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WBTM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WBTM

| logo = WBTM-AM 2014.png

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Danville, Virginia

| area = Southern Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Northern Caswell County, North Carolina

| branding = Big Hits 102.5 and 1330 WBTM

| frequency = {{Frequency|1330 AM|kHz}}

| translator = {{Radio Relay|102.5|W273CD|Danville}}

| airdate = May 24, 1930

| format = Adult contemporary

| power = 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 52544

| coordinates = {{coord|36|36|26.0|N|79|26|1.0|W|type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = World's Best Tobacco Market
World's Biggest Textile Mill

| former_callsigns = WBTM (1930–Present)

| affiliations = ABC Radio News
United Stations Radio Networks

| owner = Piedmont Broadcasting Corp.

| licensee =

| sister_stations = WAKG

| webcast = [https://player.amperwave.net/368 WBTM Webstream]

| website = [http://www.wbtmdanville.com/ WBTM Online]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WBTM is an adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Danville, Virginia, serving Southern Pittsylvania County in Virginia and Northern Caswell County in North Carolina. WBTM is owned and operated by Piedmont Broadcasting Corp.

History

On January 1, 1940, after Lynchburg Broadcasting Corporation gained managerial control of WBTM it began exchanging programs with WLVA in Lynchburg, Virginia, for four hours daily via newly installed lines that connected the two.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/variety137-1940-01/page/n89|title=WBTM-WLVA Hookup|date=January 3, 1940|work=Variety|accessdate=12 July 2019|page=90}}

Translator

In addition to the main station, WBTM is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.

{{RadioTranslators

| callsign = WBTM

| call1 = W273CD

| freq1 = 102.5

| fid1 = 5088

| watts1 = 140

| haat1 = 22.1

| class1 = D

| city1 = Danville, Virginia

| notes1 =

}}

References

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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|accessdate=July 8, 2015|publisher=ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V.|page=D-563}}

{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP15&band=am&callLetter=WBTM|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|accessdate=July 8, 2015|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}

{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52544&Callsign=WBTM|title=Call Sign History|accessdate=September 17, 2024|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WBTM|title=WBTM Facility Record|accessdate=July 8, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W273CD|title=W273CD Facility Record|accessdate=January 1, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

}}

External links

  • [http://www.wbtmdanville.com/ Big Hits 102.5 and 1330 WBTM Online]

{{AM station data|52544|WBTM}}

  • {{FCC-LMS-Facility|5088|W273CD}}
  • {{FXL|W273CD}}
  • [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=50818 FCC History Cards for WBTM]

{{Southside VA Radio}}

{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Virginia}}

Category:1930 establishments in Virginia

Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1930

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