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BodyLove
''BodyLove'' is a radio soap opera in which the characters face common health problems and attempt to deal with them using practical solutions and healthier eating. Billed as "the soap opera that's good for you", ''BodyLove'' uses fictional drama to reach African American listeners with messages that promote healthy lifestyles. The program is based upon the principles of "entertainment-education" that have been recommended for reaching audiences not reached by traditional health education and health promotion messages. The show is aimed at an African American audience which struggles with many of these health problems in disproportionate numbers. (For example, the diabetes death rate for blacks is more than double that for whites.) Betsy Hunter, executive director of the non-profit Media for Health, told ''The Birmingham News'', "If you can't entertain, you can't possibly change health behavior." Summary In each weekly 15-minute episode, characters deal with a variety of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJUS
WJUS (1310 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Marion, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Grace Baptist Temple Church of Selma, Alabama. Programming As WAJO, the station aired an urban contemporary music format until the late-2000 ownership and callsign change. As WJUS, this station aired a community-oriented Gospel music format from 2001 until Summer 2008. In Summer 2008, the station adopted a syndicated "Party Blues and Oldies" format featuring a mix of urban oldies and blues music. In addition to its usual music programming, each Wednesday morning WJUS airs the " BodyLove" radio soap opera in which the characters deal with health problems with practical solutions and healthier eating. The program is hosted locally by registered nurse Frances Ford who brackets the show with a listener call-in show offering advice, support, and "practical steps to better health". History New station WJAM signed on the air on December 5, 1950, with 1,000 watts of power at 131 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion, Alabama
Marion is a city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed for a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion. Two colleges, Judson College and Marion Military Institute, are located in Marion. This is noted in the city's welcome sign referring to Marion as "The College City". Of the 573 cities in Alabama, Marion is the 152nd most populous. History Early history Formerly the territory of the Creek Indians, Marion was founded shortly after 1819 as Muckle Ridge. In 1822 the city was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," hero of the American Revolutionary War. Marion incorporated as a town the same year and later became Perry County's second county seat as the hamlet of Perry Ridge was deemed unsuitable. In 1829 it upgraded from a town to a city. The old City Hall (1832) is but one of many antebellum public bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMFC (AM)
WMFC was a daytime-only AM broadcasting station on 1360 kHz at Monroeville, Alabama, United States. The station, launched in 1952, was owned by Monroe Broadcasting Company, Inc., and was last managed by David Stewart. It was a sister station to WMFC-FM. History WMFC was owned continuously, in whole or in part, by the Stewart family since its 1952 launch. After station co-founder William M. Stewart died in early 1995, ownership of Monroe Broadcasting Company, Inc., including sister station WMFC-FM (99.3 FM), passed to his widow, Carolyn H. Stewart. The AM/FM station combo was managed by their son, David Stewart, who has been involved with the station since first hosting a weekend radio show at age 10. The station began broadcast operations in April 1952 with 250 watts of power at 1220 kHz on the AM band. The station was assigned the WMFC call letters by the Federal Communications Commission. Launched by the Monroe Broadcasting Company, Inc., the station was co-owned by J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomasville, Alabama
Thomasville is a city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,649. Founded as a late 19th-century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st-century commercial hub. It is the childhood hometown of author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham. History Thomasville was founded in 1888 and incorporated on November 24 of that year. The former community of Choctaw Corner, dating back to the antebellum period, was a settlement west of what would become Thomasville, but when the merchants there learned that a railroad was going to bypass their town to the east, they decided to move their stores to be near the railroad. The former community is now inside the city limits. The tracks between Mobile and Selma were completed the same year that Thomasville began. First referred to as "Choctaw", the town was named after railroad financier and former Union Civil War general, Samuel Thomas, after he don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJDB (AM)
WJDB (630 AM) was an American radio station licensed to serve Thomasville, Alabama. The station, the only AM station licensed to Thomasville, was owned by Griffin Broadcasting Corporation. Griffin Broadcasting also owns Thomasville's WJDB-FM WJDB-FM (95.5 FM, "CD Country 95.5") is an American full-service radio station licensed to serve Thomasville, Alabama, United States. The station, one of only two FM stations licensed to Thomasville, is owned by Griffin Broadcasting Corporat .... It aired an adult hits music format. History The station was assigned the "WJDB" call sign by the Federal Communications Commission. In November 1990, licensee WJDB Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Griffin Broadcasting Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 4, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on January 31, 1991. This station was reported silent in December 2011. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page) On May 17, 2017, the FCC inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulton, Alabama
Moulton is a city in Lawrence County, Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Although it incorporated in 1819,History City of Moulton official site. Accessed 27 September 2018. along with its rival of Courtland, to compete for the honor of county seat, it did not first appear on the U.S. Census rolls until 1900. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,471, its record high. The city has been the of Lawrence County since 1820. It has been the largest community in the county since the 1920 U.S. Census. Hist ...
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WHIY
WHIY (1600 AM) is an Urban oldies and Blues music formatted radio station that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and the majority of the Tennessee Valley in north Alabama, United States. The station's studios and transmitter are both co-located along Jordan Lane ( U.S. Highway 231) in Northwest Huntsville. History WHIY began broadcasting, as WEUP, on March 20, 1958, on a 1000-watt 1600 kilohertz (kHz) AM transmitter. This transmitter was built by the Brennan/Benns group while building WVOK, WAPE, and WBAM. The station was owned by Leroy and Viola Garrett, who became the first African-American owners of a radio station in the state of Alabama. WEUP first broadcast from a pink trailer in the grounds of Syler Tabernacle Church in Huntsville, before moving to studios on Jordan Lane. The station's format was a mixture of gospel music, sermons, news, and R&B, everyday from sunrise to 6 p.m. Listeners of 1600 AM were able to hear a viable mix of gospel and soul music as well as news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma, Alabama
Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About 80% of the population is African-American. Selma was a trading center and market town during the antebellum years of King Cotton in the South. It was also an important armaments-manufacturing and iron shipbuilding center for the Confederacy during the Civil War, surrounded by miles of earthen fortifications. The Confederate forces were defeated during the Battle of Selma, in the final full month of the war. In modern times, the city is best known for the 1960s civil rights movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches, beginning with "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 and ending with 25,000 people entering Montgomery at the end of the last march to press for voting rights. This activism generated national attention for social justice and that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHBB
WHBB (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Selma, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Broadsouth Communications, Inc. WHBB serves the greater Central Alabama region with a 1,000 watt signal at 1490 kHz. Programming WHBB airs a variety format featuring a mix of News, Talk and Gospel music. Local weekday programming includes the ''Viewpoint'' call-in talk show with Randy Williams and ''The Gospel Caravan'' with Rev. Thomas J. Patterson. Notable syndicated programming includes "The Savage Nation" Hosted by Dr. Michael Savage, "The Chris Plante Show" with Chris Plante, "InfoWars" With Alex Jones and ''Coast to Coast AM'' hosted by George Noory. News coverage is delivered locally 12 times daily and as hourly news updates from Fox News Radio. History The station, assigned the WHBB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission, signed on in 1935 with a 250 watt signal. In July 1984, WHBB applied to increase its maximum broadcast power to 1,000 watt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in the state. Huntsville was founded within the Mississippi Territory in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. When Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, Huntsville was designated for a year as the first capital, before that was moved to more central settlements. The city developed across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills in the late nineteenth century. Its major growth has taken place since World War II. During the war, the Army established Redstone Arsenal near here with a chemical weapons plant, and nearby related facilities. After the war, additional research was conducted at Redstone Arsenal on rockets, followed by adaptations for space exploration. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEUV
WEUV (1190 AM) is an urban contemporary gospel and urban adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Moulton, Alabama, that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and northwest Alabama, United States. The station's studios are located along Jordan Lane (U.S. Highway 231) in Northwest Huntsville, and its transmitter is located in Moulton. Its programming is a simulcast of sister station WEUP (1700 AM). The WEUV call letters were on the 1700 AM signal until a 2006 re-alignment with co-owned WHIY (originally 1190 AM) and WEUP (originally 1600 AM). This station was assigned the WEUV call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 23, 2000. Ownership In 1987, the married couple of Hundley Batts, Sr. and Dr. Virginia Caples assumed the ownership and operation of WEUP. They also acquired another station, WEUZ (92.1 FM), licensed to Minor Hill, Tennessee, and brought WEUP onto the FM broadcast airwaves. They operated WEUP & WEUZ-FM under the parent company name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEUP-FM
WEUP-FM (103.1 FM, "103.1 WEUP") is an urban contemporary formatted radio station that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and most of the Tennessee Valley in north Alabama, United States. WEUP-FM is known as "103.1 WEUP", often pronounced "103.1 'We Up'", and simulcast on WEUZ (92.1 FM) as well as several translators. The station's studios are located along Jordan Lane ( SR 53) in Northwest Huntsville, and its transmitter is located east of Moulton, Alabama, its city of license. History WEUP (AM) began broadcasting on March 20, 1958, on a 100-watt 1600 kHz AM station owned by Leroy and Viola Garrett, who became the first African-American owners of a radio station in the state of Alabama. WEUP-AM first broadcast from a pink trailer in the grounds of Syler Tabernacle Church in Huntsville, before moving to its present studios on Jordan Lane. The station's format was a mixture of urban contemporary gospel and soul music as well as news and public affairs catering to the interests of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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