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WFXH-FM
WFXH-FM (106.1 Hertz, MHz), known as "Rock 106.1", is an active rock radio station targeted to Savannah, Georgia. The station was a monitored reporter on the Alternative (Modern Rock) panel. Formerly, WFXH-FM reported as an Alternative station to Arbitron and various radio industry publications. The station featured a specialty show called ''Underexposed'', Sunday nights, 9-11 pm. During the show they spotlight indie rock artists like The Decemberists, The Shins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Arcade Fire, and Cold War Kids, along with local acts. That show has apparently been cancelled, its presence excised from the station's website. In April 2008, WFXH-FM debuted ''You Heard It First'', a new show heard weeknights at 11 pm that features only new rock, as part of what the station calls "New Rock Nights". Rock 106.1 also recently began streaming the station online at their website. Rock 106.1 was also home to ''Lex and Terry'' who have dominated morning drive for a number of years. In Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WHHW
WHHW (1130 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a regional Mexican radio format. It is licensed to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The station is currently owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. WHHW broadcasts with 1,000 watts by day. Because AM 1130 is a clear channel frequency, it must reduce power to 500 watts at night to avoid interference. WHHW simulcasts its programming on an FM translator, W241CV at 96.1 MHz, broadcasting at a power level of 99 watts. History On February 14, 1983, the station went on the air as WHHR with the call sign referring to Hilton Head Radio. It was a sister station to 106.1 WFXH-FM. WHHR changed its call sign on June 11, 1987, to WHHQ. On December 23, 1994, it changed its call sign back to WHHR, only to change the call sign again on New Year's Day 1995 to WFXH. On February 28, 2011, the call sign was changed to WHHW. Prior to March 6, 2011, the station was an ESPN Radio Network affiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WXYY
WXYY (100.1 FM), known as G100.1, is a radio station broadcasting a rhythmic contemporary format. Licensed to Rincon, Georgia, US, the station serves the Savannah and Hilton Head areas. The station is owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. The studios and offices are on the south side of Savannah and the transmitter is in Rincon. History The station went on the air as WMZD on May 10, 2004. On March 9, 2006, the station changed its call sign to WSGA, on March 16, 2006, to WSSJ, and on March 6, 2014, to WXYY. The station switched from a New AC (NAC)/Smooth Jazz format to Gospel music on March 19, 2008, with the name "Joy 100.1." In March 2014, after L & L Broadcasting bought the 50,000-watt station, WXYY moved its call sign and Hot AC format from 107.9 FM, which had a 24,000-watt signal. VP of Programming Scott Mahalick said the change "will bring a great jolt of energy and vibe" to the market. WXYY "Y100" continued to call i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WGCO
WGCO (98.3 FM, "Hot 98-3") is a commercial radio station licensed to Midway, Georgia, and serving the Savannah metropolitan area and Brunswick, Georgia. Owned by Dick Broadcasting, it broadcasts a Top 40 - CHR format. Its studios are on Mall Boulevard in Savannah. WGCO is a Class C1 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most stations. The transmitter is off Steve Nelson Road in the Chimney Villa section of Townsend, Georgia, about halfway between Savannah and Brunswick. History Southern Gospel and All-News The station signed on the air in . Its original call sign was WSOJ and its city of license was Jesup, Georgia. The station broadcast a Southern Gospel format with Christian talk and teaching programs. It was powered at only 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It could only be heard in Jesup and adjacent communities. In 1982, the station flipped to an all-news format. It used an audio simulcast of the new cable ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WRWN
WRWN (107.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Rewind 107.9") is a commercial radio, commercail radio station city of license, licensed to Port Royal, South Carolina, and serving Hilton Head Island and the Savannah metropolitan area. It airs a classic hits radio format and is owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. The studios and offices are on Mall Boulevard in Savannah. It is a list of broadcast station classes#FM, Class C2 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 24,000 watts. The transmitter is on Ulmer Road in Bluffton, South Carolina. History Early years The station sign-on, signed on the air in . The original call sign was WLOW. It broadcast on 107.1 FM and played big bands, one of the few FM stations to play this style of music. For much of 1994, the station became WHHR-FM, airing a talk radio format as "The News and Conversation Station". Listeners asked for the return of the nostalgia format, which had found a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WUBB
WUBB (106.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bluffton, South Carolina, serving Savannah and Hilton Head. It is owned by Dick Broadcasting and it airs a country music format. In morning drive time, WUBB carries the syndicated ''Bobby Bones Show'' from Nashville. WUBB is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter tower is on Foreman Hill Road at Ulmer Road in Bluffton. The studios and offices are on Mall Boulevard in Savanah. History Smooth Jazz, Hot AC and Adult Alternative The station began with the call sign WIJY, broadcasting on 105.5 FM. At the time, 105.5 was a Class A frequency, which limited how many watts a station could use to broadcast. In December, 1987, WIJY switched to 107.9 FM, allowing it to increase its power and coverage area. WIJY began airing what was then known as NAC or "new adult contemporary," a format that later became smooth jazz. In 1996, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Illinois, eighth-most populous city in Illinois. It is the principal city of the Peoria, Illinois, metropolitan area, Peoria metropolitan area in Central Illinois, consisting of Fulton County, Illinois, Fulton, Marshall County, Illinois, Marshall, Peoria, Stark County, Illinois, Stark, Tazewell County, Illinois, Tazewell, and Woodford County, Illinois, Woodford counties and home to 402,391 people in 2020. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois, according to the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Originally known as Fort Clark, it received its current name when the Peoria County, County of Peoria was organized in 1825. The city was named after the Peoria peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WVSC (FM)
WVSC (103.1 MHz) is an adult hits formatted FM radio station known as "SC 103.1" targeted towards the South Carolina Lowcountry. History The station signed on in 1985 on 92.1 with a 3,000-watt signal broadcasting from St. Helena Island, about 10 miles east of Beaufort. Because it was so close to WSGA-FM on 92.3, the station was limited in its transmitter power. In 1999, the station swapped frequencies with WBHC-FM on 103.1 to get a better signal into Savannah. The station has difficulties reaching listeners in Savannah because of its inferior signal. In January 2006 the station was given permission by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move its tower closer to Savannah. On November 11, 2013, L & L Broadcasting sold WGZO to Apex Broadcasting; this marks Apex Broadcasting's first entry into the Savannah/Hilton Head markeThe sale, at a price of $450,000, was consummated on January 8, 2014. On February 15, 2014, WGZO changed callsigns to WVSC. On February 21, 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a :wikt:one-to-many, one-to-many model. Broadcasting began with AM radio, which came into popular use around 1920 with the spread of vacuum tube radio transmitters and radio receiver, receivers. Before this, most implementations of electronic communication (early radio, telephone, and telegraph) were wikt:one-to-one, one-to-one, with the message intended for a single recipient. The term ''broadcasting'' evolved from its use as the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a field by casting them broadly about. It was later adopted for describing the widespread distribution of information by printed materials or by telegraph. Examples applying it to "one-to-many" radio transmissions of an individual station to multiple listeners appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bluffton, South Carolina
Bluffton is a town in southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census was 27,716, an increase of over 120% since the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, making it the List of municipalities in South Carolina, 17th-most populous municipality and one of the fastest growing municipalities in South Carolina. It is primarily located around U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina, U.S. Route 278 between Hilton Head Island and Interstate 95 in South Carolina, Interstate 95. Bluffton is a principal town within the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton metropolitan area, Hilton Head Island metropolitan area. The Lowcountry town's original one square mile area, now known as Old Town, is situated on a bluff along the May River. After the Tariff of 1842, Bluffton became a hotbed of separatist sentiment, which in turn led to a protest against federal taxes called the Bluffton Movement in 1844. Even though the movement quickly died o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and southwest of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston. The year-round population was 37,661 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, although during the peak of summer vacation season the population can swell to 150,000."Consolidated Municipal Budget Fiscal Year July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017," ''Town of Hilton Head Island'', Accessed August 22, 2017. It is the principal city of the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton metropolitan area, Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Port Royal metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WWCT
WWCT (99.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Bartonville, Illinois. Through most of its history, the WWCT callsign was associated with Peoria's 105.7 frequency allocation; the call sign and related format was moved to 96.5 (Farmington, Illinois, Farmington) in 2003, then 99.9 (Bartonville) in 2006. The original 99.9 callsign, WIXO, and its music format, had moved to 105.7 in 2006. History 105.7 The original 105.7 was operating as WWTO in the early 1970s. In 1976, the station changed its callsign to WWCT and made its debut as an album rock station. Calling itself simply "106" or "WWCT" early on, by the 1990s, it was using the nickname "Rock 106". Locally owned until the 1990s, the station was then sold to AAA Entertainment. AAA gave the station the new nickname "Rock 105.7", then "Rock 96.5" when it moved the format to the Farmington, Illinois, Farmington-licensed frequency. 96.5 WWCT was moved to 96.5 in 2003 by AAA to make room for its new WIXO, WXM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
