WCKT

For the television station in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida that was formerly WCKT, see WSVN.

WCKT

City	Lehigh Acres, Florida
Broadcast area	Fort Myers, Florida
Branding	Cat Country 107.1
Slogan	Better Variety
Frequency	107.1 MHz
First air date	January 1, 1976 (as WSWF-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	23,500 watts
HAAT	220 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	55755
Former callsigns	WSWF-FM (1976-1983) WOOJ-FM (1983-1989) WCKT (1989-2003) WRLR (2003) WDRR (2003-2004) WZJZ (2004-2007)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBTT, WOLZ, WZJZ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wckt.com

WCKT is a commercial radio station located in Lehigh Acres, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers, Florida area on 107.1 FM. WCKT airs a country music format branded as "Cat Country". WCKT originally signed on in 1976,airing a beautiful music format. In 1979, the format was flipped to Disco, and the call letters were changed to WSWF. In 1985, the format was changed to Album Oriented Rock, and the call letters were changed to WOOJ (Orange Rock 107). In 1988, facing competition from the new and much more powerful WRXK, WOOJ tweaked its format to Classic Rock. The format was flipped to Country as WCKT, in 1989.

In only one ratings period, the new Cat Country beat longtime Southwest Florida country outlet WHEW to become the area's #1 country station. WCKT programmed a music intensive format up against WHEW's more full service approach. That lasted for several years until WHEW become WWGR (Gator Country) about the time the Ft. Myers and Naples markets were combined to become one metro. Since then, WWGR has been the #1 country outlet in the Ft. Myers - Naples market.

During WCKT's history, current owner iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications) moved the station onto the 100.1 frequency out of Port Charlotte. Even though the 100.1 frequency is a C1 stronger signal, the northern leaning coverage area didn't put a strong enough signal to fully cover the Naples/Marco Island portion of the metro. Cat Country was moved back to 107.1 to compete with WWGR.

Cat Country alumni

"Super" Dave Logan has been with the station from the beginning
Rick McGee (the station's first PD and longtime morning show host)
Record executive Gator Michaels
Barry "The Bear" Smith
Doc Daily
"Shotgun" Bob Walker (now the PD at WCTK "Cat Country" in Providence)
Jeff "J.R." Reed (Afternoon host)

Mark "The Shark" Wilson (former PD and PM Drive)

Todd Nixon (former PD and PM Drive)

Mike Tyler (PD and PM Drive 2014 - TFN)

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCKT

Radio-Locator information on WCKT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCKT

Radio stations in the Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island, Fla. market

By AM frequency	590 770 1070 1200 1240 / 1270 1350 1410 1440 1460 1480 1490 1580 1660

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.7 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.5 100.1 101.1 101.9 102.9 103.9 104.7 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.9

By callsign	W243BM W294AN WAFC WAFZ WAFZ-FM WARO WAVV WAYJ WBGY WBTT WCCF WCKT WCNZ WCRM WDLV WFLU-LP WFSX-FM WFWN/WNOG WGCU-FM WGUF WIKX WINK-FM WJBX WJCB WJGO WJPT WJUA WJYO WKII WLVO WLLY-FM WMKO WMYE WMYR WNPL WOLZ WRXK-FM WSEB WSGL WSOR WTLQ-FM WVOI WWCL WWCN WWGR WXKB WXNX WZJZ

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

Country radio stations in the state of Florida

By callsign:	WAAZ-FM WAKX WAVW WCKT WCNK WCTH WCTQ WDSR WDVH-FM WEAG-FM WFDZ WFUS WGNE-FM WHKR WHWY WIKX WIMR-LP WIRK WIYD WJAQ WJSB WKIS WKNK WKRO-FM WMAF WMYR WOGK WOKC WOTW WPAP WPCV WPHR-FM WQHL-FM WQIK-FM WQLC WQYK-FM WRUF-FM WTNT-FM WTOT-FM WTRS WTYS WWGR WWKA WWOF WWOJ WXBM-FM WYCT WYZB WZZS

By frequency:	1050 1230 1260 1340 1340 1410 1480 1570 1660 92.1 92.3 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.1 93.5 93.7 94.7 94.9 96.5 97.5 98.1 98.1 98.7 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.1 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.3 102.7 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.5 103.7 104.7 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.1

By community of license:	Avon Park Boca Raton Callaway Charlotte Harbor Crestview Crestview Dunnellon Fort Myers Fort Myers Gainesville Gifford Graceville Gulfport Holt Indiantown Jacksonville Key West Lake City Lehigh Acres Live Oak Madison Marianna Marianna Mary Esther McIntosh Middleburg Milton Ocala Okeechobee Orlando Palatka Palm Coast Panama City Pensacola Perry Plantation Key Port Orange Rockledge Starke Stuart Tallahassee Tallahassee Tampa Trenton Venice Watertown Windermere Winter Haven Zolfo Springs

Defunct:	WEAG/1490: Starke

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida

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

Coordinates: 26°19′01″N 81°47′13″W / 26.317°N 81.787°W / 26.317; -81.787

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