KBTR-CA

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KBTR-CA
station_
station_slogan = Better Television for Louisiana
analog = 41 (UHF)
station_branding = WBTR 41
digital =
affiliations = Independent
founded = August 5, 1987
location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = Ba Ton Rouge, also the IATA airport code for the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
former_callsigns = K06MD, K65FP
owner = Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC (Manship family)
former_affiliations = UPN (January 1995-summer 1999), Urban America Television (? to 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 18.9 kW
class = A
homepage =

KBTR-CA channel 41, known on-air as WBTR 41, is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station is owned by Louisiana Television Broadcasting, the owners of WBRZ-TV, and airs on Channel 19 on local Cox Communications cable systems.

While the station is licensed as KBTR-CA, it brands itself on the air as "WBTR 41" to help fit in with other stations in the market. To keep other stations from using the WBTR calls (other than in legal IDs), KBTR has registered "WBTR" as a Registered trademark.

In late Summer 2007, KBTR's prior owner, Veritas Broadcasting Company, sold the station to the Manship family, owners of WBRZ and "The Advocate" newspaper. Future plans for the station to be announced later. Previously, KBTR was operated by Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins until 2004, when it was purchased by Veritas.

Hurricane Gustav

As Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Louisiana coastline during Labor Day weekend 2008, the station was used to simulcast New Orleans' WDSU-TV (Channel 6) for evacuees heading to Baton Rouge.

External links

*TVQ|KBTR