WBLT
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WBLT
| above = Simulcasts WGMN Roanoke
| city = Bedford, Virginia
| area = Bedford County, Virginia
| branding = Virginia Talk Radio Network
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1950|2|9}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|1350|kHz}}
| translator = {{Radio Relay|95.5|W238FH|Bedford}}
| format = News/talk
| power = 5,000 watts day
47 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 4534
| coordinates = {{coord|37|20|51.0|N|79|31|25.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WBLX (1950)
WBLT (1950–2003)
DWBLT (2003){{refn|group=note|License revoked and callsign deleted on October 1, 2003 due to improper filing of paperwork by then-owners WBLT, Inc. The station returned to air on December 29, 2003 and the violation was expunged in 2008.{{cite web|title=Letter from Federal Communications Commission to WBLT, Inc.|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=10138|date=October 7, 2008}}}}{{cite web|title=Facility No. 4534 History Card|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=50553|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}
| former_frequencies = 1490 kHz (1950–1951)
| owner = Three Daughters Media
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WGMN, WIQO-FM, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WGMN Listen Live]
| website = [https://virginiatalkradionetwork.com/ virginiatalkradionetwork.com]
| affiliations = CBS News Radio
Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Westwood One
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WBLT (1350 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bedford, Virginia, serving Bedford County, Virginia. WBLT broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media. WBLT simulcasts the programming heard on WGMN.
By day, WBLT is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. But to protect other stations on 1350 AM at night, WBLT reduces power to only 47 watts.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wblt&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WBLT] Programming is also heard on 100-watt FM translator W283FH at 95.5 MHz.[https://radio-locator.com/info/W238FH-FX Radio-Locator.com/W283FH]
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References
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP15&band=am&callLetter=WBLT|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=July 6, 2015|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}
{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=4534&Callsign=WBLT|title=Call Sign History|access-date=July 6, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WBLT|title=WBLT Facility Record|access-date=July 6, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
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External links
{{AM station data|4534|WBLT}}
{{Roanoke-Lynchburg Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Virginia}}
Category:1950 establishments in Virginia
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1950
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