City Richmond, Virginia Frequency 106.5 FM MHz | Branding "106.5 The Beat" First air date May, 1957 | |
Broadcast area Richmond, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia Slogan "Number 1 for Hip Hop and R&B" |
WBTJ is a Mainstream Urban formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving the Richmond/Petersburg area. WBTJ is owned and operated by iHeartCommunications, Inc.
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History
In 1995, modern rock WVGO added Howard Stern. In 2001, the station flipped to Urban as "106.5 the Beat".
HD Radio
WBTJ also broadcasts two HD subchannels:
Translator
WBTJ-HD2 was relayed by an FM translator, W241AP, to widen its broadcast area. The translator was repurposed as a relay of WRVQ-FM/HD2 as "96.1 the Planet" in 2013.
References
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