WBHT

{{Short description|Radio station in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WBHT

| city = Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

| country = US

| logo =

| logo_upright =

| area = Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, Pennsylvania

| frequency = {{Frequency|97.1|MHz}}

| branding = Hot 97.1

| languages = English

| format = Contemporary hit radio

| affiliations = {{ubl|United Stations Radio Networks|Westwood One}}

| owner = Cumulus Media

| licensee = Radio License Holding CBC, LLC

| sister_stations = WBSX, WMGS, WSJR

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1992|9}}

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WYRM (1992)|WYXY (1992–1993)}}

| callsign_meaning = "Hot"

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 20465

| class = A

| erp = 500 watts

| haat = {{convert|336|m|ft|sp=us}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|41|10|57.2|N|75|52|17.7|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=WBHT|display=inline,title}}

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.listenlive.co/26601}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.hot971radio.com/}}

}}

WBHT (97.1 FM) is a commercial radio station serving the Wilkes-Barre–Scranton–Hazleton area of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station airs a contemporary hit radio format, and is owned by Cumulus Media, and uses the moniker "Hot 97.1".

WBHT is licensed to Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 500 watts. The station have its transmitter on a 1000 foot tall mountain, so its signal can be heard around much of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

On March 10, 2025 WBHD split from its simulcast with WBHT and switched to a simulcast with country-formatted WSJR 93.7 FM Dallas.

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