What is "wcat"

WCAT may refer to:

• Radio stations:
  • WCAT (AM), a radio station at 1390 AM located in Burlington, Vermont
  • WCAT-FM, a radio station at 102.3 FM located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • WZCY-FM, which was previously known as WCAT-FM and was simulcast on the current WCAT-FM
  • WFAT, a radio station (700 AM) licensed to Orange-Athol, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call sign WCAT from 1956 to 1987 and from 1988 until 2005
  • WFNX (FM), a radio station (99.9 FM) licensed to Athol, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call sign WCAT-FM from 1989 until 2002
  • KTEQ-FM, a college FM radio station located in Rapid City, South Dakota, which is the successor to an AM station known as WCAT that operated from 1922 to 1952
• Others:
  • Web Capacity Analysis Tool, a component in the IIS 6 Resource Kit

WCAT (1390 kHz, "WCAT Channel 98") is an AM radio station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, USA, and serving the Burlington-Plattsburgh area. The station is owned by Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc. and airs an oldies format, including pop hits and some country songs from the 1950s and 60s. According to FCC records, WCAT's tower #1 is the tallest man-made structure in the state of Vermont.

WCAT broadcasts at 5000 watts around the clock, with a non-directional signal by day. But to protect other stations on AM 1390 at night when AM radio waves travel farther, it uses a directional antenna after sunset. WCAT's transmitter is located off Intervale Road in Burlington.

WCAT also airs on an FM translator, W252CJ, at 98.3 MHz, to give listeners the option to hear the station in FM stereo. The station images itself as "WCAT Channel 98," which refers to its FM translator's dial position.