WBTM
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| WBTM | |
| City of license | Danville, Virginia |
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| Slogan | Oldies Radio 1330 |
| Frequency | 1330 kHz |
| First air date | May 24, 1930 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 52544 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | "World's Best Tobacco Market" and "World's Biggest Textile Mill" |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , Premiere Radio Networks |
| Owner | Piedmont Broadcasting Corp. |
| Sister stations | WAKG 103.3 FM |
| Website | wbtm1330.com |
WBTM (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a "oldies" format. Licensed to Danville, Virginia, USA. The station is currently owned by Piedmont Broadcasting Corp. and features programing from ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. WBTM was the 10th radio station in the Commonwealth of Virginia, having signed on May 24, 1930. Founder Clarke Electric Company selected the call letters WBTM to simultaneously promote Danville as the World's Best Tobacco Market and home to the World's Biggest Textile Mill. Originally at 1370 on the dial, WBTM moved to 1400 in 1939 and finally 1330. On April 1, 1932, pastor R.J. Barber began airing "Tabernacle Time" on the station. Nearly thirty years later in 1962, his son, R.J. "Brother Bob" Barber, Jr. assumed the daily broadcast. Still airing today on WBTM and FM sister station WAKG, "Tabernacle Time" is the nation's longest running radio ministry.
WBTM also operated an early UHF television station, WBTM-TV 24, which signed on February 21, 1954, but left the air December 31 of that same year. WBTM-FM 97.9 suspended operations that year, but would return on 1968 at 103.3 FM.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WBTM
- Radio Locator Information on WBTM
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WBTM
- WBTM's 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book
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