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WBTH

Radio station in Williamson, West Virginia, United States

WBTH (1400 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Williamson, West Virginia, United States. The station, established in 1939, was owned and operated by licensee Mountain Top Media LLC, Cindy May Johnson Managing Member.

WBTH had broadcast a contemporary Christian format serving Williamson, Central Mingo County, West Virginia and Northeastern Pike County, Kentucky.

On July 13, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission granted Mountain Top Media's request for special temporary authority to allow WBTH to remain silent for 180 days due to a broken cable on the station's tower. The WBTH license was surrendered that September. It was cancelled on September 17.

01Call sign meaning

The call sign represented the first letters of the last name of the original owners of WBTH. Francis Wagner, William Booker, George Taylor, and William Hogg requested the WBTH call sign in 1939.

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