WBTN (AM)

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WBTN
Broadcast areaSouthwestern Vermont
Frequency 1370 kHz
BrandingWBTN 1370 AM
Programming
Format Full service variety
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerShires Media Partnership
History
First air date
September 23, 1953
Call sign meaning
Bennington
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9309
Class D
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 85 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°54′19.28″N73°12′30.39″W / 42.9053556°N 73.2084417°W / 42.9053556; -73.2084417
Translator(s) 96.5 W243EL (Bennington)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wbtnam.org

WBTN (1370 kHz) is an AM 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. [2]

Contents

WBTN is run as a community station with a full service variety radio format, including news, talk shows, music and sports. Weekday mornings begin with two nationally syndicated news shows, America in the Morning and First Light from Westwood One. Then "The Big Voice of Southern Vermont morning show with Jessica Lillie and Chris Bates," a talk and music show, is heard. The rest of the schedule is made up of programs hosted by local residents, offering a variety of topics, from local musicians to birds to old time records and radio shows. WBTN is available to be heard on Google home and Alexa.

History

WBTN signed on the air on September 13, 1953. [3] It was originally a 500-watt daytimer, required to sign-off at sunset each day to avoid interfering with other radio stations on AM 1370. It was owned by Catamount Broadcasters, Inc. and aired a full service middle of the road music format. In the 1970s, the power was boosted to 1,000 watts, but the station was still required to go off the air at night. Catamount added an FM radio station, 94.3 WHGC, on October 2, 1978. [4] In 1997, WHGC switched its call sign to WBTN-FM.

WBTN-AM-FM were acquired by Vermont Public Radio (VPR) in 1999 for $901,000. [5] VPR wanted to add WBTN-FM to its statewide network to improve coverage of Southwestern Vermont, and had no interest in operating an AM station. VPR sold 1370 WBTN to Robert Howe in 2000; Howe then donated the station to Southern Vermont College in 2002. [6]

Former logo WBTN1370.jpg
Former logo

In 2008, WBTN was purchased by Shires Media Partnership. [7] A few years later, the Federal Communications Commission granted WBTN permission to broadcast at night with 85 watts of power.

The station began simulcasting a mostly classic rock format at the 96.5 FM dial position in May 2021 using the tagline "We Bring the Noise", a play on the AM station's longtime call letters. [8]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W243EL96.5 FM Bennington, Vermont 202924250D 42°54′24.1″N73°12′40.2″W / 42.906694°N 73.211167°W / 42.906694; -73.211167 (W243EL) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WBTN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Search Results for WBTN, TuneIn Radio. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1954 page 322
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-234
  5. ↑ Totten, Shay (May 10, 2007). "VPR is making waves". Vermont Guardian. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "WBTN-AM radio owner donates station to S. Vermont College". iBerkshires.com. November 28, 2001. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Shires group officially buys WBTN, John D. Waller, Bennington Banner , July 16, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ WBTN launches FM channel, Bennington Banner . Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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