WTRT | |
City: | Benton, Kentucky |
Branding: | Thrive FM |
Frequency: | 88.1 MHz |
Airdate: | 1999[1] |
Format: | Christian radio |
Erp: | 3,500 watts |
Haat: | 66 meters |
Class: | A |
Facility Id: | 88122 |
Coordinates: | 36.7981°N -88.3472°W |
Owner: | Pennyrile Christian Community, Inc. |
Sister Stations: | WAAJ, WVHM |
Website: | http://www.thrivefm88.com/ |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WTRT (88.1 FM) is a Christian radio–formatted radio station licensed to Benton, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky, including Paducah. WTRT is owned by Pennyrile Christian Community, Inc. as part of a triopoly with contemporary Christian station WVHM (89.7 FM) and Christian radio station WAAJ (90.5 FM).[2] All three stations share studios on College Street in downtown Hardin, Kentucky, while WTRT's transmitter facilities is located off Dowdy Cemetery Road south of Benton.
WTRT signed on in 1999 as the third station in the Heartland Ministries organization.[1]
The station airs a format consisting of modern praise and worship as well as a few Christian talk and teaching programs. Syndicated programming on WTRT includes Focus on the Family, James Dobson, and Alistair Begg.[3]