WBTN (AM)

WBTN
City Bennington, Vermont
Branding WBTN 1370 AM
Slogan Your Community Radio Station
Frequency 1370 kHz
First air date September 23, 1953
Format Variety
Power 1,000 watts (day)
85 watt (night)
Class D
Facility ID 9309
Transmitter coordinates 42°54′19″N 73°12′32″W / 42.90528°N 73.20889°W / 42.90528; -73.20889
Callsign meaning BenningToN
Affiliations Westwood One, Boston Red Sox Radio Network
Owner Shires Media Partnership
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.wbtnam.org/

WBTN (1370 AM) is a radio station in Bennington, Vermont. Established in 1953, the station is owned by Shires Media Partnership. WBTN can also be streamed online via TuneIn Radio.[1]

History

WBTN signed on September 23, 1953. From 1979 until 1999, WBTN had a sister station, WHGC (94.3 FM), later WBTN-FM. The WBTN stations were acquired by Vermont Public Radio in 1999.[2] VPR was mainly interested in WBTN-FM and had no interest in operating the AM station, and sold it to Robert Howe in 2000.[3] Howe donated the station to Southern Vermont College in 2002. In 2008, WBTN was purchased by Shires Media Partnership.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Search Results for WBTN, TuneIn Radio. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  2. ↑ Totten, Shay (May 10, 2007). "VPR is making waves". Vermont Guardian. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "WBTN-AM radio owner donates station to S. Vermont College". iBerkshires.com. November 28, 2001. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Shires group officially buys WBTN, John D. Waller, Bennington Banner, 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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