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Overview
Licensed to Sarasota, Florida, WBTP is a classic hip hop station broadcasting on 106.5 FM. It brands itself as “106.5 The Beat.” The station has been on the air since 1965.
At a glance
- Call sign
- WBTP
- Frequency
- 106.5 FM
- Format
- Classic hip hop
- On-air name
- 106.5 The Beat
- City of license
- Sarasota, FL
- Market
- Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL
- Licensee
- iHM Licenses, LLC
- Power
- 13,000 watts
- Station class
- C2
- First on air
- 1965
- FCC facility ID
- 48672
- Website
- thebeatflorida.iheart.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from Premiere Networks. iHM Licenses, LLC holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the WBTP call letters since July 2024.
Its website is thebeatflorida.iheart.com. Sarasota is in the Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL market, where local newspapers include Sarasota Herald-Tribune and New Yorker Staats-Zeitung. Sister stations include WCTQ, WDIZ, WSDV, WSRZ-FM and WTZB.
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WBTP at a glance
- Frequency
- 106.5 FM
- On air as
- 106.5 The Beat
- Format
- Classic hip hop
- Licensed to
- Sarasota, FL
- Market
- Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL
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