WQKT is a commercial FM

Frequency modulation

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 radio station

Radio station

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 in Wooster, Ohio

Wooster, Ohio

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, USA, broadcasting at 104.5 MHz with a country music

Country music

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 format. The station carries Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 baseball

Baseball

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, Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

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 football

American football

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, Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 basketball

Basketball

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, Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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 football and basketball, football and basketball games of The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster

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, along with various local High School sports broadcasts. WQKT is co-owned with AM station WKVX

WKVX

WKVX is an AM radio station in Wooster, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 960 kHz with a oldies format. it is co-owned with FM station WQKT.The station began broadcasting on September 17, 1947 as WWST, originally broadcasting daytime only. It changed to WKVX on September 1, 1988.-External links:*...

.

WQKT FM began broadcasting as WWST-FM and for many years rebroadcasting the programming of its sister AM station WWST-AM. The station signed on in 1947 at 5,000 watts while playing block programming. In 1962 in the wave of Rock Music broadcasting on the radio, WWST followed suit until the 80's when it began Country Programming. It changed to WQKT on October 10, 1983 when it adopted its present country music format now using WestWood One

Westwood One

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's Mainstream Country feed.

The station currently employs four Full-time on air personalities including Mike Breckenridge, Ron Hamilton, Dan Earich, and Brandon Canode. WQKT and WKVX radio also employ the following part time radio personalities:
Brian Barco (Saturdays 6am-noon)
Isaiah Cresap (Sundays 6am-noon)
Dale Mosier (Sundays 12 noon-6pm)
Mike Thompson (Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight)
Dustin Robertson (Saturdays 12 noon-6pm, Sundays 6pm-12 midnight)

You may not hear the following people on the air, but these folks below work hard behind-the-scenes to keep WQKT/WKVX serving the Wayne County area:
Craig Walton-Sales Manager and Assistant Manager
Becky Moore- Account Executive
Kelley Rice- Marketing Consultant
Carol Yoder- Marketing Consultant
Christy Bishop- Traffic Manager and Receptionist
Blake Thompson- Chief Engineer

External links

• Station History from WQKT Website