WBTG (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WBTG


city = Sheffield, Alabama
area =
branding = "Memory Music"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1290 kHz
format = Adult Standards/Oldies
power = 1000 watts (day)
79 watts (night)
class = D
facility_id = 60607
coordinates = coord|34|46|27|N|87|40|14|W|
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WSHF (?-1985) WHCM (1985-1987)
owner = Slatton & Associates Broadcasters, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations = WBTG-FM
webcast =
website = http://www.wbtgradio.com/
affiliations =

WBTG (1290 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Sheffield, Alabama. The station is owned by Slatton & Associates Broadcasters, Inc. It airs a mixed Adult Standards/Oldies format they call "Memory Music".cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile]

In addition to its usual music programming, each weekday morning the station airs a half-hour program called "Focus on the Family" hosted by James Dobson.cite web |publisher=WBTG Radio |title=Programming Schedule |url=http://www.wbtgradio.com/schedule.html |accessdate=2008-10-10] Monday through Saturday mornings include a two-hour tradio program known as "Party Line" which allows listeners to buy or sell personal items.cite web |publisher=WBTG Radio |title=History |url=http://www.wbtgradio.com/history.html |accessdate=2008-10-10] On Sunday mornings, WBTG airs a half-hour program called "In Touch" hosted by Charles Stanley.

History

In April 1985, Sheffield Broadcasting Co., Inc,. reached an agreement to sell country music formatted WSHF to Comco, Inc. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on May 31, 1985, and the transaction was consummated on September 3, 1985. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19850402EL) |date=1985-09-03 |url= http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=77324] The station's callsign was changed from WSHF to WHCM on November 18, 1985.cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60607&Callsign=WBTG |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History]

In October 1987, Comco Inc. reached an agreement to sell WHCM to Slatton & Associates Broadcasters Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 7, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on December 17, 1987. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19871029EA) |date=1987-12-17 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=106264] The station's call letters were changed from WHCM to the current WBTG on December 17, 1987. The new owners changed the programming to Contemporary Christian music as a counterpart to the Southern Gospel format on WBTG-FM before settling on the current "memory music" format.

Broadcast translator

On August 12, 2008, WBTG received special temporary authority to retransmit its programming on 94.3 FM via a broadcast translator.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BSTA-20080718AQH) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1255868 |date=2008-08-12] In its application, Paul Slatton cited a desire to "serve the Shoals area better at night" when the station is forced to lower its broadcast power from 1000 watts to just 79 watts and that this authority "would only be until the Commission starts receiving applications for licenses to do this same thing."cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Engineering STA (BSTA - 20080718AQH) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101255868&formid=911&fac_num=60607 |date=2008-07-18] This special temporary authority expires on February 12, 2009.

RadioTranslators
callsign =
call1 = W232AH
freq1 = 94.3 FM
watts1 = 7
class1 = D
city1 = Florence, Alabama

References

External links

* [http://www.wbtgradio.com/ WBTG official website]
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