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KTDK
KTDK was a radio station with studios located in Sanger, Texas, United States formerly under ownership of Cumulus Media. Previously, they simulcast KTCK SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket. History The station was granted a construction permit in 1988 as KWSM in Sherman, co-owned with KTXO (1500 AM, now KJIM); it began broadcasting in December 1989. In its early years, KWSM programmed a classic hits format. In 1993 the station moved its license to Sanger, near Denton, and moved into the Dallas-Fort Worth market; when the new facility signed on in 1994, KWSM changed its format to classic country music. From 1997 to 1999, 104.1 has seen several callsign changes beginning with a change to KXIL. A year later, Susquehanna Radio Corporation acquired the station, changed callsigns to KXZN and simulcasted KKZN "93.3 The Zone" (classic rock). The following year, 104.1 changed callsigns again to KMRR to allocate with 93.3's change to an adult alternative format as KKMR "Merge 93.3" (that statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTCK (AM)
KTCK (1310 kHz; "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") is a commercial sports AM radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, which serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW). Its daytime power is 25,000 watts, which is reduced to 5,000 watts at night. The station's studios are located in the Victory Park district in Dallas, just north of downtown, and the transmitter site is in Coppell. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media. KTCK's programs are simulcast at 96.7 MHz over KTCK-FM, licensed to Flower Mound, Texas. KTCK's current call letters and format only date back to 1994. However it is one of the oldest radio stations, including the oldest in Texas, having received its first broadcasting license, as WRR, in March 1922. In addition, prior to its first broadcasting license, WRR was issued an initial transmitting authorization in the summer of 1921, and the station evolved from even earlier work conducted by the Dallas Police Department. Station origin The genesis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTCK-FM
KTCK-FM (96.7 MHz, "The Ticket") is a commercial radio station licensed to Flower Mound, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It simulcasts a sports radio format, along with sister station KTCK 1310 AM. KTCK-AM-FM are owned by Cumulus Media with studios on East Lamar Boulevard in Arlington. Weekdays feature local Dallas-based sports shows, while Fox Sports Radio is heard late nights and weekends. KTCK-AM-FM are the flagship stations for the Dallas Stars Radio Network. KTCK-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 90,000 watts. The transmitter is on Farm to Market Road in Rosston, Texas, about 35 miles northwest of Dallas. The signal extends into Oklahoma but may be hard to hear in some southern suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth. History KDSQ/KSHN/Kick'm Country In , the station signed on as KDSQ. It was based in the Sherman- Denison area on 101.7 FM. Two years later, it changed its call sign to KSHN. And in 1975 it changed to KIKM-FM with a countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVDT
KVDT (103.3 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, non-commercial FM radio, FM radio station city of license, licensed to Allen, Texas, and serving the greater Dallas-Fort Worth media market, radio market. It is owned by VCY America, Inc., and it airs a Christian radio radio format, format. Most programming comes from radio studio, studios at VCY America's headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. KVDT schedules Christian talk and teaching shows in the daytime, while Christian music is heard at night. Salem Radio Network, SRN News provides updates. KVDT has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 98,000 watts. The transmitter site is on FM 902 southeast of Collinsville, Texas, in Grayson County, Texas, Grayson County. The signal covers the northern parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and North Texas as well as Southern Oklahoma. History Early beginnings The station first sign-on, signed on the air on . The call sign was KEMM. From 1981-2000, the staton was licensed to Commerce, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJIM
KJIM (1500 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Sherman, Texas. The station is owned by Bob Mark Allen Productions. KJIM airs a primary adult standards radio format featuring programming from ''America's Best Music'', a service of Westwood One, and also airs secondary classic hits and soft adult contemporary formats. World and national news is heard every hour from CBS Radio News as well as a broadcast cycle of NOAA Weather Radio station WXK22. KJIM's studios, offices, and the transmitter are on Woodlawn Road in Denison, Texas. Because AM 1500 is a clear-channel frequency reserved for WFED in Washington, D.C., and KSTP in St. Paul, Minnesota, KJIM is a daytimer and must sign-off at sunset. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator K267CB at 101.3 MHz. History KJIM originally held the call sign KTAN and was established on December 19, 1947. Its original format was Classical music. The owners were: Joe Carroll and Elmer Scarborough (1947–48), Tony Anthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanger, Texas
Sanger is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,916 at the 2010 census, and 8,839 at the 2020 census. Geography Sanger is located at (33.363068, –97.176212). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.45%, is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sanger has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Demographics The population in 1980 was 2,574, an increase of 60.6% since 1970. In 1990, the population was 3,508, and the city's population in 2010 was 6,916. During the publication of the 2020 United States census, there were 8,839 people, 2,842 households, and 2,055 families residing in the city. Economy In 2022 the community did not have its own grocery store. It previously did, but after it closed, Sanger Independent School District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.Pareles, Jon (June 18, 1986)"Oldies on Rise in Album-Rock Radio" '' The New York Times''. Retrieved April 19, 2019. The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading. Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by heritage acts which are still active and producing new music."New York Radio Guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low-power Broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly "microbroadcasting") and broadcast translators. LPAM, LPFM and LPTV are in various levels of use across the world, varying widely based on the laws and their enforcement. Canada Radio communications in Canada are regulated by the Radio Communications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch, a branch of Industry Canada, in conjunction with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Interested parties must apply for both a certificate from Industry Canada and a license from CRTC in order to operate a radio station. Industry Canada manages the technicalities of spectrum space and technological requirements whereas content regulation is conducted more so by CRTC. LPFM is broken up into two classes in Canada, Low (5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Federal Government Shutdown Of 2013
From October 1 to October 17, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations because neither legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014 nor a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014 was enacted in time. Regular government operations resumed October 17 after an interim appropriations bill was signed into law. During the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed, and another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates. Only those government services deemed "excepted" under the Antideficiency Act were continued; and only those employees deemed "excepted" were permitted to report to work. The previous U.S. federal government shutdown was in 1995–96. The 16-day-long shutdown of October 2013 was the third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history, after the 35-day 2018–2019 shutdown and the 21-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straw Purchase
A straw purchase or nominee purchase is any purchase wherein an agent agrees to acquire a good or service for someone who is often unable or unwilling to purchase the good or service themselves, and the agent transfers the goods or services to that person after purchasing them. In general, straw purchases are legal except in cases where the ultimate receiver of goods or services uses those goods or services in the commission of a crime with the prior knowledge of the straw purchaser, or if the ultimate possessor is not legally able to purchase the goods or services. In some jurisdictions, straw purchases are legal even if the end user is not legally able to purchase the good or service themselves. Legal uses Examples of legal straw purchases would be purchasing groceries for senior citizens who are unable to go to supermarkets themselves because of poor health or financing an automobile for someone who cannot obtain a loan because of poor credit. In some cases, the agent in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney, Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the Animation, animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of Animation, animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into Live action, live-action films, television, and Amusement park, theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Marketing Agreement
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it is a sort of lease or time-buy. Under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, a local marketing agreement must give the company operating the station (the "senior" partner) under the agreement control over the entire facilities of the station, including the finances, personnel and programming of the station. Its original licensee (the "junior" partner) still remains legally responsible for the station and its operations, such as compliance with relevant regulations regarding content. Occasionally, a "local marketing agreement" may refer to the sharing or contracting of only certain functions, in particular advertising sales. This may also be referred to as a time brokerage agreement (TBA), local sales agreement (LSA), management services agreement (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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