 wctm were the call letters assigned to an fm radio station, and later an am station, both licensed to eaton, preble county, ohio, u.s.a. ==wctm-fm== wctm (92.9 fm) was originally a station built by stan coning and three partners in 1959. the first tower for the fm station was purchased from 700 wlw, and was 150&nbsp;ft. tall. the tower was originally three separate 50&nbsp;ft am tower/antennas, used to keep the 500 kilowatt signal of wlw, allowed only during the 1930s and 1940s, out of canada. the station aired an "easy listening/beautiful music" format. the original fm station's studios, transmitter and tower were located at 505 north barron street in eaton where coning beforehand originally owned an appliance service business. for a time in the early-to-mid-1960s, wctm was on the cincinnati reds baseball network and also aired play-by-play of area high school football and basketball games. in the 1960s, the station provided news and features from eaton, preble county and the surrounding area and also aired news and programming from the mutual radio network. wctm-fm was sold in the early 1970s to great trails broadcasting, which was then the owner of wing in dayton, wize in springfield and wcol-am/fm in columbus. great trails spent a great deal of time and money moving the station's tower to better serve the dayton market. it became wjai, continuing the easy-listening format until 1979, when it switched to a country music format. the station then changed to big band/nostalgia/adult standards in 1982 before becoming wgtz ("z-93"), a top 40 station, in 1984. that format switched in nove
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