxford Vicksburg See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

Religious radio stations in the state of Mississippi

Stations	KOUI – Louisville WAFR – Tupelo WAOY – Gulfport WAQL – Mccomb WAQL – McComb WASM – Natchez WATP – Laurel WATU – Port Gibson WAUM – Duck Hill WAVI – Oxford WCPC – Houston WCSO – Columbus WDFX – Cleveland WGWT – Houston WIXP – Greenville WJZB – Starkville WLRC – Walnut WMBU – Forest WNLA – Indianola WNNN – Noxapater WORV – Hattiesburg WPAE – Centreville WPAS – Pascagoula WPRG – Columbia WQST-FM – Forest WSAO – Senatobia WSJC – Magee WSKM – Brandon WTWZ – Clinton WWUN – Friar's Point WXTN – Benton WYTF – Indianola

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Mississippi See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Daytime-Only radio stations in Mississippi

Stations	WAPF - McComb WCSA - Ripley WELZ - Belzoni WHJA - Laurel WIIN - Ridgeland WIZK - Bay Springs WKRA - Holly Springs WLRC - Walnut WMEJ - Bay St. Louis WQFX - Gulfport WQMS - Quitman WRPM - Poplarville WSAO - Senatobia WTYL - Tylertown WTWZ - Clinton WVGG - Lucedale WXTN - Benton

Defunct	WKOR - Starkville WQMA - Marks WQST - Forest

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

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