600 wmt frequency 600 khz first air date july 30 1922 1922 07 30 format news talk sports power 5 000 watts class b regional facility id 73593 transmitter coordinates 42 3 40.00 n 91 32 42.00 w 42.0611111 n 91.5450000 w 42.0611111 ; 91.5450000 wmt callsign meaning waterloo morning tribune now defunct newspaper that once owned the station former callsigns wjam 1922 1928 affiliations fox news radio dial global premiere networks iowa hawkeyes radio network owner iheartmedia inc. citicasters licenses inc. sister stations kkrq kksy fm kmjm kosy fm kxic webcast listen live website 600 . wmtradio.com wmt 600 am is a news talk radio station broadcasting in cedar rapids iowa in the united states . it is owned by iheartmedia inc. . the station s signal reaches most of iowa and portions of neighboring states during daylight hours . 1 wmt broadcasts on a regional am broadcast frequency according to the federal communications commission . beginning january 2 2012 wmt began simulcasting on kwmg 95.7 fm in anamosa iowa ; this simulcast ended on august 18 2014 . 1 wmt is licensed to broadcast a digital hybrid hd signal . 2 it is not currently carrying hd however . contents 1 history 2 personalities and programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wmt was founded by douglas tex perham as wjam on july 30 1922 . in 1928 harry shaw purchased wjam and moved the station from cedar rapids to waterloo renaming it wmt for the now defunct waterloo morning tribune newspaper that he owned . shaw sold the station to the cowles family owners of the des moines register in october 1934 . wmt moved back to cedar rapids the next year occupying the studios of the defunct kwcr radio after kwcr s frequency was taken over by kso in des moines another cowles station . wmt continued to operate a secondary studio in waterloo until 1947 . the cowleses sold wmt to delaware based american broadcasting stations in 1944 . wmt tv the first television station in cedar rapids signed on at channel 2 on september 30 1953 . on february 27 1963 wmt fm now kksy fm debuted at 96.5 mhz with the same song don t send me posies when it s shoesies that i need that was played on the am station s inaugural broadcast 41 years earlier . ownership of the wmt stations was passed on to orion broadcasting of louisville kentucky in 1968 . in 1981 cosmos broadcasting of greenville south carolina purchased wmt am and fm ; they had also planned to purchase wmt tv but the television station was sold to guy gannett communications who renamed it kgan because of ownership restrictions at the time . wmt and kgan continue to broadcast from the same building on collins road known as broadcast park ; however wmt now gets its weather reports from kwwl tv . former wmt logo an ownership group that included former iowa governor robert d. ray and sportscaster forrest frosty mitchell purchased wmt on october 1 1986 . on january 1 1996 palmer communications owners of who radio in des moines acquired wmt ; who and wmt were later sold to jacor broadcasting which was eventually acquired by current owner clear channel communications . wmt logo when simulcasting on 95.7 fm personalities and programming edit current local talk shows on wmt as of summer 2015 include the morning show with doug wagner and andy petersen the simon conway show and ask the expert . other programming includes drive time 380 with justin roberts and dan egger . randy lee is the program director for the station and serves as a substitute host for programming . a long running weekend show is the open line where listeners have shared recipes since 1963 . current hosts for that program are doug wagner and kristina kelley . wmt also simulcasts the big show with bob quinn doug cooper and andy petersen with sister station who . syndicated talk show hosts include rush limbaugh dave ramsey jim bohannon george noory s coast to coast am and the kim komando show . wmt has also been a longtime home for iowa hawkeyes football and basketball games . play by play announcers over the years included lawson tait cummins a former sportswriter with the gazette ron gonder frosty mitchell and gary dolphin who has handled the play by play duties since learfield communications was granted the exclusive broadcast rights to hawkeye sports in 1997 . saturday programming features the iowa lawn and garden show hosted by doug wagner with guests alternating between peck s flower and garden and culver s greenhouse and landscaping . another long running program on saturday morning is buy sell and trade is hosted by doug wagner and kristina kelley . local automobile dealership owner jay cassill hosts the my car geek hour along with doug wagner . sunday programming is highlighted with two programs featuring adult standards and other popular music prior to generally 1970 . those programs are leo greco s variety time hosted by frank balvanz which makes liberal use of requests from listeners . references edit northpine.com . http www.northpine.com broadcast index.html . january 2 2012 . external link in work help ; access date requires url help http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod sta det.pl facility id 73593 kueter dale 1995 06 17 . owners of who gain 2nd high profile station . the gazette . p. 1a . retrieved on 2006 08 01 via newsbank . stein jeff 2004 . making waves the people and places of iowa broadcasting . cedar rapids iowa wdg communications . isbn 0 9718323 1 5 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wmt radio locator information on wmt query nielsen audio s am station database for wmt v t e radio stations in the cedar rapids iowa city market by am frequency 600 800 860 910 1040 1360 1380 1450 1540 1600 1630 by fm frequency 88.3 89.1 89.7 90.9 91.7 92.3 93.1 94.1 95.7 96.5 98.1 99.1 99.7 100.7 101.9 102.9 104.5 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.45 162.475 by callsign kbea fm kcck fm kcii kcii fm kcjj kdat kfmw kgym khak kjy64 kkhq fm kkrq kksy fm kmjm kmry knws fm kokz kosy fm krna krqn krui fm kskb ksui kuni kwpc kxel kxgm kxic kzia who wmt wsui wxl61 nearby radio markets burlington dubuque des moines ames fort dodge ottumwa quad cities waterloo cedar falls see also list of radio stations in iowa v t e radio stations in the burlington iowa market by fm frequency 88.1 89.9 90.7 92.1 93.5 95.3 96.3 97.3 98.3 100.1 101.7 103.1 105.5 107.3 107.7 by am frequency 990 1130 1150 1360 1490 noaa weather radio frequency 162.525 by callsign k214bc k299au kaip kayp kbkb kbkb fm kbur kcdm kcps kdmg kgrs kkmi khdk kilj kilj fm kokx fm krnq wcaz wkai wqkq wxn83 nearby radio markets cedar rapids iowa city ottumwa peoria quad cities quincy hannibal keokuk springfield see also list of radio stations in iowa v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services v t e news talk radio stations in the state of iowa stations kbiz ottumwa kcfi cedar falls kdth dubuque kfjb marshalltown kglo mason city kicd spencer kilr estherville kscj sioux city ksde lp de soto kwbg boone kxel waterloo kxic iowa city wdbq dubuque who des moines wmt cedar rapids woc davenport see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in iowa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmt am & oldid 736606327 categories media in cedar rapids iowaiheartmedia radio stationsradio stations in iowaradio stations established in 1922news and talk radio stations in the united statesamerican radio stations with a three letter call signhidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 17 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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