KLWT (1230 AM) was a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

news talk information Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues, dialogues between the hosts, interviews wi ...

format. Licensed to

Lebanon, Missouri Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Laclede County, Missouri, Laclede County in Missouri. The population was estimated at 15,013 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Laclede County. The Lebanon Micropolitan Statistical ...

, United States, the station was owned by Go Productions LLC and featured programming from

Salem Radio Network Salem Radio Network is a United States–based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian political talk, music, and conservative secular news/talk programming. It is a division of the Salem Media Group. Network information Salem ...

. Go Productions surrendered the station's license to the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...

(FCC) on October 17, 2016; the FCC cancelled KLWT's license and deleted its call sign on November 9, 2016.

Notable staff

* Jim Bohannon - Radio talk show host (retired October 14, 2022), member of the

National Radio Hall of Fame The Radio Hall of Fame, formerly the National Radio Hall of Fame, is an American organization created by the Emerson Radio Corporation in 1988. Three years later, Bruce DuMont, founder, president, and CEO of the Museum of Broadcast Communicati ...

. His career began at KLWT while a teenager growing up in Lebanon.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 36876 (KLWT)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System LWT News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1964 1964 establishments in Missouri Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Missouri LWT {{Missouri-radio-station-stub