WMT-FM is a 100,000 watt radio station

Radio station

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 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...

. It is a Hot Adult Contemporary music formatted station owned by Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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. It is one of the few stations with a callsign beginning with W located west of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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History

WMT-FM signed on February 27, 1963, with a classical music

Classical music

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 format; it later became a "beautiful music

Beautiful music

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" station before adopting its current AC format. WMT-FM's studios have been located at Broadcast Park on Collins Road in Cedar Rapids, along with its AM sister station WMT

WMT (AM)

WMT is a news/talk radio station broadcasting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. The station's signal reaches most of Iowa and portions of neighboring states during daylight hours. -History:...

 and TV station KGAN

KGAN

KGAN is the CBS-affiliated television station for Eastern Iowa licensed to Cedar Rapids. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rowley near the junction of Buchanan, Benton and Linn Counties. The station can also be seen on Mediacom channel 2 and in...

(the former WMT-TV), since it signed on.

The station is known for their "time warp weekends" and long standing tradition of being heavily involved in the Cedar Rapids community. The station hosts "Uptown Friday Nights" every Friday night in downtown Cedar Rapids. The station often joins up with WMT-AM for special promotional events, and simulcasts during severe weather conditions.

Personalities and Programming

Monday-Friday

(5am-10am) Voice tracked

(10am-3pm) Voice tracked

(3pm-7pm) On-Air with Ryan Seacrest

(7pm-12am) hosted by Cindy Spicer (Clear Channel Premium Choice Voice Tracking)

(12am-5am) hosted by Shelley Wade (Clear Channel Premium Choice Voice Tracking)




Saturday

(6am-10am) Ryan Seacrest American Top 40

(10am-7pm) Voice Tracked

(7pm-11pm) Backtracks 80's/90's

(1pm-12am) Voice Tracked




Sunday

(12am-4pm) Voice Tracked

(4pm-8pm) Retro Pop Reunion

(8pm-11pm) Unknown

(11pm-12am) Voice Tracked


Will start running Dawson radio show on the weekends.