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KWRD-FM
KWRD-FM (100.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Highland Village, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. The call sign represents the station's moniker, "The Word," as in The Word of God. KWRD-FM is not co-owned with KWRD (AM) in Henderson, Texas. KWRD-FM has an effective radiated power of 98,000 watts. The transmitter is off Minnis Road in Collinsville, Texas. The studios and offices are located in Irving. Programming KWRD-FM features both national and local religious leaders. It is a brokered programming station, in which hosts pay for blocks of time on the station and may seek donations to their ministries during their shows. Hosts include Jim Daly, Charles Stanley, John MacArthur and Alistair Begg. Some conservative political shows are also heard, including Jay Sekulow and Eric Metaxas from the Salem Radio Network. News comes from SRN, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWRD (AM)
KWRD (1470 AM broadcasting, AM) is a terrestrial American radio station, relayed by an FM translator and simulcast with sister stations KCKL and KYYK, broadcasting a hybrid classic country format, with an emphasis on Texas Country artists. It also features programming from the E-Tex Radio Network and co-owned High Plains Radio Network. Licensed to Henderson, Texas, United States, the station serves the Henderson-Longview-Marshall area. The station is owned by Tiffany, Kristi, and Monte Spearman, through licensee Zula Com, LLC. History KWRD was initially proposed by Wesley R. Dean, Wilton W. Freeman, and Lynn J. Roy in 1955. Requesting an application to construct a 500-watt daytime only facility under the name Wes Dean & Associates, a construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission to build the facility, licensed to Henderson, Texas on November 23, 1955. Dean would purchase a complete turn-key RCA transmitter and studio facility for the station, which would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTNO (AM)
KTNO (620 kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station city of license, licensed to Plano, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The station airs a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish Christian radio format known as "Radio Luz Dallas" and is owned by the Salem Media Group. radio studio, Studios and offices are on North Belt Line Road in Irving, Texas, Irving. The transmitter is located on County Road 409 in McKinney, Texas, McKinney. History KWFT in Wichita Falls (1939–1994) The station originally had its start in Wichita Falls, Texas, as KWFT. It sign-on, signed on in 1939 on 620 kilocycles and broadcast in Wichita Falls until 1994. KWFT was the first radio station to continuously operate in the city and was a regional channel that could be heard across a large geographical area of Texas and Oklahoma during the daytime. The station was a CBS Network affiliate. On December 19, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSKY
KSKY (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Balch Springs, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a conservative talk radio format. KSKY broadcasts by day at 7,200 watts. Because AM 660 is a clear channel frequency reserved for WFAN in New York City, KSKY must reduce power at night to 600 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is on Huffines Boulevard at Stonewall Drive in Lewisville, Texas. Programming is also heard on three FM broadcast relay stations or translators: 92.9 KGPJ-LP in Dallas, 95.5 KRQP-LP in Arlington and 99.9 K260BP in Fort Worth. KSKY is also heard on KLTY's secondary HD Radio signal at 94.9 HD2. Programming KSKY airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk hosts on its weekday schedule. One local program is heard in morning drive time, hosted by Mark Davis. The rest of the line up includes Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Media Group
Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what it describes as "family-themed content and conservative values". Salem Media Group owns 117 radio stations in 38 markets, including 60 stations in the top 25 markets and 29 in the top 10, making it tied with Audacy for the fifth-largest radio broadcaster. In addition to its radio properties, the company owns: * Salem Radio Network, which syndicates talk, news and music programming to approximately 2,400 affiliates. * Salem Media Representatives, a radio advertising company. * Salem Web Network, an Internet provider of Christian content and online streaming with over 100 Christian content and conservative opinion websites. * Salem Publishing, a publisher of Christian themed magazines. * Conservative websites Townhall.com, RedSt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collinsville, Texas
Collinsville is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,866 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 1,624 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area, Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area. Collinsville is located on U.S. Route 377 in Texas, U.S. Route 377, south of Whitesboro, Texas, Whitesboro. History In 1904, Collinsville Academy was built. The school had two stories and six rooms, and could accommodate about 400 students. The school was rebuilt in 1941 with the intention being to help the citizens of Collinsville retain jobs during the Great Depression in the United States, Depression, according to the older citizens of the community. A 20-room school was built to replace it, and continues to be used as an elementary school. A high school and junior high were built in 1995.The Collinsville School Didn't Burn. 2016. in person. Geography Collinsville is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for recording and mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound reverberation that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, Foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical recording stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and is an Inner suburb, inner city suburb of Dallas. Irving is noted for its #Demographics, racial and ethnic diversity. The city had a population of 256,684 according to the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Texas by population, twelfth-most populous city in Texas, and the List of cities in the United States by population, 90th most populous in the U.S. Irving includes the Las Colinas, Irving, Texas, Las Colinas mixed-use master-planned community and part of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. History Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. "Otto" Schulze and Otis Brown. It is believed literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus Brown, and consequently the name of the town site, Irving, was chosen. Irving began in 1889 as an area called Gorbit, and in 1894 the name changed to Kit. Irving was incorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokered Programming
Brokered programming (also known as time-buy and blocktime) is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials. A brokered program is typically not capable of garnering enough support from advertisements to pay for itself, and may be controversial, esoteric or an advertisement in itself. Overview Common examples Common examples are religious and political programs and talk-show-format programs similar to infomercial on television. Others are hobby programs or vanity programs paid for by the host and/or their supporters, and may be intended to promote the host's personality, for instance in preparation for a political campaign, or to promote a product, service or business that the host is closely associated with. A live vanity show may be carried on several stations by remote broadcast or simulcast, with the producer paying multiple statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Village, Texas
Highland Village is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. It is a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth, located on the south side of the far western branch of Lewisville Lake. As of the 2020 United States census the city's population was 15,899. History Highland Village incorporated as a city in February 1963. It included 516 residents in the 1970 census, but the opening of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport helped spur massive growth in the city's population: 3,246 in 1980, 7,027 in 1990, 12,173 in 2000, and 15,056 in 2010. The city remains a primarily residential area, though more business development is occurring. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 13.88%, is covered by water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Highland Village has a humid subtropical climate, ''Cfa'' on climate ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Daly (evangelist)
Jim Daly (born July 22, 1961) is the head of Focus on the Family, an international Christian communications ministry based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He succeeded founder James Dobson in 2005. Daly is the main host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Early life, influence, education and career Daly grew up in Southern California. He was abandoned by his alcoholic father at age five, and orphaned by his mother's death from cancer when he was nine. He was then placed in a foster home, initially in Morongo Valley, California. By the time that Daly was a senior in high school, he was living on his own. Daly experienced a Christian conversion at age 15 while attending a camp run by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He went on to study at California State University, San Bernardino, and eventually earned his Master of Business Administration from Regis University.Electa Draper, "Denver Post", June 13, 2009,Source 5, July 29, 2011 Daly worked in the paper industry un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stanley
Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on ''emeritus'' status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986. Early life and education Stanley was born on September 25, 1932 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the midst of the Great Depression. His parents were Charles Frazier "Charlie" Stanley, Sr. (April 27, 1904 – June 18, 1933) and Rebecca Susan Hall (nee Hardy, formerly Stanley; October 10, 1908 – November 29, 1992). His father died when he was nine months old. When Stanley was nine, his mother remarried John Hall, a truck driver, and had a daughter named Susan "Susie" Hall. His paternal grandfather was Reverend George W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
