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Clark Weber
Clarence Henry "Clark" Weber (Born November 24, 1930, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin died March 7, 2020) was an Americans, American radio personality in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. He also ran his own radio advertising consultancy, Clark Weber Associates. In July 2008 he published a book, ''Clark Weber's Rock and Roll Radio: The Fun Years, 1955-1975''. It is published by Chicago's Books Press (; ). Career Weber attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Clark Weber, who always referred to himself as "Mother Weber's Oldest Son", began his start in radio as an amateur (ham) radio operator in 1950 in radio, 1950. After leaving the navy in 1954 in radio, 1954, Weber's first radio job was at WGKB, WAUX in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He also worked at WRYU, WBKV in West Bend, Wisconsin and WJOI, WRIT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He moved to Chicago in 1961 where he joined the staff of WLS (AM), WLS, initially working as a graveyard shift DJ and cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Weber 1976
Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin language, Latin ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. ''Clark'' evolved from "clerk (position), clerk". The first records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. It is often used as the Anglicized variant of Irish O'Cleary, Cleary (surname), Cleary. ''Clark'' is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable. According to the 1990 United States census, ''Clark'' was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. According to the 2010 United States Census, ''Clark'' was the thirtieth most frequent surname, with a count of 562,679.United States Census Bureau (October 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJOI
WJOI (1340 AM) is a commercial radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is known on-air as "Joy 1340/98.7". WJOI is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Milwaukee Radio Group, with radio studios and offices on Milwaukee's West Side. The transmitter is on West Martin Drive in Milwaukee. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W254CU at 98.7 MHz. WJOI has a Christian talk and teaching radio format most of the day. On weekdays it largely broadcasts national religious leaders including Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah, Joyce Meyer, Jim Daly and Alistair Begg. Some hours of the night and weekends, WJOI carries "Today's Christian Music" from the Salem Radio Network. Sunday hours also include brokered ethnic programming, largely German Polish, including Polka music. The station also airs Slovene and Croatian programming. History The station signed on the air as WEMP on October 14, 1935. WEMP was Milwaukee's third radio station (after WI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAIT (AM)
WAIT (850 Hertz, kHz) was an AM broadcasting, AM radio station City of license, licensed to Crystal Lake, Illinois, and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It was licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a List of broadcast station classes, Class D station and broadcast only during daytime hours, signing off at sunset to protect KOA (AM), KOA in Denver, the clear-channel station on 850 kHz. The station had a highly directional pattern, with nulls to the northeast and southwest, to protect WSMZ (AM), WGVS in Muskegon, Michigan, and KFUO (AM), KFUO in Clayton, Missouri. Because of its northwest suburban location and directional pattern, WAIT could be heard in Rockford, Illinois, and Janesville, Wisconsin, in addition to the Chicago media market. History WCLR The station began broadcasting on October 1, 1965, holding the call sign WCLR, which stood for "Crystal Lake Radio". The station originally ran 500 watts during daytime hours only. The station was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYLL
WYLL (1160 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. It originated as WJJD and broadcast some pioneering shows. It is owned by Salem Media Group and airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format. The radio studio, studios and offices are located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Elk Grove Village. Its daytime transmitter and two-tower array are located off Ballard Road near Interstate 294 in Des Plaines, Illinois, Des Plaines. The nighttime transmitter and six-tower array are off Deer Drive near Interstate 355 in Lockport, Illinois, Lockport. WYLL is powered with 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations in the U.S. But it must use a directional antenna at all times to protect clear-channel station KSL (AM), KSL in Salt Lake City, the dominant list of broadcast station classes#AM, Class A station and several Class B stations on 1160 AM. WYLL features programs from national religious leaders such as Dr. David J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIND (AM)
WIND (560 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station city of license, licensed to Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, and broadcasting a conservative talk radio format. It is owned by the Salem Media Group with studios on NW Point Boulevard in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Elk Grove Village. WIND transmits with 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array, in Griffith, Indiana, near the Little Calumet River. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, transmitter power, and the surrounding region's flat land, WIND's daytime signal covers much of Northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southeastern Wisconsin. Its nighttime pattern concentrates its signal in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Programming WIND carries the Salem Radio Network line up of hosts, including Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher (political commentator), Mike Gallagher, Sebastian Gorka, Jay Sekulow and Charlie Kirk. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMAQ (AM)
WSCR (670 AM radio, AM) – branded 670 The Score – is a Commercial radio, commercial sports radio station, licensed to Chicago, Illinois, which serves the Chicago metropolitan area. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WSCR is a clear-channel station with extended nighttime range in most of the Central United States and part of the Eastern United States. WSCR is Chicago's oldest surviving radio station, although it is the third in the Chicago market to use the WSCR call sign and "Score" branding. Studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Chicago Loop, while the station transmitter site is in suburban Bloomingdale, Illinois, Bloomingdale, Diplexer, diplexed with co-owned WBBM (AM), WBBM. Besides its main analog transmission, WSCR transmits continuouslyDue to interference concerns, most AM stations use HD Radio only during daytime hours, per Barry McLarnon's AM IBOC page (see references). over a single HD Radio channel using the in-band on-channel standard, simulcasts over the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCFL (AM)
WMVP (1000 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, carrying a sports radio format. Owned by Good Karma Brands, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area as the market affiliate of ESPN Radio, the flagship station of the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, and the Chicago Wolves (the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes) and is the home of local personalities David Kaplan, Tom Waddle and John Jurkovic. Formerly an ESPN Radio owned-and-operated station, WMVP's studios are co-located with WLS-TV in the Chicago Loop while the transmitter is located in Joliet. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WMVP is simulcast over the second HD subchannel of WTBC-FM and is available online. From 1926 to 1987, 1000 AM was WCFL, the radio voice of the Chicago Federation of Labor. WMVP is a Class A radio station, broadcasting at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for commercial AM stations. It shares 1000 AM, a clear channel frequency, with K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLS (AM)
WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS studios are in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. The station's programming is also available in the Chicago metropolitan area via a simulcast on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station WLS-FM. The station formerly broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo. Its transmitter site is located on the southwestern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois in Will County. WLS is a List of broadcast station classes, Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel station, clear-channel frequency of 890 kHz with 50,000 watts, using a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna fed by a Nautel NX-50 transmitter, with a Harris DX-50 serving as a backup transmitter. Both transmitters run in MDCL (Modulation Dependent Carrier Level) mode to improve efficiency. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest with a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee metropolitan area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 40th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.57 million residents. Founded in the early 19th century and incorporated in 1846, Milwaukee grew rapidly due to its location as a port city. History of Milwaukee, Its history was heavily influenced by German immigrants and it continues to be a Germans in Milwaukee, center for German-American culture, specifically known for Beer in Milwaukee, its brewing industry. The city developed as an industrial powerhouse during the 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bend, Wisconsin
West Bend is a city in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,752. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. History Early history and settlement Northeastern Washington County's earliest known inhabitants were pre-Columbian Mound Builders, who constructed effigy mounds in the area sometime between 650 Common Era, CE and 1300 CE. They were semi-nomadic and survived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants. They made pottery and constructed tools from bone, wood, stone, and occasionally copper. They built effigy mounds shaped like mammals, reptiles, birds and other creatures, both real and mythical, as well as conical, oval, and linear mounds, some of which contain human burials. Some mounds in the West Bend area were destroyed by settlers to create farm fields, but several dozen survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Washington County "Island" Effigy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Wauwatosa ( ; colloquially Tosa) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Wauwatosa is a suburb located immediately west of Milwaukee and is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is named after the Potawatomi Chief Wauwataesie and the Potawatomi word for firefly. History The lush Menomonee Valley of the Wauwatosa area provided a key overland gateway between the rich glacial farmland of southeastern Wisconsin and the Port of Milwaukee. In 1835, Charles Hart became the first Euro-American to settle here, followed that year by 17 other families. The following year a United States Road was built from Milwaukee through Wauwatosa, eventually reaching Madison, Wisconsin, Madison. Charles Hart built a mill in 1845 on the Menomonee River which gave the settlement its original name of "Hart's Mill." The mill was torn down in 1914. The civil township, Town of Wau-wau-too-sa was created by act of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRYU
WRYU (1470 kHz) is a commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station licensed to West Bend, Wisconsin, and covering Milwaukee's northern suburbs. The station is owned by David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., and features a classic rock format. The radio studios and offices are on South Main Street in West Bend. WRYU carries the radio syndication, syndicated program ''John Tesh, John Tesh - Intelligence for Your Life''. WRYU is a list of broadcast station classes, Class B AM station powered at 2,500 watts. To protect other stations on 1470 AM from interference, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The signal covers Washington County, Wisconsin, Washington and Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Ozaukee Counties. The transmitter is on Hron Road in West Bend. Programming is also heard on FM translators W230DJ at 93.9 MHz and W267CL at 101.3 MHz. History MOR and classic country The station sign-on, signed on the air in . Its original call sign was WPJM, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
