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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{{cite book|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 2010|date=2010|access-date=July 6, 2015|publisher=ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V.|page=D-560}}

{{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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