WZST-FM (100.9 FM, "The Torch") is a conservative talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Westover, West Virginia, serving the Morgantown–Fairmont area. WZST is owned and operated by John Fredricks, through licensee Disruptor Radio LLC.
History In the 1990s, the station was adult contemporary formatted known as "Mix 100.9" WMQC.http://www.wvmediaguide.com/detail.cfm?memberid=20141 WMQC simulcast (to better serve Clarksburg) with former sister station WPDX-FM,https://web.archive.org/web/19991004042622/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/7010/NWVA/750WPDX.htm which was known as "Mix 104.9", prior to becoming a classic country station.
WZST branded itself as Star 100.9 featuring a country music format before switching to adult contemporary as "Variety 101" in June 2008.
On December 22, 2016, LHTC Media announced that following the end of its Christmas music stint on December 26, WZST would flip to variety hits, using the small market Jack FM network, as "100.9 Jack FM". WZST retained its West Virginia Mountaineers broadcasts, including football, men's and women's basketball, and baseball.Jack To Attack Morgantown
On January 6, 2025, WZST replaced the adult hits format with a simulcast of conservative talk-formatted WMMN (920 AM) in Fairmont, branded as "The Torch".Nine Overlapping Signals Equal One Torch in West Virginia Radioinsight - January 7, 2025 On April 15, 2026, the station added the "-FM" suffix to allow WMMN to become WZST.
On July 1, 2026 it was announced that WZST had lost its flagship rights to the West Virginia Mountaineers broadcasts as they will return to the original flagship stations WVAQ-FM and WAJR-AM in Morgantown beginning with the 2026-27 football season.
References
External links The Torch Online