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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:

  • WBTJ-HD2 broadcasts continuous smooth jazz music, with no commercials or DJs.
  • WBTJ-HD3 retransmits WPER, Culpeper, VA, branded as "Positive Hits PER" and featuring Contemporary Christian music.

    • 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

    WBTJ Wikipedia
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