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KBIF
KBIF (900 AM) is a commercial radio station in Fresno, California, owned by Cordell Overgaard, through licensee Overgaard Broadcasting LLC. KBIF airs a format of talk, music and news in several languages: Hmong, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. It features a service known as "Hindi Bollywood Spice Radio" on weekends. By day, KBIF is powered at 1,000 watts. But 900 AM is a Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station XEW Mexico City. To avoid interference, KBIF reduces power at night to 500 watts. History Early years The Radio Sanger Company, formed by four prominent local farmers, was granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission on March 12, 1947. It was given a construction permit to build a 1,000-watt, daytime-only radio station to serve nearby Sanger on 900 kHz. ( Guide to reading History Cards) The station was constructed at Centerville. KSGN signed on September 8, 1947. The station was sold for the first time in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
900 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 900 kHz: 900 AM is a Mexican and Canadian clear channel frequency. XEW Mexico City and CKBI Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, share Class A status on 900 kHz. Because 900 kHz is a multiple of both 9 and 10, the frequency is available for use by broadcast stations in all three ITU regions. Argentina * LT7 in Corrientes * Radio Municipal in 25 de Mayo Australia * VL2LT at Lithgow, New South Wales Barbados * 8PX-AM in Bridgetown Bolivia (audible in northern Chile) * CP-128 (900) in Cochabamba * CP-083 (900) in Montero * CP-079 (900) in Tarija Cameroon * AM 900 in Yaoundé Canada Stations in bold are clear-channel stations. Chile * W Radio 090 – Santiago. China * BEN42 in Datong * BET8 in Jiamusi * CNR The Voice of China in Benxi urban area and Jiangmen * CNR Business Radio * CRI News Radio in Beijing * SZMG News Radio in Shenzhen Macau * XXAA-AM in Macau Denmark Greenland * OYJ in Umanaq Guatem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresno, California
Fresno (; ) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of largest California cities by population, fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the List of United States cities by population, 34th-most populous city in the nation. Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was Municipal corporation, incorporated in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEW-AM
XEW-AM (900 kHz) and XEW-FM (96.9 MHz) are commercial radio stations in Mexico City, Mexico, simulcasting a news/talk radio format branded as ''W Radio''. XEW serves as the flagship for other "W Radio" stations around Mexico that carry some or all of its programs. The stations feature frequent news segments, talk and sports shows, with some music heard overnight and weekends. XEW-AM is a Class A clear channel station broadcasting at 100,000 watts, one of the highest powered AM stations in North America. The non-directional antenna is off Avenida Independencia in the La Magdalena Atlicpac neighborhood in La Paz. XEW-FM is a Class C1 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 51,190 watts. History XEW-AM XEW began regular broadcasts at 20:00 CST on . Broadcasting from a room (later to become a proper studio) at the Olympia Cinema on 16 September Street in Mexico City, it initially was powered at only 5,000 watts. This was increased to 50,000 watts by 1934. With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warnors Theatre
Warnors Theatre is a historic theater located in downtown Fresno, California. The 2,100-seat venue opened in 1928 as the Pantages Theater, after the name of its then owner, Alexander Pantages, and later, the Warner Theater in 1929 after it was purchased by Warner Brothers. The name was changed again in the 1960s to "Warnors" to avoid trademark issues. The theater was designed by B. Marcus Priteca, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Organ The theater features a unit orchestra (a pipe organ which includes numerous features and instruments, meant to be able to replicate sounds of a full orchestra with only one organist), which was manufactured by the Robert Morton Organ Company of Van Nuys, California and installed in 1928. The organ was to be used to accompany silent films. Around the same time the organ was to be installed, movies were beginning to include sound. The theater tried to cancel the order but the organ was installed anyway. The organ has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations on board ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KBIG
KBIG (104.3 FM, ''104.3 MYfm'') is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format focusing on music from the 1990s to the present. Weekdays begin with the nationally syndicated ''Valentine in the Morning'' wake-up show, based at KBIG and hosted by Sean Valentine. Evenings feature ''On with Mario'' hosted by Mario Lopez. KBIG's studios are on West Olive Avenue in Burbank. The station's primary transmitter is atop Mount Wilson. KBIG broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel carries Pride Radio, aimed at an LGBTQ audience. History Beautiful music The original KBIG 740 AM was founded by John H. Poole in 1952, originating from Catalina Island off the coast of California. Known as "The Catalina Island Station", Poole knew KBIG would have wide coverage of Southern California by broadcasting the station's directional s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanford, California
Hanford is the most populous city and the county seat of Kings County, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley region of the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The population was 57,990 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Hanford was once north of Tulare Lake, historically the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River. The area was inhabited by the Tachi Yokuts people, Yokuts Indians for several thousand years prior to Euro-American contact. They occupied locations along watercourses such as creeks, springs and seep areas (such as Slough (hydrology), sloughs), along perennial and seasonal drainages, as well as flat ridges and terraces. Since the annexation of California after the Mexican–American War, Mexican-American War, the locality was settled by Americans and immigrants as farmland, broadly referred to as "Mussel Slough". The earliest dated grave in the area was that of a young Alice Spangler who was initially b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIGS
KIGS (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hanford, California, United States. It serves the Visalia- Tulare and Fresno radio markets. The station is owned by Charanjit Singh Batth, and it carries programming from "Radio Punjab." Radio Punjab is also heard in San Francisco, Seattle and other West Coast cities, airing Punjabi language music, talk and news for South Asian listeners. KIGS operates with 1,000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna at night to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 620. The studios and transmitter are located on Hanford Expressway (California State Route 198) near 6th Avenue in Hanford. The station building was the basis for the cover of Journey's 1986 album, ''Raised on Radio''. History On February 1, 1948, the station first signed on as KNGS, owned by the Pereira family (whose son Steve Perry was the lead singer of the rock band Journey from 1977-1987 and again from 1995-1998). Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centerville, Fresno County, California
Centerville (formerly, Kings River, King River, Scottsburgh, and Scottsburg) is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad east of Fresno, at an elevation of 394 feet (120 m). At the 2020 census, it had a population of 378. History Scottsburg was founded in 1854 in the low lands of the Kings River at Poole's Crossing. In 1858, W. W. Hills established Hills Ferry at Poole's Crossing. The ferry and the town were destroyed in the winter of 1861-1862. It was rebuilt on higher ground, but it was flooded again in 1867. The town was rebuilt on top of a bluff overlooking its prior location and renamed Centerville. The Scottsburgh post office opened in 1856, closed in 1858, re-opened in 1859, and closed forever in 1864. Demographics Centerville first as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Centerville had a population of 378. The population density was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanger, California
Sanger is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 26,617 at the 2020 census, up from 24,270 at the 2010 census. Sanger is located east-southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of 371 feet (113 m). Eponym Sanger is named for Joseph Sanger Jr., an official of the Pacific Improvement Company, which was an affiliate of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Yokuts inhabited the area. In 1886, the Southern Pacific Company referred to the area as Sanger Junction, concerning plans to improve access to the fertile land. Later the area was known simply as Sanger. The name commemorates Joseph Sanger Jr., secretary-treasurer of the Railroad Yardmasters Association, who visited California in 1887. In 1888, the Pacific Improvement Company owned and sold lots on the site and the first post office opened. In 1890, the Kings River Lumber Company built a 62-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
