WBTM

WBTM

City of license	Danville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Danville, Virginia Southern Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Branding	"1330 WBTM"
Slogan	"In Touch With You"
Frequency	1330 kHz
First air date	May 24, 1930
Format	Full Service
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	36°36′36.0″N 79°25′47.0″W
Callsign meaning	World's Best Tobacco Market World's Biggest Textile Mill
Affiliations	ABC Radio News Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	Piedmont Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WAKG
Webcast	WBTM Webstream
Website	WBTM Online

WBTM is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Danville, Virginia, serving Danville and Southern Pittsylvania 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. 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 WEFC-TV.

External links

• 1330 WBTM Online
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBTM
• Radio-Locator Information on WBTM
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WBTM