WBTP
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Sports) | |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WDAE, WFLA, WFLZ-FM, WFUS, WHNZ, WMTX, WXTB | |
| History | |
First air date | August 19, 1963 (as WTAN-FM) |
Former call signs | WTAN-FM (1963–1976) WOKF (1976–1980) WCKX (1980–1982) WMGG (1982–1985) WNLT (1985–1990) WMTX (1990–1998) WSSR (1998–2003) |
Call sign meaning | We're The Beat Of TamPa Bay |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 41382 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 185 meters |
| Translator(s) |
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| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 957thebeat.iheart.com |
WBTP (95.7
African American community. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its target audience is African Americans between the ages of 18 and 34, but its main competitor is WLLD, which has a very similar target audience as well. It was the home of former Russ Parr Morning Show co-host, Olivia Fox, who was host of the station's morning drive show from 2004 to mid-2006. Licensed to Clearwater, the station's studios are located in South Tampa and the transmitter site is in Gandy
.
History
95.7 signed on in 1963 as WTAN-FM with an
On October 27, 2003, at 5 p.m., after
Spanish tropical
format in September 2011.
In January 2019, WBTP began to add more classic tracks to its playlist, in preparation for the relaunch of WMTX-HD2's Throwback Tampa Bay under a new format.[10]
As of October 1, 2019, WBTP-HD2 flipped from
Alternative Rock as "Alt 95-7 HD2". The following day, WBTP added a third HD Radio subchannel, broadcasting a simulcast of AM sister station WDAE. On June 25, 2020, WBTP-HD2's Alternative Rock format was relocated to WXTB-HD3 as "Alt 98"; concurrently, WBTP-HD2 began airing iHeart's new African-American focused "Black Information Network" all-news radio
service.
On-air personalities
- The Breakfast Club
- DJ Flee in the Bodega
- Mychal Maguire
- Anjali 'Queen B'
- The Keith Sweat Hotel
- DJ Shizm
- DeLeon Richards-Sheffield
Mixers
- DJ Sandman
- DJ Shizm
- DJ Jimi-O
Station management
- General manager: Chris Soechtig
- Program director: Mychal Maguire
References
- ^ "It's NOT a MIX-UP Series: AUDIO FILES/RADIO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ^ "RR-1990-11-09" (PDF).
- ^ "BB-1990-11-17" (PDF).
- ^ "New Star rises from ashes of Mix 96 Series: RADIO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ^ "RR-1997-08-08" (PDF).
- ^ "WSSR Tampa transition to the Beat WBTP 11-27-03 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Not Found".
- ^ "RR-2003-10-31" (PDF).
- ^ "Nielsen Topline Ratings". Arbitron.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ "Throwback Tampa Bay Preparing New Format". RadioInsight. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
External links
- Official Website
- WBTP in the FCC FM station database
- WBTP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W244BE in the FCC FM station database
- W244BE at FCCdata.org