WXST
| City | Hollywood, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry |
| Branding | Star 99.7 |
| Slogan | "The People's Station" |
| Frequency | 99.7 MHz |
| First air date | July 15, 1988 |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 70,000 watts |
| HAAT | 238 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 3969 |
| Former callsigns |
WJZX (05/16/2001-08/28/2003) |
| Owner | Apex Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WAVF, WSPO, WCKN, WMXZ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | star997.com |
WJZX (05/16/2001-08/28/2003)
WHBZ (06/01/1995-05/16/2001)
WNCK (10/14/1994-06/01/1995)
WLOW (01/11/1994-10/14/1994)
WNCK (03/01/1993-01/11/1994)
WXST (99.7 FM, "Star 99.7") is a Gold-based Urban Adult Contemporary radio station located in Charleston, South Carolina, but licensed by the FCC to the town of Hollywood, South Carolina. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 70 kW. Under ownership of Apex Broadcasting, the station's studios are located in Charleston (east of the Cooper River) and the transmitter tower is in Mount Pleasant.
99.7 signed on the air July 15, 1988 as WHTK. The station at the time was licensed to Port Royal, with studios located near the town of Bluffton under the ownership of Barnicle Broadcasting. WHTK featured a CHR format targeting nearby Hilton Head and Savannah. Although ratings were very good in its home market of Hilton Head/Beaufort, SC, the station faced stiff competition from competitor WZAT-FM in the Savannah market as well as a weak signal in that area. WHTK played a major role during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 as it was one of the few radio stations that was able to stay on the air for most of the storm and broadcast information to the Lowcountry.
In January 1993, the station dropped its CHR format for Country under the new call letters of WNCK as "K99.7". This lasted less than a year before the station changed formats again to Adult Standards as WLOW moved down the dial from 106.9 to 99.7.
WLOW eventually moved back to 106.9 within a years time and 99.7 once again became WNCK with a Talk format. It eventually gave way to a Contemporary Christian format before going dark in May, 1995.
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