WXST

WXST
Broadcast area
Frequency99.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingStar 99.7
Programming
FormatUrban adult contemporary
Subchannels
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga South Communications, LLC)
WAVF, WCKN, WMXZ, WSPO
History
First air date
July 15, 1988 (1988-07-15)
Former call signs
  • WHTK (1988–1993)
  • WNCK (1993–1994, 1994–1995)
  • WLOW (1994)
  • WHBZ (1995–2001)
  • WJZX (2001–2003)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3969
ClassC1
ERP70,000 watts
HAAT238 meters (781 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°49′4.00″N 79°50′8.00″W / 32.8177778°N 79.8355556°W / 32.8177778; -79.8355556
TranslatorHD2: 99.3 W257BQ (Charleston)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.star997.com

WXST (99.7 FM, "Star 99.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Hollywood, South Carolina, United States, and serving the Charleston metropolitan area and the South Carolina Lowcountry. It airs an urban adult contemporary format and is owned by Saga Communications as part of its Charleston Radio Group. The studios are on Clements Ferry Road in Charleston.

The transmitter tower is on Venning Road in Mount Pleasant. WXST broadcasts in HD Radio: the HD2 digital subchannel carries an urban contemporary format, which feeds FM translator W257BQ (99.3 FM) while the HD3 subchannel is a simulcast of WSPO.