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1991 In Radio
The year 1991 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history. Events * January 11 - KKWM-FM 97.9 in Dallas/Ft. Worth becomes KLRX "Lite 97.9" after Cox assumes ownership from Anchor Media. This change will lead to a station swap nearly three years later and the demise of Tampa Bay's heritage rocker WYNF "95 YNF." * January 18 – Brian Beirne became one of the few celebrities from radio to get a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. * January 23 - KLSK 104.1 in Santa Fe, New Mexico plays Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven repeatedly for 24 hours before launching a classic rock format. * February 1 – KOZT-FM, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California officially becomes "THE COAST" after 48 hours straight of playing the theme from "Twin Peaks". Started (and still run) by former KLOS & KLSX programmer Tom Yates, the station has since been nominated for several Marconi awards and won one in 2002 for Rock Station of the Year. *February 8 – WROR/Boston flips to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliw Broadcasting Corporation
Aliw Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is a Philippine broadcasting company. Its corporate office and studios are located at the 20th floor of Citystate Centre, 709 Shaw Blvd., Brgy. Oranbo, Pasig. It is one of the broadcast media assets of the ALC Group of Companies, alongside RPN, NewsWatch Plus and Nine Media. Aliw operates a number of radio stations under the Home Radio & DWIZ brands, as well as its only digital television and cable channel, ALIW Channel 23. History Aliw was established on May 12, 1991, with the acquisition of DWIZ from Manila Broadcasting Company. The station would later on become among the top-rated news and talk stations in Metro Manila. A year later, it established a number of FM stations across the country. These stations would be later known as Home Radio. On May 3, 2016, Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10790, an act amending the franchise of Aliw Broadcasting Corporation and Renewing/Extending the term thereof t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Sonza
Jose Yumang Sonza (born September 20, 1955), more commonly known as Jay Sonza, is a Filipino blogger and a former newscaster and talk show host. He was the former station manager of the terrestrial television station UNTV from 2005 to 2009. He attempted to run for vice president in 2010, but lost to Jejomar Binay. Early life and education Sonza was born on September 20, 1955, in Macabebe, Pampanga, to Dalmacio Isip Sonza Noel Velasquez Sonza of CLTV36 and Segundina Viray Yumang. During his childhood, his family migrated to Bansalan, Davao del Sur, near Mount Apo. He was able to work to finance his studies. During that time, he worked as a bartender in resto-bars in Davao City. He finished both elementary and high school in Bansalan. He later took up BA Political Science at the University of Mindanao, and BS Economics at the University of the Philippines. Pursuing studies in the United States, he took special studies on satellite broadcasting at the University of Nebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey Langit
Reynante Magat Langit (; born September 20, 1948) is a Filipino journalist. He is a longtime columnist for Philippine newspapers ''Tempo'', ''Balita'', ''People's Tonight'', and ''Pilipino Mirror''. He is also the main anchorman for the nationally-aired program over AM radio station DWAR Abante Radyo 1494 in Mega Manila. He currently hosts two weekly public affairs television programs, '' Kasangga Mo ang Langit'' and '' Biyaheng Langit''; the former is now airing on the Bilyonaryo News Channel (even his surname means "sky" or "heaven" in Tagalog) since 2025. Early life Langit expressed his dynamism at a very young age. He would pull the weeds in a Chinese neighbor's garden for ten centavos a bundle, drove a pedicab, sell comics magazines to his classmates, and would even sell native foods like " kakanin" (sticky rice cake) and "matamis na bao" (sweetened coconut) to them at snack time to support his schooling expenses. He finished his primary education at the Felipe G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Tulfo
Ramon "Mon" Teshiba Tulfo Jr. (; born November 22, 1946) is a Filipino TV host, radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist. Early life and career Ramon Tulfo is the eldest of ten siblings, with six brothers and three sisters, namely Tuchi, Bong, Joseph, Edelle, broadcasters Raffy, Ben, Erwin, as well as former tourism secretary Wanda Corazon Teo. He is the son of the late Colonel Ramon Silvestre Tulfo Sr. (September 5, 1915 – June 14, 1985) who was a member of Philippine Constabulary, and Caridad Teshiba-Tulfo, a housewife, who died in 2024, at the age of 97. Due to his father's occupation, his family moved throughout the country, one location after the other. Ramon Tulfo is the host of the 23-year running program, ''Isumbong Mo kay Tulfo!'', a public service program on DZRJ Radyo Bandido. In his hour-long show, he and his co-host Alin Ferrer tackle community problems, including complaints filed against government officials and policemen. He is the brother of Wanda Tulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louie Beltran
Luis "Ka Louie" Diaz Beltran (April 4, 1936 – September 6, 1994) was a Filipino broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist. In 2018, Beltran was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era. Career Born Luis Diaz-Beltran on April 4, 1936, in Manila, he was known for his outspokenness. During martial law, when he was on the staff of the Evening News, he was one of the many journalists arrested and detained at Camp Crame. After three months of imprisonment, being bankrupt, he bred fighting cocks, calling the champion breed he developed Newshawk. He commented on current issues on radio and hosted '' Straight from the Shoulder'', a television show which analyzed current events. He was the original host of the television show '' Brigada Siete''. He was the first editor-in-chief of the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''. He also worked on other newspapers, including the '' Philippine Star''. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZRV-AM
DZRV (846 AM), on-air as Veritas 846 and commonly called as Radyo Veritas, is a radio station owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila under the Radio Veritas - Global Broadcasting System. It is the flagship member of the Catholic Media Network. The studio is located at Veritas Tower, 162 West Ave. cor. EDSA, Brgy. Philam, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Taliptip, Bulakan, Bulacan. (and soon to be-relocated in Brgy. Longos, Meycauayan, Bulacan). Timeline *April 11, 1969 – Radyo Veritas was inaugurated with Asian bishops as guests. Cardinal Antonio Samorè represented Pope Paul VI. It began broadcasting on the frequency formerly assigned to DZST 860 kHz, another Catholic radio station formerly operated by the University of Santo Tomas. By that time, it was then owned by the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center, Inc. *November 29, 1970 – Pope Paul VI, on his pastoral visit to the country, blessed Radyo Veritas' studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. city on the Canada–United States border. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwestern United States, Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area and the 14th-largest in the United States. The county seat, seat of Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit is a significant cultural center known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive and industrial background. In 1701, Kingdom of France, Royal French explorers Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonty founded Fort Pontc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, Ontario, Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London, Ontario, London and Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from Windsor's 2016 population census of 217,188. The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border, carrying about one-quarter of the two countries' trade volume. Windsor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIMX-FM
CIMX-FM (88.7 MHz, '' Pure Country 89'') is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It primarily serves Essex County, but has a signal that reaches the entire Detroit-Windsor metropolitan area. It is owned by Bell Media and airs a country format. CIMX's studios and offices are located on Ouellette Avenue in Windsor. CIMX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 78,200 watts, with a maximum of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is located off South Industrial Drive in Amherstburg. History CKWW-FM What is now CIMX first signed on the air on July 10, 1967, as CKWW-FM. It was co-owned with CKWW but was separately programmed. The stations shared studios and offices at 1150 Ouellette Avenue. CKWW-FM had an MOR/easy listening format. The station added evening progressive rock programming in the fall of 1970. Om FM The following April, the station changed its call sign to CJOM-FM and the progressive format went full-time. ''Om FM'' (pronounced "Ohm FM") distinguished i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, abstains from profanity or complex lyricism, and is most commonly used as background music in heavily-frequented family areas such as supermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, or restaurants. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Rock
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this term to distinguish themselves from classic rock, which is based in 1960s–1980s rock music. Radio format Modern rock (also known as alternative radio) is a Rock music, rock Radio format, format commonly found on commercial Radio broadcasting, radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre. Generally beginning with hardcore punk but referring especially to alternative rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used in the US to differentiate the music from classic rock, which focuses on music recorded in the 1960s through to the early 1990s. A few modern rock radio stations existed during the 1980s, such as KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, XETRA-FM in San Diego, WHTG-FM (now WKMK) on the Jersey Shore, WLIR on Long Island, WFNX (101.7 FM), WFNX in Boston, and KQAK The Quake in San Francisco. Modern rock wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
