WFST

WFST
Caribou, Maine;
Broadcast area	Aroostook County, Maine
Frequency	600 kHz
Programming
Format	Christian talk and teaching
Network	SRN News
Affiliations	Moody Bible Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Northern Broadcast Ministries
History
First air date	July 5, 1956; 67 years ago
Call sign meaning	Forrest S. Tibbetts (former owner)
Technical information
Facility ID	49517
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day; 127 watts night;
Transmitter coordinates	46°53′12″N 68°2′44″W / 46.88667°N 68.04556°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	familyradiowfst.com

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

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

[nrc-wfstmeaning-1] "WFST reception verification" (PDF). December 29, 1960. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

[2] "WFST Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[3] "WFST Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

[4] Radio-Locator.com/WFST

[5] Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-95

[6] ttp://bostonradio.org/essays/maine-hist

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v t e 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 99.1 100.1 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.7 102.9 103.1 106.1 106.5
By call sign	W274AF W276AY WALZ WBCQ WBCQ-FM WBFE WBPW WBQE WCRQ WCXU WCXV WCXX WDEA WEGP WFST WHOU-FM WMED WMEF WMEM WNSX WOZI WQDY-FM WQHR WRNM WRPB WSHD WSYY-FM WTUX WUMM WUPI WWLN WXME
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