WFST

46°53′12″N 68°2′44″W / 46.88667°N 68.04556°W / 46.88667; -68.04556

Radio station in Caribou, Maine

Caribou, Maine

Broadcast areaAroostook County, MaineFrequency600 kHzProgrammingFormatChristian talk and teachingNetworkSRN NewsAffiliationsMoody Bible Radio NetworkOwnershipOwnerNorthern Broadcast MinistriesHistory

First air date

July 5, 1956; 67 years ago (July 5, 1956)

Call sign meaning

Forrest S. Tibbetts (former owner)^[1]Technical informationFacility ID49517ClassDPower

5,000 watts day
127 watts night

Transmitter coordinates

46°53′12″N 68°2′44″W / 46.88667°N 68.04556°W / 46.88667; -68.04556LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitefamilyradiowfst.com

WFST (600 AM) is a radio station in Caribou, Maine. It is owned by Northern Broadcast Ministries.^[2]^[3] WFST airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format with some Christian music programs. WFST calls itself "Family Radio" on the air, but is not associated with the national Family Radio network, based in Tennessee.

By day, WFST is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. To protect other stations on 600 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 127 watts. The transmitter tower is on Sweden Street (Route 181), east of downtown Caribou.^[4]

Programming

WFST airs national religious programs including Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, Turning Point with David Jeremiah and Grace to You with John MacArthur.

Music programs include Southern Gospel and Christian adult contemporary music. Overnight, programming is supplied from the Moody Bible radio network. News and sports updates are provided by SRN News.

History

The station signed on the air July 5, 1956.^[5] In its early years, WFST was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. AM 600 is the frequency on which CFCF in Montreal was located, Canada's first radio station. So WFST could not interfere with CFCF's signal. In the 1970s, WFST aired a country music format.

For a short time, WFST had an FM sister station on 97.7 MHz. That FM frequency is now part of the Channel X Radio network of stations.^[6]

References

^ "WFST reception verification" (PDF). December 29, 1960. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "WFST Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "WFST Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
^ Radio-Locator.com/WFST
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-95
^ http://bostonradio.org/essays/maine-hist

External links

WFST in the FCC AM station database
WFST in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in Northern and Downeast Maine

This area includes the Presque Isle area (Aroostook County) and Washington County.

By AM frequency

600
780
1370
1390

By SW frequency

3.25
5.13
7.49
9.33

By FM frequency

89.1
89.7
91.1
91.5
91.7
- WRNM
- WSHD
92.1
92.7
93.7
94.7
94.9
95.3
96.1
96.9
97.7
- WCXU
- WNSX
98.1
99.1
100.1
101.1
101.9
102.3
102.9
106.1
106.5

Translators	102.7 103.1

By call sign

Defunct

WHOU (1340 AM)
WKZX (950 AM)
WQDY (1230 AM)
WRNE (89.1 FM)
WXMN (89.5 FM)
WUFK (92.1 FM)

Nearby regions – U.S.: Augusta-Waterville; Bangor; Mid Coast Maine

Canada: Bas-Saint-Laurent; Fredericton; Northern New Brunswick; Saint John

See also: List of radio stations in Maine

v t e Religious radio stations in the state of Maine
Stations	WARX – Lewiston WBCI – Bath WEGP — Presque Isle WFST – Caribou WHCF – Bangor WJCX – Pittsfield WMDR – Augusta WMDR-FM – Oakland WMEK – Kennebunkport WMEY – Bowdoin WMSJ – Freeport WPKC-FM – Sanford WRKJ – Westbrook WRPB – Benedicta WRNM – Ellsworth WSEW – Sanford WTBP – Bath WWLN – Lincoln WWTP – Augusta WWWA – Winslow WXBP – Corinth WXTP – North Windham WYFP – Harpswell
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Religious radio stations in the state of Maine

Stations

See also: adult contemporary; classic hits; college; country; news/talk; NPR; oldies; religious; rock; sports; top 40; urban; other radio stations in Maine