WCLT-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Newark–Columbus, Ohio}}

{{for|the AM radio station in Newark, Ohio, United States|WCLT (AM)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WCLT-FM

| logo = 200px
100px

| city = Newark, Ohio

| area = Columbus metropolitan area

| branding = T-100

| frequency = 100.3 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| translator = {{Radio Relay|104.7|W284CH|Newark|HD2}}

| airdate = {{start date and age|1947|8|7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wclt.com/am/history.cfm|title=WCLT History}}

| format = Country

| subchannels = HD2: 104.7 The Big Lick (Rock)

| power =

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|119|meters}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 71285

| coordinates = {{coord|40|2|2.00|N| 82|24|8.00|W|region:US_type:city}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
Motor Racing Network

| owner = WCLT Radio

| licensee =

| sister_stations = WCLT (AM)

| webcast = [https://mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/mobile_iphone.asp?station=wclt-fm Listen Live]
[http://player.prostreaming.net/biglick Listen Live (HD2)]

| website = [http://www.wclt.com wclt.com]
[http://www.thebiglick.com thebiglick.com] (HD2)

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

Image:WCLT HD.png Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD.]]

WCLT-FM (100.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. It is owned by WCLT Radio and uses the slogan Today's Country and Your All-Time Favorites, T-100. Licensed to Newark, Ohio, it serves the Columbus metropolitan area. In morning drive time, T-100 carries the syndicated Big D and Bubba Show.

WCLT-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the current maximum for most of Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCLT-FM |title=WCLT-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WCLT-FM|title=WCLT-FM Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron}} The transmitter and studios are on Jacksonville Road (Ohio State Route 13) in Newark. WCLT-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.{{cite web|url=http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=27 |title=HD Radio Station Guide |work=HD Radio |publisher=iBiquity }} The HD2 digital subchannel carries a mainstream rock format known as "104.7 The Big Lick." It feeds FM translator W284CH at 104.7 MHz.

History

WCLT-FM signed on the air on {{start date and age|1947|8|7}}.[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-All-Radio-BC-YB-1990.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1990] page B-243, Broadcasting & Cable It was owned by The Advocate, Newark's daily newspaper.{{cite news|title=Paper Heralds WCLT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-09-01-BC.pdf|access-date=7 October 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=September 1, 1947}} In its early days, WCLT-FM largely simulcast co-owned WCLT 1480 AM.

By the 1970s, the FM station was offering separate programming. While WCLT (AM) was a Top 40 station, WCLT-FM played automated easy listening music. In the 1980s, the station made the transition to soft adult contemporary music. In the 1990s, it flipped to country music.

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