- WBTM
Infobox Radio station
name = WBTM
city =Danville, Virginia
area =Danville, Virginia
SouthernPittsylvania County, Virginia
branding = "Oldies Radio 1330 WBTM"
slogan = "Danville's Radio Station"
airdate =May 24 ,1930
frequency = 1330 kHz
format =Full Service
power = 5,000 Watts daytime
1,000 Watts nighttime
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id =
coordinates = coord|36|36|36.0|N|79|25|47.0|W|type:landmark
callsign_meaning = World's Best Tobacco Market
World's Biggest Textile Mill
former_callsigns =
owner = Piedmont Broadcasting Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =WAKG
webcast =
website = [http://www.wbtm1330.com/ WBTM Online]
affiliations = ABC Radio NewsPaul Harvey Premiere Radio Networks WBTM is a
Full Service formatted broadcastradio station licensed toDanville, Virginia , serving Danville and SouthernPittsylvania County, Virginia . WBTM is owned and operated by Piedmont Broadcasting Corporation.History
WBTM was the 10th radio station in the Commonwealth of Virginia, having signed on May 24, 1930. Founder Clarke Electric Company selected the call letters WBTM to simultaneously promote Danville as the World's Best Tobacco Market and home to the World's Biggest Textile Mill. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rduradiowaves/calls.html|title=Callsign Cryptology|accessdate=2008-07-28] Originally at 1370 on the dial, WBTM moved to 1400 in 1939 and finally 1330.
On April 1, 1932, Pastor R.J. Barber began airing "Tabernacle Time" on the station. Nearly thirty years later in 1962, his son, R.J. "Brother Bob" Barber, Jr. assumed the daily broadcast. Still airing today on WBTM and FM sister station
WAKG , "Tabernacle Time" is the nation's longest running radio ministry.WBTM also operated an early UHF television station, WBTM-TV 24, which signed on February 21, 1954, but left the air December 31 of that same year. Channel 24 is now occupied by unrelated independent station
WDRL-TV .References
External Links
* [http://www.wbtm1330.com/ Oldies Radio 1330 WBTM Online]
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