WBTF

WBTF
City	Midway, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette
Branding	"107.9 The Beat"
Slogan	"The Beat of Lexington"
Frequency	107.9 MHz
First air date	2000
Format	Urban Contemporary
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	4592
Callsign meaning	BeaT of Fayette (County)
Former callsigns	WAHY (1994-1999)
Affiliations	Premium Choice iHeartRadio
Owner	L.M. Communications
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1079thebeat.com

WBTF, also known as 107.9 The Beat, is an Urban Contemporary outlet serving the Lexington radio market. It is owned by L.M. Communications.

WBTF signed on its current format in 2000, playing Hip Hop and R&B music, making it the first time in six years an Urban-formatted station returned to Lexington since WCKU flipped the format in 1994 to rock (Today, that station is now its Rhythmic competitor, WLTO). Until recently, WBTF was the only such station in the market, therefore playing Old School music, Soul, Slow Jams and Gospel occasionally to cater to both the Mainstream and Adult audiences in the African American community. It was the home of the Doug Banks Morning Show until the end of 2007 when he was replaced by Steve Harvey.

On July 21, 2011, WBTF got a second competitor, WiLD 103.9 (WLKT-HD2), owned by Clear Channel. The station launched on a former K-Love translator, and is currently the HD-2 channel for crosstown station, 104.5 The Cat, a Mainstream Top 40 station. Both The Cat and WiLD use Clear Channel's Premium Choice programming. Clear Channel hopes to siphon off WBTF's younger demos by playing more current-based Hip-Hop and R&B hits as a way to counter WBTF's traditional presentation.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBTF

Radio-Locator information on WBTF

LM Communications

Radio stations

Lexington	WBTF WBVX WCDA WGKS WLXG WLXO¹

Charleston, South Carolina	WCOO WYBB

Charleston, West Virginia	WJYP WKLC-FM WMON WMXE WSCW

Television

The CW affiliate	WBKI

¹ LM provides programing consultation for this station

Radio stations in the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, including the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Area

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.7 93.9 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.1 96.3 96.9 98.1 99.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.5 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	590 630 770 1110 1150 1230 1250 1300 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1550 1580

By callsign	KIH41 W219DM W280DO WBFC WBTF WBUL-FM WBVX WCBR WCDA WCGW WCYN WCYN-FM WCYO WEKU WEKY WFKY WGKS WHBN WHIR WIOK WIRV WJMM-FM WKQQ WKRI-LP WKVO WKXO WKYL WKYW WLAI WLAP WLFX WLKT WLRT WLTO WLXG WLXO WLXX WMJR WMKY WMST WMXL WPBK WPTJ WRFL WRNZ WRVG-LP WSEK-FM WSTV-FM WUKY WVLK WVLK-FM WVRB WWRW WWTF WXKY-FM WXZZ WYGH

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.500 162.525

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Cincinnati Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Louisville Southwest Virginia See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WBTF - Midway WGZB - Louisville (Lanesville, IN) WMJM - Jeffersontown WTFX - Louisville (Clarksville, IN)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

Coordinates: 38°11′41″N 84°38′25″W / 38.1948°N 84.6402°W / 38.1948; -84.6402

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