WCTS is a radio station licensed to Maplewood, Minnesota, and serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area with a non-commercial fundamentalist Christian format. WCTS is owned by the Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis, hence the call letters.

History

The history of WCTS (1030 AM) comprises two stations: One at 100.3FM and the other at the current 1030 AM.

1030 AM

The station that is now WCTS started with a 250 watt daytime-only signal at 1010 AM. For many years, they carried the call letters WJSW, broadcasting polka music and other formats. When WMIN dropped their longtime call letters in 1972, WJSW grabbed them for their own station and became the new WMIN. By this time, they were airing a full service middle of the road format.

In the early 1980s, the station moved to 1030 AM, along with a significant boost in power. They continued their MOR format and briefly simulcast KARE-TV's evening news.

WCTS 100.3 FM

WCTS signed on in 1965 at 100.3 FM, with a format consisting mostly of conservative evangelists and Bible teachings by the Fourth Baptist Church in Minneapolis.

A startup company called Colfax Communications purchased the FM station in early 1993 and in turn, purchased the old WMIN (1030 AM) to sell back to the seminary. Colfax took the FM station off the air for a few months and signed on again as WBOB on May 13, picking up a country music format under the "Bob 100" moniker. WMIN became WCTS on February 5, 1993, and seminary programming remains to this day. The WMIN calls were immediately picked up by a Hudson, Wisconsin-based station at 740 AM, where they presently reside.

See also

• WMIN
• KMNV
• KTLK-FM
• KARE

External links

• Central Baptist Theological Seminary website