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WLTO
Nicholasville, Kentucky;
Broadcast area	Lexington Metropolitan Area
Frequency	102.5 MHz
Branding	HOT 102.5
Programming
Format	Top 40
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Cumulus Media; (Cumulus Licensing LLC);
Sister stations	WLXX, WVLK, WVLK-FM, WXZZ
History
First air date	1988 (as WCKU)
Former call signs	WCKU (1988–1994); WLRO (1994–1995)
Call sign meaning	W LexingTOn
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11673
Class	A
ERP	4,600 watts
HAAT	113.7 meters (373 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	hot1025.net

WLTO (102.5 FM HOT 102.5) is a commercial radio station licensed to Nicholasville, Kentucky and serving the Lexington radio market. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a top 40 radio format. The radio studios and offices are inside Kincaid Towers in downtown Lexington, and its transmitter is just south of the Fayette/Jessamine county line on Brannon Road.^[2]

The current line up on the station is "The Bert Show," based in Atlanta, in the morning. Jay Michaels hosts middays, Colin Matthews (Program Director) afternoons and the syndicated Elliot and Nina nights.

History

WLTO originally signed on the air in 1988 as an urban contemporary outlet with the call sign WCKU (U102). By early 1994 the station flipped to classic rock as WLRO, only to later switch directions to oldies as WLTO.

In 2001, the station flipped to classic country as "US 102." The WLTO call letters remained on the station.

But that would all change in August 2004 when the station flipped to mainstream Top 40, later evolving into a Rhythmic Contemporary direction. As of 2017, although reported as having a rhythmic contemporary format, the station plays the majority of Top 40 hits, not played on most other rhythmic stations. It was the home to the Dallas-based "The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show" for Central Kentucky. On July 24, 2017, according to All Access.com, WLTO changed its Mediabase reporting panel from Rhythmic to Top 40.