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Doubleday Broadcasting Co.
Doubleday Broadcasting was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publishing company Doubleday that owned and operated radio and television stations throughout the United States from 1967 to 1986. It grew from a handful of stations in medium and smaller markets to operating three AM stations and seven FM stations, the maximum allowed by the FCC at the time. Origins Doubleday Broadcasting was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publishing company Doubleday. In 1967, it acquired the radio and television properties of Texas-based Trigg-Vaughn Stations. The $14 million purchase included three television stations and seven radio stations: * KOSA-TV, Odessa-Midland, Texas * KROD AM-TV, El Paso, Texas * KITE AM-FM, San Antonio-Terrell Hills, Texas * KDTV(TV), Dallas, Texas (unbuilt) * KRNO, San Bernardino, California * KHOW, Denver, Colorado * KDEF AM-FM, Albuquerque, New Mexico Founder Cecil L. Trigg continued to direct the enterprise as president of Doubleday Broadcasting, but resigned in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doubleday (publisher)
Doubleday is an American publishing company. It was founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897. By 1947, it was the largest book publisher in the United States. It published the work of mostly U.S. authors under a number of imprints and distributed them through its own stores. In 2009, Doubleday merged with Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which, as of 2018, is part of Penguin Random House. History 19th century The firm was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday in partnership with Samuel Sidney McClure. McClure had founded the first U.S. newspaper syndicate in 1884 (McClure Syndicate) and the monthly ''McClure's Magazine'' in 1893. One of their first bestsellers was ''The Day's Work'' by Rudyard Kipling, a short story collection that Macmillan published in Britain late in 1898. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W. Somerset Maugham and Joseph Conrad. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KEZY
KEZY (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Christian format. Licensed to San Bernardino, California, United States, the station is currently owned by Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC. KEZY and its sister stations KLTX and KSDO serve Southern California with Spanish Christian programming, and are branded Radio Inspiración. History The station initially signed on in 1948 as KRNO. On October 26, 1970, the station changed its call sign to KBON. On August 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to KDIG; on July 27, 1987, to KLFE; on August 1, 1995, to KKLA; on August 30, 1999, to KLTH; and on September 27, 2000, to the current KEZY. KEZY joined the Spanish language evangelical Christian network Radio Nueva Vida in 2002. Before that, it was a simulcast of KLTX 1390 AM, airing Christian teaching shows (such as ''Through the Bible'') and Michael Reagan's talk show. It was also the play-by-play home of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDZH
WDZH (98.7 FM, "Alt 98-7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan and serving the Metropolitan Detroit radio market in Southeastern Michigan. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an alternative rock radio format. The station's offices and studios are located on American Drive in Southfield. The transmitter is located near Lyndon Street at Cloverdale Street in the City of Detroit. WDZH broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts from an antenna at 463 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). History WBFG (1961–1980) The station signed on the air in 1961 as WBFG ("We Broadcast For God"). The station broadcast religious programming for nearly two decades and was owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Corporation (not connected with the current-day Trinity Broadcasting Network). Studios were located on Lyndon Avenue. The station sold segments of time to local and national religious leaders, who presented religious instruction and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |