WXTN is an American radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Benton, Mississippi

Benton, Mississippi

Benton is an unincorporated community in Yazoo County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi Highway 433 divides the community. Benton is also served by the Zip Code 39039. Benton was the county seat of Yazoo County from 1829 to 1848. It is home to Benton Academy, one of only two major...

, USA. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Sandra U. Cothran as executrix of the estate of Brad Maurice Cothran. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car accident on May 30, 2009.

The station is an AM daytimer, limited to daylight-only broadcast operations to protect the nighttime signals of KOMO

KOMO (AM)

KOMO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington. Its format is primarily news. From 2003 to 2008, it was also the flagship station of the Seattle Mariners Radio Network...

 in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, WMVP

WMVP

WMVP is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local...

 in Chicago, Illinois, and XEOY in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

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 "WXTN" by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC).

WXTN broadcasts a religious radio format

Radio format

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