WKST (AM)
| Broadcast area | New Castle, Pennsylvania / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Branding | NewsRadio 1200 WKST |
| Slogan | News that makes Talk...Talk that makes News |
| Frequency | 1200 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1938 (at 1280-AM) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | NeW C(K)aSTle |
| Owner | Forever Broadcasting, LLC |
| Website | www.wkst.com |
WKST is an AM radio station in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA broadcasting at 1200 kHz with a news/talk format. It is currently owned by Forever Broadcasting, LLC of Altoona, Pennsylvania which also owns 12 other radio stations in Pennsylvania including WJST (AM) in New Castle and WWGY (FM) in Grove City. WKST is home to New Castle High School basketball and football broadcasts. The station currently has one local talk show, which is hosted by longtime employee and Youngstown, Ohio resident Ken Hlebovy. News coverage is provided by New Castle resident Wade Sutton.
WKST has been broadcasting in New Castle for over 70 years, but prior to November 5, 1999 it was at 1280 kHz. WKST signed on the air in 1938. In the 1940s it was a Mutual affiliate. In 1942 Alan Freed landed his first broadcasting job at WKST, before moving on to nearby WKBN/Youngstown, Ohio, followed by WAKR/Akron, and then WJW/Cleveland — the station where Freed is credited with first using and popularizing the term "rock and roll" to describe the music genre. By the 1970s WKST was owned by Faye and Herb Scott, formerly based in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and held in the name of Great Scott Broadcasting. Great Scott purchased FM station WFEM in Ellwood City, and it became WKST-FM on January 1, 1988. In the late 1990s, after the death of the Scotts, Great Scott decided to concentrate on its radio holdings in Delaware, and it sold WKST and WKST-FM to Jacor for $2.5 million in December 1998.
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