WBT (AM)
WBT (1110 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station serving the Charlotte metropolitan area, including parts of North Carolina and South Carolina. The station airs a talk radio format simulcast on Chester, South Carolina-licensed WBT-FM (99.3) and the HD2 digital subchannel of co-owned WLNK. First licensed on March 18, 1922, it is one of America's first radio stations.
| Broadcast area | Charlotte metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1110 kHz |
| Branding | News Talk 1110/99-3 WBT |
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| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Talk radio |
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First air date | March 22, 1922 (also earlier broadcasts as experimental station 4XD) |
Call sign meaning | Randomly assigned |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 30830 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°7′56.52″N 80°53′23.0″W |
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| Website | www |
WBT is owned by Urban One, with studios and offices located off West Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, co-located with the city's CBS television affiliate, WBTV, currently owned by Gray Television but at one time co-owned with WBT Radio.
WBT broadcasts 50,000 watts around the clock as the only Class A clear-channel station in the Carolinas. Its transmitter site is a three-tower facility in south Charlotte, off Nations Ford Road. During daylight hours it uses a single non-directional antenna and is audible in much of the central Carolinas. At night, all three towers are used in a directional pattern that limits its signal toward the west, in order to avoid interfering with KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska, the other Class A station on the frequency. Even with this restriction, it can be heard across much of the eastern half of North America with a good radio. For many years, WBT boasted that it could be heard "from Maine to Miami" at night.