WMTC (AM)

WMTC
City Vancleve, Kentucky
Slogan Mountain Gospel
Frequency 730 kHz
Format Defunct (formerly Southern Gospel / Christian talk)
Power 5,000 watts day
50 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 65757
Transmitter coordinates 37°36′12.00″N 83°26′39.00″W / 37.6033333°N 83.4441667°W / 37.6033333; -83.4441667
Callsign meaning Winning Men To Christ[1]
Affiliations Salem Communications
Owner Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association
Sister stations WMTC-FM
Website mountaingospel.org

WMTC (730 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Christian format. Formerly licensed to Vancleve, Kentucky, United States, the station was owned by the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association and featured programming from Salem Communications.[2] WMTC's format consisted of Southern Gospel music, as well as Christian talk and teaching programs such as; Revive our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Joni & Friends, Focus on the Family, and Unshackled!, as well as children's programming such as Adventures in Odyssey and Jonathan Park.[3]

WMTC went off the air on February 20, 2013. The station's license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the licensee on March 7, 2013, and the FCC cancelled WMTC's license on March 12, 2013.

References

  1. McConnell, Lela G. (May 2005). The Pauline Ministry in the Kentucky Mountains or a Brief Account of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4191-4651-0.
  2. "WMTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. WMTC Mountain Gospel Program Guide Mountain Gospel. December 2011. Accessed August 22, 2012


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