WBTC
- WBTC redirects here. It can also mean West Bengal Trinamool Congress.
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City | Uhrichsville, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | Tuscarawas County |
Branding | Big Hits 101.9/1540 WBTC |
Slogan | The Biggest Hits, All The Time |
Frequency | 1540 kHz |
Translator(s) | W270CI/Uhrichsville 101.9 MHz |
First air date | December 13, 1963 |
Format | Oldies/Classic Hits |
Power |
250 watts (day) 5 watts (night) (signs off nightly at 9:00 p.m.) |
Class | D |
Callsign meaning | "We're Broadcasting From Tuscarawas County" |
Affiliations |
Cleveland Browns Radio Network Cleveland Indians Radio Network Ohio State IMG Sports Network CBS News Radio |
Owner | Tuscarawas Broadcasting Co. |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.wbtclive.com |
WBTC is an AM radio station in Uhrichsville, Ohio, United States, broadcasting on 1540 kHz with a news/talk/oldies format. It is the sister station of WNPQ (FM). The station was founded in 1963 by James Natoli and is held in the name of his company, Tuscarawas Broadcasting. Natoli died on June 1, 2017.
WBTC features locally-oriented hosts on weekday drive-times: Steve Kelly in mornings and Robert Bray in afternoons. Under its' previous talk format, the station also carried locally-hosted talk shows Dial-and-Deal with J.R. Richards and Dial-and-Speak conducted by Dr. Andrea Fanti - the only call-in radio show in Tuscarawas County - in addition to The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Sean Hannity Show, and had been an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio for evenings and weekends. In October 2017, WBTC shifted to oldies programming on evenings and weekends, and took the format full-time that November[1].
Unlike most radio stations in the Northeastern United States assigned to the clear-channel frequency of 1540 kHz (all of whom must sign off at sunset to protect KXEL in Waterloo, Iowa and/or ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas) WBTC has 5 watts of night power assigned. Prior to adding an FM translator (W270CI 101.9 FM) in 2016, WBTC voluntarily signed off nightly at 9:00 p.m. (give or take live sports play-by-play events), but has since taken a 24-hour program lineup.
WBTC also offers on-line streaming from its web page.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WBTC
- Radio-Locator Information on WBTC
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBTC
Coordinates: 40°25′26″N 81°21′47″W / 40.42389°N 81.36306°W