KBTM explained

KBTM
City:Jonesboro, Arkansas
Branding:News Talk 102.1 FM KBTM 1230
Airdate:March 24, 1930
Frequency:1230 kHz
Translators:
Repeater:101.7-4 KIYS-HD4
Format:News Talk Information
Power:1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class:C
Facility Id:17692
Coordinates:35.8411°N -90.6622°W
Callsign Meaning:Beard's Temple of Music[1]
Affiliations:Premiere Radio Networks ABC Radio
Owner:East Arkansas Broadcasters of Jonesboro, LLC
Sister Stations:KFIN, KIYS, KNEA, KWHF
Webcast:Listen Live
Licensing Authority:FCC

KBTM (1230 AM and heard on 101.3 FM through translator K267AS and 102.1 FM through translator K271CV) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, it serves the Jonesboro area. The station is currently owned by East Arkansas Broadcasters of Jonesboro, LLC. Since 2014, KBTM has also served as the broadcast home for Valley View High School football and boys & girls' basketball.

Past personalities

Ken Miller, newscaster (1980s)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Broadcast Archive . Call Letter Origins . Nelson . Bob . 2008-05-31 . 2008-06-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160218013408/http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html . 2016-02-18 .
  2. Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 11.