KBTL

For the airport serving Battle Creek, Michigan assigned the ICAO code KBTL, see W. K. Kellogg Airport.

KBTL
City	El Dorado, Kansas
Broadcast area	Wichita, Kansas, El Dorado, Kansas
Frequency	88.1 MHz
Format	College Radio
ERP	400 watts
HAAT	28.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	83259
Transmitter coordinates	37°48′16.00″N 96°53′2.00″W / 37.8044444°N 96.8838889°W / 37.8044444; -96.8838889
Callsign meaning	Butler (BTL)
Owner	Butler County Community College

KBTL (88.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a College Radio format.^[1] Licensed to El Dorado, Kansas, USA, the station serves the Wichita area. The station is currently owned by Butler County Community College.^[2] The initial license was granted in 2001, although unlicensed programming (microwatt AM) began as early as 1999. Programming included eclectic shows by students in the Radio-TV-Film program broadcast live (10am-10pm M-F) with pre-programmed classic rock and jazz music during off hours. In addition, all Butler Community College football, men's basketball and women's basketball games have been broadcast by students in the Sports Media program.

The early years were under the direction of Lance Hayes (director of King Kung Fu produced in Wichita) until his retirement in 2009. In August 2009, Dr. Keith West became faculty advisor and General Manager. A major overhaul of the station since 2009 has included new equipment from microphones to antenna, a locally programmed automation/assist system to increase diversity of programming 24/7 and an increase in community affairs/news programming. In August 2010, the station was renamed from All-Amateur Radio to Butler Radio with the introduction of G-Bear, a Grizzly bear butler in purple and gold tux (Butler Community College mascott is the Grizzly). 2014 saw the station become 88.1 The Grizz with a screaming grizzly bear head as logo. Plans for August 2016 include increased community programming, addition of on-air community volunteers, stronger social media presence, and studio-quality remote capabilities.

KBTL-FM and the Radio-TV-Film program have won more awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters than any other 2-year colleges in Kansas, and have tied or won more awards than most Kansas 4-year institutions. In association with other components of the Mass Communications program and performing arts division, participate have access to state of the art 4K video field/studio areas and analog/ProTools audio recording studios.

References

↑ "KBTL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

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Radio stations in the Wichita market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.3 88.7 89.1 90.1 90.7 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.1 99.7 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	690 900 950 1070 1130 1240 1330 1360 1410 1450 1480 1550

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.500 162.550

By callsign	K261DR K204DQ KAXZ-LP KBCU KBDD KBTL KCFN KCVW-FM KDGS KEC59 KEYN-FM KFBZ KFDI KFH KFTI KFXJ KGGF KGSO KHCC-FM KHLT-FM KHMY KHUT KIBB KICT-FM KIHB-LP KJRG KKGQ KKLE KLEY KMUW KNSS KNSS-FM KPHN KQAM KRBB KSGL KSKG KSKZ KSOK-FM KTHR KTLI KVWF KWBW KWME KWLS KYFW KYOM-LP KYQQ KYWA KZCH KZSN WWH22

Nearby radio markets Oklahoma City Pittsburg Salina–Manhattan Southwest Kansas Topeka Tulsa West and Northwest Kansas See also List of radio stations in Kansas

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