WLTO

WLTO

City of license	Nicholasville, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area
Branding	"HOT 102"
Slogan	"All The Hits"
Frequency	102.5 MHz
First air date	1988
Format	Rhythmic Top 40
ERP	4,600 watts
HAAT	113.7 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	11673
Callsign meaning	Lexing TOn
Owner	Cumulus Media
Sister stations	WCYN-FM, WVLK-FM, WVLK-AM, WXZZ, WLXX
Webcast	Hot 102 Live Audio Stream
Website	hot102.net

WLTO, also known as HOT102, is a Rhythmic Top 40 outlet serving the Lexington radio market. It is owned by Cumulus Media.

History

WLTO originally signed on the air in 1988 as a Urban Contemporary outlet with the call letters WCKU (U102), but by the early 1994 they would flip to Classic Rock as WLRO, only to switch directions to oldies as WLTO. In 2001, the station flipped to classic country as "US 102." The WLTO calls remained on the station.

But that would all change in August 2004 when it they flipped to mainstream Top 40, but would later evolved into a Rhythmic Top 40 direction. Although WLTO uses the slogan "All The Hits," its playlist is heavily focused on broad-based Rhythmic Contemporary hits. Their major competition is urban contemporary WBTF and Top 40 Mainstream WLKT & WLFX. It is the home to Kidd Kraddick In the Morning for Central Kentucky. WBTF, which only competes up against WLTO, would be blocked in fewer parts and interfering with another 107.9 radio station.

External links

• HOT 102's website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WLTO
• Radio-Locator information on WLTO
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WLTO