WMST is a radio station

Radio station

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 serving the Lexington-Fayette

Lexington, Kentucky

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 metropolitan area with an adult standards

Adult standards

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/soft AC format fed from Dial Global

Dial Global

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's Adult Standards

America's Best Music

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 satellite feed and is under ownership of Gateway Radio Works, Inc..

Other programming includes newscasts, from CBS News

CBS News

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 and the Kentucky News Network, live talk

Talk radio

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 (some are local) and religious programs, including the nation-wide syndicated show, "The Sunday Morning Wake-up with Chris" from August 2003 until December 2008 and was produced in the studios of WMST. Local air talent, Chris Conkright, also won the Edward R. Murrow Award for WMST in 2009 for "Best Newscast" in Small Market Radio for his entry, "Gateway Regional News at Five."

On a clear day, WMST-AM can be heard as far away East as Louisville, KY, as far away West as Morehead, KY, as far away North as Florence, KY and as far away South as Monticello, KY. The most popular item on the current programming line-up includes the locally produced show, "Mid-Mornings on Main" with Tom and Judy Byron and Dan Manley which can be heard weekday mornings from 8:20am until 10:30am. WMST airs five major newscasts ("Gateway Regional News") every weekday (6:00am, 7:00am, 8:00am, 12:00pm, 5:00pm).