WXMT (106.3 FM) is a commercially licensed radio station licensed to Smethport, Pennsylvania, the seat of McKean County. The station broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 1,030 watts. WXMT is owned by Ashley Midder and runs a classic hits format branded The Mountain "106.3 "WXMT". Prior to 2008, the station was known as WQRM. History Beginnings in 1953 Though WQRM would not sign on the air until 1990, the foundation for local radio in Smethport was actually laid in the early 1950s. Back in the summer of 1953, the Smethport Centennial Celebration was the first "special event" covered by WFRM, the new radio station in Coudersport just constructed by the Farm & Home Broadcasting Company, also the parent company of what would later become known as WQRM in 1991. Broadcast lines were installed and temporary broadcast facilities were put in place in Smethport to cover many of the Centennial activities. Pete and Bill, the stars of the Morning Show, were photographed in the derby hats that everyone in Smethport was wearing as part of the celebration. That photo is still on the wall at WFRM's present location at 9 South Main Street in downtown Coudersport. Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception from folks in Smethport, WFRM decided to put a local office and studio in Smethport. It was located on the second floor of the Auto Parts store on West Main Street. Bob and Lois Johnson became the nucleus of the staff in Smethport and an effort was made to expand the service to this part of the WFRM Coverage area. Russ Wells was the announcer, and Bob Morrison was the engineer. An hour each day was broadcast over the radio from this studio. These daily broadcasts continued for about three years. Meanwhile, the Johnsons had relocated to Kane, and joined the staff that was building the new radio station there, WKZA AM 960, which went on the air in 1954, but has been silent since 1993. Smethport tries for AM license A few years later, Hamlin Redfield of Smethport applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an AM station to operate on 910 kHz at 1,000 watts to be located in Smethport. This station was never built, and the construction permit was allowed to expire. Coincidentally, WXMT's current owners would later acquire an AM station on this same frequency at the end of 2015. Thirty years later -