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KXKS-FM
KXKS-FM (93.7 megahertz, MHz, "Kiss Country 93.7") is an American Country radio, country-formatted radio station serving the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreveport. A Townsquare Media station, it operates with an Effective radiated power, ERP of 100 kW from a transmitter in Mooringsport, Louisiana, Mooringsport. Its studios are located on Westport Avenue in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and are shared with its other five sister stations in the market. History Attention Misfts! – The launch of KEEL-FM KEEL-FM had its original construction permit issued on July 14, 1966, as the FM counterpart of KEEL, which it has always been co-owned with. (Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards, Guide to reading History Cards) In preparation of the new FM station's sign-on "around Jan. 1, 1969", construction began in October 1967 on a new 7,800-square-foot, three-story building in downtown Shrev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Area
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in North Louisiana, northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Caddo, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Bossier, and DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, DeSoto. At the 2020 United States census, the metropolitan region had a population of 393,406; its American Community Survey population was 397,590 per census estimates. With a 2010 United States census, 2010 census population of 439,000, it declined to become Louisiana's fourth largest metropolis at 394,706 residents at the 2019 census estimates. Shreveport–Bossier City is the largest economic and cultural center of North Louisiana and the wider Ark-La-Tex region. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan region comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Louisiana
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission–licensed radio stations in the American state of Louisiana, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * KANB * KBYO * KCJM-LP * KCRJ-LP * KDLA * KEPZ * KEZM * KJCB * KJEF * KLIC * KMCZ * KMLB (1440 AM) * KNEK * KPCP * KPEF * KWHN-FM * KXZZ * WBYU * WIBR * WJVI * WLRO * WPEF See also * Louisiana media ** List of newspapers in Louisiana ** List of television stations in Louisiana ** Media of locales in Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport, Terrebonne Parish References Bibliography * * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Images File:1938 WJBO radio event in Crowley Louisiana Library of Congress fsa1997024063.jpg, WJBO radio event in Crowley, Louisiana, 1938 File:BDC Radio Natchitoches 02.jpg, Building of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWKH
KWKH (1130 AM) is a sports radio station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana. The 50-kilowatt station broadcasts at 1130 kHz. Formerly owned by Clear Channel Communications and Gap Central Broadcasting, it is now owned by Townsquare Media. KWKH serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations on Westport Avenue in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is a three-tower array in Belcher, Louisiana. KWKH is no longer the local affiliate of the New Orleans Saints, but still broadcast the LSU Tigers (hence its nickname, "1130 The Tiger") as well as Fox Sports Radio. It is a 50,000-watt clear-channel station, one of two in Louisiana; the other being WWL in New Orleans. A single tower is used during the day, providing at least secondary coverage to most of northern Louisiana (as far east as Monroe and as far south as Alexandria, northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVKI-FM
KVKI-FM (96.5 MHz, "96.5 KVKI") is an American radio station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is broadcasting an adult contemporary format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. KVKI-FM serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, and is owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is in Blanchard, Louisiana. The call letters were originally KBCL-FM, and later became religious station KEPT, before the call letters were changed to KVKI to be similar to the call letters of the popular KVIL radio station in Dallas, Texas. History 96.5 sign-on the air in may of 1959 as, KBCL-FM. an a, easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTUX
KTUX (98.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American Townsquare Media radio station licensed to Carthage, Texas, and serving the Longview, Texas, Longview-Marshall, Texas, Marshall-Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreveport area. The station airs a classic rock Radio format, format, and the studio location is shared with five sister stations in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), with the transmitter in Greenwood, Louisiana. History KTUX began life on April 1, 1985, debuting as a contemporary hit radio station, "Fun Radio Tux 99." The month before Tux 99 officially debuted, the 98.9 frequency began stunting (broadcasting), stunting with a loop of the 1966 novelty song by Napoleon XIV "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" The first official song played on Tux 99 was "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince (musician), Prince. The KTUX studios were originally located at the transmitter site near Greenwood, LA. The original on-air lineup included Bobby Cook on the AM Drive, Cornst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRUF
KRUF (94.5 MHz, "K945") is an American radio station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. KRUF serves the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are shared with its other five sister stations in West Shreveport (one mile west of Shreveport Regional Airport), and the transmitter is in Mooringsport, Louisiana. The call letters before becoming KRUF were KWKH-FM and KROK and had air personalities such as Tim Brando of CBS Sports CBS Sports is the American sports programming division of Paramount Global that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by its broadcast network CBS and streaming service Paramount+, as well as the operator of its cable channel CBS Sports N ... back in the late 1970s, early 1980s. History On November 21, 1948, KWKH-FM went on air. It was operated by International Broadcasting Corporation, which was owned by The Shreveport Times. On Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times (Shreveport)
''The Times'' is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Its distribution area includes 12 parishes in Northwest Louisiana and three counties in East Texas. Its coverage focuses on issues affecting the Shreveport-Bossier market, and includes investigative reporting, community news, arts and entertainment, government, education, sports, business, and religion, along with local opinion/commentary. Its website provides news updates, videos, photo galleries, forums, blogs, event calendars, entertainment, classifieds, contests, databases, and a regional search engine. Local news content produced by ''The Times'' is available on the website at no charge for seven days. History From 1895 to 1991, ''The Times'' had competition from the afternoon Monday-Saturday daily, the since defunct ''Shreveport Journal''. The papers were later printed at the same 222 Lake Street address and shared opposite sides of the building, but were entirely separate and independent of the oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LIN Broadcasting
LIN Media was an American holding company founded in 1994 that operated 43 television stations. All except one were affiliates of the television in the United States#Major broadcast networks, six major U.S. television networks. One of the remaining stations was a low-powered weather station in Indiana. LIN Media's chief executive officer was Vincent L. Sadusky. Sadusky had been LIN's chief financial officer, Vice President and treasurer since 2004, and had been CFO for Telemundo, working closely on its sale to General Electric, GE/NBC. Sadusky had been interim CEO since former chairman Gary R. Chapman announced his impending retirement in June 2006, and through the company's search for a permanent replacement. He was installed as CEO upon Chapman's retirement on July 10, 2006. History LIN TV's roots trace back to the founding of its former parent, LIN Broadcasting Corporation, in 1961. LIN Broadcasting was engaged in radio, television, direct marketing, information and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreveport Journal
The ''Shreveport Journal'' was an American newspaper originally published by H. P. Benton in Shreveport and Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana. In operation from at least 1897, it ceased publication in 1991. History The name ''The Journal'' was adopted on February 17, 1897. Previously the publication had been known for several years as ''The Judge''. William E. Hamilton, another of several early owners, obtained the newspaper about 1900 and held it until 1911, when it was acquired by the Journal Publishing Company, with A. J. Frantz as the president and Douglas F. Attaway Sr. as secretary. By 1918, Attaway had acquired controlling interest; in 1925, he became the president and publisher. Upon the senior Attaway's death in 1957, his son, Douglas F. Attaway Jr., succeeded his father as both the president and publisher. Attaway graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. From 1966 to 1979, he was also the chairman of the board of KSLA-TV, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work (physics), energy transfer. The watt is named in honor of James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottish people, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved the Newcomen engine with his own Watt steam engine, steam engine in 1776, which became fundamental for the Industrial Revolution. Overview When an object's velocity is held constant at one meter per second against a constant opposing force of one Newton (unit), newton, the rate at which Work (physics), work is done is one watt. \mathrm. In terms of electromagnetism, one watt is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potential difference of one volt (V), meaning the watt is equivalent to the vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreveport Regional Airport
Shreveport Regional Airport is a public use airport in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the City of Shreveport and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of its central business district. The airport's runways and terminal are visible to traffic along Interstate 20, a main east–west corridor of the Southern United States. Shreveport Regional was designed to replace the Shreveport Downtown Airport, which limited growth due to its close proximity of the Red River. The airport had 683,498 passengers in calendar year 2019. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, it is a ''primary commercial service'' airport. The FAA classifies Shreveport Regional Airport as a "Small Hub" airport. For the 2018 calendar year, Shreveport Regional Airport ranked just under Mobile Regional Airport (Mobile, Alabama) and Augusta Regional Airport (Augusta, Georgia) and just above Grand Canyon National Park Airport (Grand Canyon, Arizona) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Of The Road (music)
Middle of the road (also known by its acronym MOR) is a commercial radio format. Music associated with this term is strongly melodic and uses techniques of vocal harmony and light orchestral arrangements. The format was similar to soft adult contemporary. In the mid-late 2000s the term "middle of the road" became used by journalists as a way to describe musicians and bands such as Train and Westlife who calibrated their musical appeal to commercial, popular music taste and avoided more innovative material. Etymology and usage According to music academic Norman Abjorensen, "middle of the road" has referred to a commercial radio format more often than a music genre, although "it has been used to describe a broad type of music" of numerous styles, usually characterized by vocal harmony techniques, prominent melodies, and subtle orchestral arrangements. Radio stations that played adult standards during the 1960s and 1970s were marketed as "MOR radio" in order to differentiate them fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
