WMST

WMST
Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette
Frequency	1150 kHz
Branding	1150 am & 106.9 fm WMST
Programming
Format	Adult standards; soft AC
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Kentucky News Network (KNN) Adult Standards (Westwood One)
Ownership
Owner	Gateway Radio Works, Inc.
Sister stations	WKYN, WWKY, WKCA, WIVY
History
First air date	October 17, 1957 (1957-10-17)
Call sign meaning	Mount Sterling
Technical information
Class	D
Power	2,500 watts (day) 53 watts (night)
Translator(s)	106.9 W295BD (Mount Sterling)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmstradio.com

WMST (1150 AM / 106.9 FM) is a radio station serving the Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area with an adult standards/soft AC format fed from Westwood One's Adult Standards satellite feed and is under ownership of Gateway Radio Works, Inc.

1150 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency.

Other programming includes newscasts, from CBS News Radio and the Kentucky News Network, live talk (some are local) and religious programs, including the nationwide syndicated show, "The Sunday Morning Wake-up with Chris" from August 2003 until December 2008 and was produced in the studios of WMST. Local air talent, Chris Conkright, also won the Edward R. Murrow Award for WMST in 2009 for "Best Newscast" in Small Market Radio for his entry, "Gateway Regional News at Five."

On a clear day, WMST can be heard as far west as Louisville, Kentucky, as far east as Morehead, Kentucky, as far north as Florence, Kentucky, and as far south as Monticello, Kentucky The most popular item on the current programming line-up includes the locally produced show, "Mornings on Main" which can be heard weekday mornings from 8:20am until 10:30am. WMST airs five major newscasts ("Gateway Regional News") every weekday (6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am, 12:00pm, 5:00pm).