WBTJ
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| City | Richmond, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Richmond, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia |
| Branding | "106.5 The Beat" |
| Slogan | "Number 1 for Hip Hop and R&B" |
| Frequency | 106.5 FM MHz |
| First air date | May, 1957 |
| Format |
106.5 HD-1: Mainstream Urban 106.5 HD-2: Smooth Jazz 106.5 HD-3: WPER |
| Power | 14,500 Watts |
| HAAT | 280 meters (920 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74168 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.0″N 77°36′5.70″W / 37.512500°N 77.6015833°W |
| Callsign meaning | W BeaT Jamz |
| Former callsigns | WRFK-FM (1957-1988) WVMX (1988-1989) WVGO (1989-1996) WBZU (1996-1998) WRCL (1998-2001) WBTJ (2001-Present) |
| Owner |
iHeartCommunications, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | W241AP, W253BI, WRNL, WRVA, WRVQ, WRXL, WTVR-FM |
| Webcast | WBTJ Webstream |
| Website | WBTJ Online |
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.
In 1995, modern rock WVGO added Howard Stern. In 2001, the station flipped to Urban as "106.5 the Beat".
WBTJ also broadcasts two HD subchannels:
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.
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