WBTU

WBTU
Broadcast area	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Branding	"U.S. 93.3"
Slogan	Your Country
Frequency	93.3 (MHz)
First air date	December 16, 1964-June 1984 (WAWK-FM) June 1984-present (WBTU-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	18,500 watts
Class	B1
Owner	Adams Radio Group, LLC (Adams Radio of Fort Wayne, LLC)
Website	US 93.3

WBTU is an 18,500-watt FM radio station licensed to Kendallville, Indiana located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 93.3 MHz. WBTU is owned by Adams Radio Group, LLC, through licensee Adams Radio of Fort Wayne, LLC.

WBTU originally operated as WAWK-FM, a sister station to WAWK AM in Kendallville, from 1964 to 1984. In June 1984, WAWK-FM was sold, renamed to WBTU-FM, and relocated to Fort Wayne.

WBTU is the oldest country station in the Fort Wayne market. Counting the station's WAWK lineage makes the station even older.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, WBTU used the moniker, Hot Country. In the mid-1990s, the moniker was changed to B93. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the station was known as Hoosier Country. In 2005, the station simply went by its call letters and frequency (93.3 FM). On May 25, 2007, WBTU changed its branding, becoming U.S. 93.3. A few weeks later, U.S. 93.3 went "commercial-free" but only continued to operate without playing commercials until December 31, 2007.

In 2000, Artistic Media Partners, Inc. bought WBTU and WSHY-FM from 62nd Street, Inc. WBTU and WSHY were moved to a studio inside the Bowen Center on Goshen Road in Fort Wayne.

In January 2007, Artistic Media Partners agreed to sell WBTU and WSHY to Russ Oasis for $3.8 million. Oasis Radio Group owns HOT 107.9 (WJFX-FM), and 106.3 JOE FM in Fort Wayne, also.

On March 6, 2007, a local management agreement was enacted between Artistic Media and Russell Oasis for WBTU and WSHY (which was changed to WVBB, now WRDF).

In March 2014, Adams Radio Group, LLC entered an agreement to purchase WBTU along with CHR/Rhythmic 107.9 WJFX from Oasis Radio Group and crosstown Urban CHR 96.3 WNHT, Oldies 1250 WGL and Classic Rock 103.9 WXKE. The purchase, at a price of $6.4 million, was consummated on June 2, 2014.

Programming

Currently, it broadcasts country music.

Community

In the past, WBTU had regularly helped St. Jude's Research Hospital, MDA, and other organizations. WBTU also served as the radio station sponsor for country night at the Meijer Event Tent during Fort Wayne's Three Rivers Festival in 2006.

Notable alumni

Dirk Rowley
Jeanette Rinard
Mitch Mahan
Chevy Smith
Dakota McCoy (Gran Roberts)
Steve "Tiny Little" Michaels
Kris "Coyote" Underwood
Dave Collins (Joel Navarro)
Stephanie Decker
Dave Riley (David Bradley)
Scott Dugan
Dale Christopher
Jay Fergusion
(Bill)Collins on the Radio
Kenny Edwards
Don Moore
Gary Mack
Mack and Moore in the morning
Doug Montgomery
T. Daniels
Mark Allen

External links

WBTU's official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBTU

Radio-Locator information on WBTU

Radio stations in the Ft. Wayne, Indiana market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.1 95.1 96.3 97.3 98.1 98.9 100.1 101.1 101.7 102.3 102.9 103.9 105.1 105.7 106.3 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	1090 1190 1250 1280 1300 1380 1450

By callsign	W209AW W298BJ WAJI WBCL WBNI WBOI WBTU WBYR WBZQ WCYT WDFM WFCV WFCV-FM WFWI WGBJ WGBE WGDE WGL WIOE WJCI WJFX WJHS WKJG WLAB WLDE WLYV WMEE WONW WOWO WQHK WRDF WWFW WXKE WZOM

Nearby radio markets Chicago Cincinnati Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Kalamazoo Lima Muncie–Marion South Bend South Central MI Toledo See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Ohio

Country radio stations in the state of Indiana

By AM frequency	1220 1330 1460 1550 1560 1590

By FM frequency	92.9 93.3 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 95.9 95.9 96.1 96.7 96.7 96.9 97.1 98.1 98.3 98.5 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.5 100.9 100.9 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.7 103.9 105.1 105.1 105.3 105.3 105.5 105.5 105.7 106.3 106.5

By callsign	WARU-FM – Roann WAWC – Syracuse WBDC – Huntingburg WBKQ – Alexandria WBTU – Kendallville WBYT – Elkhart WCBK-FM – Martinsville WCDQ – Crawfordsville WCJC – Van Buren WCOE – La Porte WDKE – Seelyville WDWQ – Terre Haute WFLQ – French Lick WFMS – Fishers WHCC – Ellettsville WHZR – Royal Center WIFE-FM – Rushville WIVR – Kentland WJCP – North Vernon WKID – Vevay WKKG – Columbus WKLO – Hardinsburg WKOA – Lafayette WKZS – Covington WKUZ – Wabash WLFW – Chandler WLHK – Shelbyville WLJE – Valparaíso WMDH-FM – New Castle WMPI – Scottsburg WNDI – Sullivan WNDI-FM – Sullivan WPGW-FM – Portland WQHK-FM – Decatur WQKZ – Ferdinand WQLK – Richmond WRAY-FM – Princeton WRBI – Batesville WRCY – Mount Vernon WRIN – Rensselaer WSCH – Aurora WSLM – Salem WTHD – Lagrange WTHI-FM – Terre Haute WTRE – Greensburg WUBG – Plainfield WUZR – Bicknell WWBL – Washington WWKI – Kokomo WXKU-FM – Austin WYCM – Attica WYGB – Edinburgh

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

Coordinates: 41°12′50″N 85°12′04″W / 41.214°N 85.201°W / 41.214; -85.201

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