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 Tower on Tower Hill Road, Fairmont, West Virginia, seen from the adjacent Grove Cemetery | |
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Broadcast area | North-Central West Virginia |
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| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| Branding | The Torch |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1928 |
Former call signs | WMMN (1928–2026) |
Call sign meaning | "Star" (former branding of WZST-FM) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 21171 | |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°28′3″N 80°12′20″W / 39.46750°N 80.20556°W |
| Translator | 95.7 W239CM (Morgantown) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WZST (920 AM) is a conservative talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fairmont, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WZST is owned and operated by John Fredricks, through licensee Disruptor Radio LLC.
History
[edit]On November 1, 1935, WMMN joined the CBS Radio Network. At that time, the station was licensed to A.M. Rowe Inc., with George B. Storer the chief stockholder. It operated on 890 kHz with power of 500 watts daytime and 250 watts at night.[2] The WMMN call sign referred to Matthew Mansfield Neely, a former governor of West Virginia.
On February 5, 2024, WMMN changed its format from sports to conservative talk, branded as "The Torch".[3] The call sign was changed to WZST on April 15, 2026.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZST". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "WMMN Joins CBS" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 1, 1935. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ Conservative Torch Launches on West Virginia Trio Radioinsight - February 6, 2024
- ↑ Fredericks, John (April 8, 2026). "Form 380 - Exchange Request". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 21171 (WZST) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WZST in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 140606 (W239CM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W239CM at FCCdata.org
Media related to WMMN at Wikimedia Commons
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