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((short description|Radio station in Bartonville–Peoria, Illinois))
((More citations needed|date=April 2009))
((Infobox radio station
| name = WWCT
| logo = WWCT_radio_logo.png
| image = WWCT Radio Station Peoria 20231117 0003.jpg
| caption = Studio in Peoria
| city = [[Bartonville, Illinois]]
| area = [[Peoria, Illinois]]
| branding = ''CT 99.9''
| airdate = 1970s (original WWTO on 105.7)<br/>1996 (original 99.9 as [[WIXO]])
| frequency = 99.9 [[MHz]]
| format = [[Adult album alternative|AAA]]
| erp = 1,500 [[watt]]s
| haat = ((convert|178|m|sp=us))
| class = A
| facility_id = 27727
| coordinates = ((Coord|40|36|23.1|N|89|32|20.4|W|display=inline,title|region:US-IL_type:landmark_source:FCCInfoNAD83|name=WWCT tower)) ([[NAD83]])
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = [[WIXO]] (1996&ndash;September 18, 2006)<ref name="fccinfo-999">((Cite web
| url = http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=242079
| title = WWCT(FM)
| work = FCCInfo.com
| publisher = Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc.
| date = 2007-09-04
| accessdate = 2007-09-08
))</ref><br>WRXP (September 19&ndash;28, 2006)
| affiliations = 
| owner = Mike Rea
| licensee = Advanced Media Partners, LLC
| sister_stations = 96.5 [[WHPI]]<br/>98.5 [[WPIA]]<br/>101.1 [[WZPN]]
| webcast = 
| website = ((url|http://www.wwctfm.com/))
))
'''WWCT''' is an [[FM broadcasting]] station licensed to [[Bartonville, Illinois]].  Through most of its history, the WWCT callsign was associated with Peoria's 105.7 frequency allocation; the call sign and related format was moved to 96.5 ([[Farmington, Illinois|Farmington]]) in 2003, then 99.9 (Bartonville) in 2006.  The original 99.9 callsign, [[WIXO]], and its music format, had moved to 105.7 in 2006.

==History==
===105.7===
((Main|WIXO#105.7 before WIXO))
The original 105.7 was operating as '''WWTO''' in the early 1970s.<ref>[http://www.dougquick.com/areachrradiohistory2.html "WWTO(FM) 105.7 Peoria, Illinois"] by Doug Quick.  Retrieved 2006-11-19.</ref>  In 1976, the station changed its callsign to '''WWCT''' and made its debut as an [[album rock]] station.  <!-- What about WOTF in 1984? -->  Calling itself simply "106" or "WWCT" early on, by the 1990s, it was using the nickname "Rock 106". Locally owned until the 1990s, the station was then sold to [[AAA Entertainment]].  AAA gave the station the new nickname "Rock 105.7", then "Rock 96.5" when it moved the format to the [[Farmington, Illinois|Farmington]]-licensed frequency.

===96.5===
((main|WHPI))
WWCT was moved to 96.5 in 2003 by AAA to make room for its new [[WIXO|WXMP]] "Mix 105.7" on the more powerful signal.  In January 2006, WWCT switched to an all-request Rock format, which it maintained until it was shut down on September 20, 2006 after being sold to [[Independence Media]].  Independence Media flipped the format to Top 40/CHR, named "98.5 Kiss FM", and launched a simulcast on 96.5 (changed to [[WHPI|WRIA]]) and also on 98.5 ([[WPIA]]), which had been Christian music station "Hope 98.5".  96.5 is now [[WHPI]], a simulcast of sister station WPIA.

===99.9===
What is now WWCT signed on August 2, 1996 as '''WIXO''', originally [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with loops of "[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" by [[Los Del Rio]]. On February 21, 1997 at 6 p.m., the station flipped to an [[alternative rock]] format as "99X".<ref>"New FM Station Adds Alternative Sound to Area Rock Mix," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', February 22, 1997.</ref><ref>"99X Giving its Listeners an Alternative," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', March 2, 1997.</ref> The WIXO call letters would move to [[WIXO|105.7 FM]] in September 2006.<ref>"New & Notable," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', September 21, 2006.</ref><ref>"On the Air -- Radio dial has heads spinning," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', October 1, 20006.</ref>

Independence Media, who had also bought the license for 99.9, replaced its 10-day-old callsign '''WRXP''' with the current callsign WWCT on September 29, 2006, but kept the nickname '''99.9 Pirate Radio'''.<ref>"Peoria tunes in," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', October 8, 2006.</ref><ref>"On the Air -- WWCT-FM undergoing a station reformation," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', December 31, 2006.</ref>

On or around Sunday, April 8, 2007, the '''Pirate Radio''' moniker was dropped in favor of '''CT 99-dot-9'''.  The slogan was changed to "World Class Rock" and the size of the playlist increased greatly, cutting a wide swath across many different genres and eras of music.<ref>"On the Air -- People like to hear voices," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', May 6, 2007.</ref>  On April 11, 2008, the station temporarily dropped the [[adult album alternative]] format it had been running with the slogan "World Class Rock" and began [[Stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]]; it then returned on April 15 with the new name '''99.9 The Stage'''.<ref>"On the Air -- Public chimes in on radio stations," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', April 20, 2008.</ref>

[[Image:WWCT 2008 Buzz logo.png|211px|thumb|2008&ndash;2010 logo]] <!-- 211px to match source evenly -->
On September 15, 2008, after three days of [[Stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]], the station became [[alternative rock]] station '''99.9 The Buzz''', and began carrying the [[Lex and Terry]] morning show from [[KEGL]] in Dallas.  The station was commercial-free from 10 a.m. to Noon.<ref>"On the Air - Radio launching digital channels," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', September 21, 2008.</ref>

The station was turned over to Michael S. Rea through Advanced Media Partners on August 1, 2010, in anticipation of the station being purchased;<ref>((Cite web| url = https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101395048&formid=314&fac_num=28317 | title = FCC 314: Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (BALH-20100723AEO) | first = Michael S. | last = Rea | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = 2010-08-09 | accessdate = 2010-09-21 ))</ref> since then, the station has run a format of mixed popular music.<ref>((Cite news| url = http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1177408652/Wondering-what-happened-to-the-Classic-Arts-Showcase | title = On the Air: Wondering what happened to the Classic Arts Showcase? | first = Steve | last = Tarter | date = 2010-09-19 | work = [[Peoria Journal Star]] | location = [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]], Illinois | accessdate = 2010-09-21 ))</ref> On September 26, the station flipped back to adult album alternative after many weeks of stunting. The sale of WWCT, along with its other three Peoria-area stations ([[96.5 WHPI|WZPN]], [[WPIA]], and [[101.1 WZPN|WHPI]]), was completed on November 15.<ref>"Music lover loving 99.9," ''The Peoria Journal-Star'', October 17, 2010.</ref><ref>((cite web | url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1395048 | title = Application Search Details (BALH-20100723AEO) | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | accessdate = 2010-11-27 ))</ref>

On or around November 1, 2020, WWCT rebranded as '''CT 99.9''', and adopted the slogan "Listen Different".

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((FM station data|WWCT))

((Peoria Radio|WCT))

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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1996]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Peoria, Illinois|WCT]]

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