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WBTK
City of license	Richmond, Virginia
Broadcast area	Richmond
Slogan	Religious
Frequency	1380 kHz
Format	Religious music
Power	5000 Watts
Class	B
Owner	Mount Rich Media

WBTK (1380 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Hispanic Religion format. Licensed to Richmond, Virginia, USA, it serves the Richmond area. The station is currently owned by Mount Rich Media.

This station had signed on in the 1920s as WMBG. This station was later joined by TV station WTVR-TV and FM sister station WCOD. This station group was originally owned by local owners Havens & Martin. In the early sisties the station adopted a Top 40 format , and in 1964 , to reflect the popularity of the Beatles, called itself " W-M-Beatle-G".

In 1965 the stations were purchased by Roy H Park, who put the TV station's calls on tne radio stations as well and they were then known as WTVR-AM-FM-TV.

WTVR's Top 40 format continued into the late 60s and early seventies. In 1968 the station began branding itself "Request Radio" using taped listener requests as part of the format. The stations had also settled into a routine where the FM ststion would sign on at 5:30am and simulcast with the AM and then break off and run automated easy listening until 9pm and then rejoin the AM simulcast.

In 1972 with the sign on of FM Top 40 station WRVQ , WTVR's ratings began to suffer, and in late 1972 the station switched to a country music format. The new format proved successsful and continued until 1976 when the station switched to an easy listening format. In the early eighties the station went with sattlite delivered adult comtemporary , then in the mid eighties began simulcasting with the FM, which by that time had become as successful country music station. In 1988 the FM dumped the country music format but tne format stayed on the AM until 1989 , when it switched to a Big Band format.

Though the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the original station transmitter site was located at Staples Mill Road and West Broad Street in the growing West End of Richmond, along with the seldom used auxillery TV transmitter. In the mid 70s , Park Broadcasting decided to cash in on what had become valuable real estate in a prime bussiness location and sold the site and moved the WTVR-AM transmitter location to a former junkyard near I-95 in northern Henrico Country in a subdivision called Club Court, but is now commonly referred to as outer Lakeside.

In 2000, WTVR-AM was sold to Cox Radio who continued the Big Band format but changed the calls to WVBK. Cox later sold the station to Salem who instituted a religious format as WBTK. In 2006, WBTK was sold to Mount Rich Media who flipped to Hispanic Religion and began calling the station " Radio Poder " .

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FM radio stations in the Richmond market (Arbitron #55)

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City of license Cadillac, Michigan
Broadcast area [1]
Branding NewsTalk 1240
First air date 1945
Frequency 1240 kHz
Format News-Talk-Sports
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Owner MacDonald Garber Broadcasting
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WTVR-TV (CBS 6) is a CBS television affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia. It is owned by Raycom Media, and broadcasts its analog signal on channel 6. Its studios and transmitter are co-located at 3301 West Broad Street in downtown Richmond.
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WCVE-FM / WCNV-FM / WMVE

City of license Richmond, Virginia /Heathsville, Virginia /Chase City, Virginia
Broadcast area Central Virginia and the Northern Neck
Slogan Community Idea Stations
First air date March 26, 1988
Frequency 89.9 MHz / 89.1 MHz / 90.
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WAUQ

City of license Charles City, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "American Family Radio"
Frequency 89.7 MHz
Format Religious music
Power 10,000 Watts
Class B1
Owner American Family Association
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WDCE

City of license Richmond, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "Arachnoise"
Frequency 90.1 MHz
Format College radio
Power 100 Watts
Class A
Owner University of Richmond
Website [1]

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WHCE

City of license Highland Springs, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "Mix 91 Music News + More"
Frequency 91.1 MHz
Format Pop Contemporary Hit Radio
Power 3000 Watts
Class A
Owner Henrico County Schools
Website [1]
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WCDX

Broadcast area Mechanicsville, Virginia/Richmond
Branding "Power 92-1 Jamz"
Slogan 18 In A Row Hip Hop And Home Of The Russ Parr Morning Show
First air date 1984
Frequency 92.
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WLFV

City of license Ettrick, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "92.1 The Wolf"
Frequency 93.1 MHz
Format Country music
Power 5200 Watts
Class A
Owner MLB-Richmond IV
Website [1]

WLFV (93.
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WRVQ

City of license Richmond, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond, Virginia
Branding "Q94"
"My 80's" (HD2)
Slogan "All the Hits!"
"All the 80's" (HD2)
First air date August 4, 1948
Frequency 94.
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WKHK

City of license Colonial Heights, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "K 95 Todays New Country"
Frequency 95.3 MHz
Format Country music
Power 17,500 Watts
Class B1
Owner Cox Radio, Inc.
Website [1]

WKHK (95.
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WKLR

City of license Fort Lee, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond
Slogan "Classic Rock 96.5, The Planet"
Frequency 96.5 MHz
Format Classic Rock
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 138 meters
Class B
Owner Cox Radio
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.
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WRIR-LP

Broadcast area Richmond, Virginia
Branding
Slogan Richmond Indie Radio
First air date 2005
Frequency 97.3
Format Public Radio
ERP 100 watts
Class LP 100
Callsign meaning W Richmond Indie R
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Lite 98

Broadcast area Richmond
Branding Lite 98
First air date 1946
Frequency 98.1 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio)
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 50,000 watts
Class grandfathered class B
Owner Clear Channel Communications
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WWLB

City of license Midlothian, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond, Virginia
Branding "98-9 Liberty"
Slogan "We Play Anything"
First air date 2005 as Richmond Move-In
Frequency 98.
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WKJS
WKJM

Broadcast area Richmond
Petersburg/Richmond
Branding "105.7/99.3 Kiss"
Slogan Today's R&B and Classic Soul
First air date 1968
1966
Frequency 105.7 (MHz)
99.
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