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WQAM
WQAM (560 AM, "AM 560 Sports") is a radio station in Miami, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a sports talk format carrying a mixture of local and CBS Sports Radio programming. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue, and the transmitter is in the Little River neighborhood of Miami at 360 NE 71 Street. History WQAM is one of Florida's oldest radio stations, first signing on the air in February 1921. WQAM was launched in Miami, Florida by the W.W. Luce Electrical Equipment Company with founder Fred W. Borton, WQAM received its broadcasting license in Miami in January 1923. The station's early history was related to WFAW, also of Miami, which was licensed to '' The Miami Daily Metropolis'' from June 16, 1922, to June 11, 1923. In the beginning, the young station was helped with programming by the newspaper, until the paper ended its participation.Hollingsworth 1949. p. 56 Things were primitive in the early days. Fred W. Borton, pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAXY (AM)
WAXY (790 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to South Miami, Florida, with a Spanish language conservative talk format. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northwest Second Avenue, and its transmitter is in Everglades National Park. The callsign was formerly used on FM at 105.9, until Jefferson-Pilot acquired the callsign. 105.9 FM is now WBGG-FM and owned by iHeartMedia with a Classic Rock format. History This station was once WFUN, a legendary Top 40 station that competed with WQAM. Originally, the station was located at 800 on the AM dial, and was a daytime-only operation. While on 800, it was licensed to Miami Beach and was the first station in the area to hold the WMBM callsign, which is now on 1490 kHz. In the early 1960s, the station migrated down to 790, and went full-time as WFUN. The 790 frequency was a moderately directional signal, as there was already a 790 in Havana, Cuba, and another in central Florida ( L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKIS
WKIS (99.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Boca Raton, Florida, and serving South Florida, including the Miami-Fort Lauderdale radio market. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a country music radio format. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue. The transmitter tower is off NW 210 Street in Miami Gardens, shared with WTVJ. WKIS broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Its HD2 subchannel carries the sports radio programming of co-owned WQAM. History WWOG The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1965 as WWOG. It was originally a non-commercial Christian radio station, owned by Homer and Carole Akers. In the 1970s, it was a beautiful music outlet, still owned by the Akers, under the corporate name WWOG, Inc. Country music In 1979, WWOG was bought by the Sunshine Wireless Company. The new owner changed its call sign to WKQS-FM, and switched it to easy listening as "Kiss-FM." The WWOG call letters were later transferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPOW
WPOW (96.5 FM) – branded Power 96 – is a commercial rhythmic top 40 radio station licensed to Miami, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Miami-Dade County, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area, and much of surrounding South Florida. The WPOW studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue, while the station transmitter resides in the Miami Gardens neighborhood of Andover. Besides a standard analog transmission, WPOW broadcasts over three HD Radio channels, and is available online via Audacy. History 96.3 FM (1948–1981) WGBS-FM (96.3) began broadcasting in 1948 as the FM simulcast partner to WGBS (710 AM). It was owned by Storer Broadcasting until the company sold it in 1971 to Bartell Broadcasting. Bartell changed the station, then known as WJHR, into WMYQ, an aggressive Top 40/CHR outlet; the station became known as WMJX in October 1975. An April 1975 use of fake newscasts to promote a contest and fraudulent billing is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storz Broadcasting
Robert Todd Storz (May 8, 1924 – April 13, 1964) headed a very successful chain of American radio broadcasting stations and is generally credited with being the foremost innovator of the Top 40 radio format in 1951. The selection of records to be played was based on sales reported by record stores, an indication as to which would be of greatest interest to listeners. Only the favorites would be played, in rotation. Some sources also credit his Omaha radio station as among the first to play at least some rock and roll records. Early Years Robert Todd Storz (known as Todd to avoid confusion with his father) was the grandson of Omaha brewer Gottlieb Storz. His father, Robert H. Storz, positioned himself as a “mover and shaker” in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined his eldest brother Adolph in running the Storz Brewing Company, and became active in local associations and activities. Indeed, Robert Storz played a role in getting the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Hard Rock Stadium, located in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida. The team is currently owned by Stephen M. Ross. The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida. Of the four AFC East teams, the Dolphins are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Dolphins were also one of the first professional football teams in the southeast, along with the Atlanta Falcons. The Dolphins were founded by attorney-politician Joe Robbie and actor-comedian Danny Thomas. They began play in the AFL in 1966. The region had not had a professional football team since the days of the Miami Seahawks, who played in the All-America Football Conference in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM). Soon after WNBC launched its program, in 1965 Seton Hall University's radio station, WSOU, started ''Hall Line'', a call-in sports radio talk show focusing on the team's basketball program. Having celebrated its 50th anniversary on air during the 2015–2016 season, ''Hall Line'', which broadcasts to central and northern New Jersey as well as all five boroughs of New York, is the oldest and longest running sports talk call-in show i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference, and initially played their home games at Miami Arena before moving to the FLA Live Arena in 1998. Located in Sunrise, Florida, the Panthers are the southernmost team in the NHL. The team's local broadcasting rights have been held by Bally Sports Florida (formerly SportsChannel and Fox Sports Florida) since 1996. The Panthers are primarily affiliated with two minor league teams: the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. The Panthers began playing in the 1993–94 NHL season, where they set the record for the most Point (ice hockey)#Team stat, points by an expansion team in its inaugural season until surpassed by the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017–18 NHL season, 2017–18. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLYF
WLYF (101.5 FM, "101.5 Lite FM") is a commercial radio station in Miami, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. From mid-November until December 25, it switches to all-Christmas music. WLYF's studios and offices are co-located with its Audacy sister stations on NE 2nd Avenue in Miami. WLYF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is off NW 210th Street in Miami Gardens. WLYF broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format, with a second subchannel carrying a soft adult contemporary format, known as "Today's Life." History WWPB-FM In April 1948, the station signed on the air as WWPB-FM, owned and operated by Paul Brake (with his initials reflected in the call sign). It was the FM counterpart to WWPB (1450 AM, now WKAT) and ran at 8,500 watts, a fraction of its current power. It was one of only three FM stations on the air in Miami in the post-war years and it mostly simulcast WWPB. In the late 1950s, WWP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 In Radio
1921 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1921. __TOC__ Events *2 January – Dr E. J. Van Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church makes one of the first religious broadcast on the Pittsburgh station KDKA. *3 January – Station 9XM (now WHA), at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, transmits the first spoken weather forecast. The station had been broadcasting weather bulletins in Morse code since 1916. *18 February – Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S. president-elect to be heard on radio when he speaks on KDKA. *4 March – The first Presidential inauguration is broadcast from Washington, D.C., by KDKA. *10 March – From Pittsburgh's Davis Theater KDKA makes the first broadcast in history of a live opera/theater performance. *11 April – The world's first ever sports broadcast is made on KDKA by Florent Gibson of the ''Pittsburgh Post'' newspaper. The commentary is of a fight between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee at Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMXJ
WMXJ (102.7 FM, "102.7 The Beach") is a commercial radio station licensed to Pompano Beach, Florida, United States, and serving the Miami media market. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a classic hits radio format. Its studios are located at Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue. The transmitter is off Northwest 210th Street, also in Miami Gardens. WMXJ broadcasts in the HD Radio format. History R&B & Disco On December 14, 1969, the station signed on as WRBD-FM, complementing co-owned WRBD (now WWNN), in Broward County. WRBD aired a primarily automated "soul stereo" format, with a live evening show after daytime-only WRBD left the air. In 1971, its call sign changed to WCKO-FM, ending the simulcast and airing a more FM sound but still keeping its urban contemporary format. In late 1977, WCKO changed its brand to "K-102" and switched to an automated disco format. Rock In 1979, K-102 changed formats again to a tight rotation of album-oriented rock hits wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSFS (FM)
WSFS (104.3 FM, "104-3 The Shark") is a radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts an alternative rock format targeting Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue, while the station transmitter resides in nearby Pembroke Park. History WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach began broadcasting at 104.5 MHz at 6 a.m. on September 29, 1969. The station, sister to WEAT (850 AM), was an automated beautiful music outlet with syndicated programming supplied by Quality Music, Inc. The station broadcast from the tallest tower in the Palm Beaches and cost $175,000 to build. Within a year, WEAT-FM and WOOD-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were among the first two FM stations to claim overall ratings leadership in their markets. WEAT-AM-FM was purchased four years later by Curt Gowdy for $1.5 million. WEAT-FM was later the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
