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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WXTN
| logo             =
| city             = [[Benton, Mississippi]]
| area             =
| branding         =
| airdate          = October 23, [[1959 in radio|1959]]<ref name="bc78"/>
| frequency        = 1000 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| format           = [[Urban contemporary gospel]]
| language         =
| power            = 5,000 [[watt]]s day
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 27486
| coordinates      = {{coord|33|06|39|N|90|02|21|W|type:landmark_region:US-MS|display=inline}}
| callsign_meaning = [[Xtianity|XTN]] = "Christian"
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  = [[WAGR-FM]]
| webcast          = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WXTNAM Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.wxtnam1000.com/ wxtnam1000.com]
| affiliations     =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WXTN''' (1000 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is an American [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Benton, Mississippi]], United States. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a [[Single-vehicle accident|one-car traffic collision]] on May 30, 2009,<ref name="lbt090703"/><ref name="cl090602"/> and the station's license was transferred to Holmes County Broadcasting effective June 29, 2012.
The station is an [[AM daytimer]], limited to daylight-only broadcast operations to protect the nighttime signals of [[KNWN (AM)|KNWN]] in [[Seattle]], [[WMVP]] in [[Chicago]], and [[XEOY-AM|XEOY]] in [[Mexico City]].<ref name="fccam"/>  The station was assigned the [[call sign]] "WXTN" by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC).<ref name="fcc1"/>
WXTN broadcasts an [[urban contemporary gospel]] [[radio format]].<ref name="arb1"/>
==References==
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<ref name="fccam">{{cite web |publisher=Federal Communications Commission, Audio Division |title=AM Station Classes: Clear, Regional, and Local Channels |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amclasses.html |accessdate=June 10, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=27486&Callsign=WXTN |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |accessdate=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bc78">{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1978 |chapter=Facilities of Radio: Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |year=1978 |page=C-121}}</ref>
<ref name="cl090602">{{cite news |work=[[The Clarion Ledger]] |title=Brad Cothran |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/clarionledger/access/2000207721.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000434/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/clarionledger/access/2000207721.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 6, 2011 |quote=Brad has been in the radio business for over thirty-four years. He started as an employee of WXTN as a teenager. He later became station manager. In 1989, Brad and his family opened WAGR, a new FM station in Lexington. Since 2000, he has been owner and operator for both stations.}}</ref>
<ref name="lbt090703">{{cite news |publisher=[[WLBT]] |title=Radio station owner killed in car crash |url=http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=10450626&nav=2CSf |date=July 3, 2009 |accessdate=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
{{AM station data|27486|WXTN}}
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[[Category:Holmes County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Daytime-only radio stations in Mississippi|XTN]]
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[[Category:Christian radio stations in Mississippi|XTN]]
[[Category:Gospel radio stations in the United States]]
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