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Seminole Sports Network
The Seminole Sports Network is a radio network carrying Florida State University Seminoles athletic events, operated by Learfield IMG College. There are 19 stations in the network (12 on AM, 7 on FM) including 3 flagships. Current network stations External linksList of affiliates on the team’s website Florida State Seminoles Florida State University College basketball on the radio in the United States College football on the radio Sports radio networks in the United States Learfield IMG College sports radio networks {{US-radio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida State University Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles are the athletic teams representing Florida State University (FSU) located in Tallahassee, Florida. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1991–92 season; within the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a divisional format since the 2005–06 season. The Seminoles' athletic department currently fields 18 varsity teams, including programs for both men and women. They have collectively won 20 team national championships and over 100 team conference championships, as well as numerous individual national and conference titles. The athletic department is led by athletic director Michael Alford, who reports to FSU President Richard D. McCullough and the Board of Trustees. Overview Florida State Athletics were founded in 1902 when the then-Florida State College football teams played three seasons. The 1905 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOKV (AM)
WOKV (690 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States. WOKV is owned by Cox Media Group and broadcasts a sports format from studios in Jacksonville's Southside district and transmitters in Orange Park and Baldwin. 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which CKGM in Montreal, Quebec and XEN-AM in Mexico City, Mexico share Class A status. History The Big Ape AM 690 first signed on the air on October 23, 1958, as WAPE. It was a daytimer, owned by Brennan Broadcasting. WAPE originally broadcast with 25,000 watts and was required to be off the air at night. In 1963, the station got a boost to 50,000 watts by day and it also got nighttime authorization, running 10,000 watts after sunset; a previous attempt to add 25,000 watts of night power in 1960 was dismissed as contravening the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. For more than two decades, WAPE operated as a popular Top 40 station, known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianna, Florida
Marianna is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Florida, United States, and it is home to Chipola College, part of the state's public system. The official nickname of Marianna is "The City of Southern Charm". The population was 6,245 at the 2020 census. Early Marianna was founded in 1828 by Scottish entrepreneur Scott Beveridge (2010 source) aka Beverege, who named the town after his daughters Mary and Anna. The following year, it was designated as the county seat. It attracted businesses from the former sear, Webbville, which became defunct. Marianna was platted along the Chipola River. Many planters from North Carolina relocated to Jackson County to develop new plantations to take advantage of the fertile soil. They relied on the labor of enslaved African Americans brought from the Upper South in the domestic slave trade. Civil War era Governor John Milton (Florida politician), John Milton, a major planter who owned the Sylvania Plantation and hundreds of slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJAQ
WJAQ (100.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Marianna, Florida, United States. The station is owned by MFR, Inc. It broadcasts a country music format previously featuring the "Today's Best Country" satellite-delivered format from Westwood One Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The co .... Now currently playing from a licensed catalog of Todays Best Country music. Shows include "The Auction Block" produced in studio as well aBusiness News and after show Podcastcovering the local news of the business community and events of Jackson County Florida. References External links * JAQ Country radio stations in the United States 1964 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1964 {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Oak, Florida
Live Oak is a city and the county seat of Suwannee County, Florida, United States. The city is midway between Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee and Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. As of 2020, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,735. U.S. Route 90 in Florida, U.S. Highway 90, U.S. Route 129 in Florida, U.S. Highway 129 and Interstate 10 in Florida, Interstate 10 are major highways running through Live Oak. Freight service is provided by the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, which acquired most of the former CSX Transportation, CSX main line from Pensacola to Jacksonville on June 1, 2019. It is served by the Suwannee County Airport as well as many private airparks scattered throughout the county. There is also a community named Live Oak in Washington County, Florida. History 19th century Built along the Pensacola & Georgia Railroad in or prior to 1861, Live Oak was named for a southern live oak tree under which railroad workers rested and ate lunch. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJZS
WJZS (106.1 FM) is a Fox Sports Radio– affiliated sports– formatted radio station licensed to Live Oak, Florida, United States, and also serving nearby Lake City. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglomerate with Live Oak–licensed News Talk Information station WQHL (1250 AM), Live Oak–licensed country music station WQHL-FM (98.1 FM) and Five Points–licensed hot adult contemporary station WCJX (106.5 FM). WJZS is also sister to two Lake City–licensed stations, News Talk Information WDSR (1340 AM) and classic hits WNFB (94.3 FM) through a local marketing agreement with their owner Newman Media, Inc. History The station went on the air as WLVO on September 6, 1991. On August 31, 2004, the station changed its call sign to DWLVO, and on August 2, 2007, back to WLVO. The station, which at the time broadcast a classic hits format, quit on January 14, 2012, after station owner Leon Pettersen, due to illness, was not able to oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full-service Radio
Full-service radio is a type of radio format characterized by a mix of music programming and a large amount of locally-produced and hyperlocal programming, such as news and discussion focusing on local issues, news, sports coverage, interviews, call-in segments, and sometimes religious content. The aim of full service radio is to provide a one-stop shop for listening needs and serve a wider demographic. Music played may be a variety or catered to a certain demographic, usually by local DJs. Full service radio saw a decline after television became widespread in the 1950s. See also *Tradio Tradio is a type of phone-in radio program formatted to provide a venue for listeners to freely advertise items they have to sell or trade. The concept is analogous to classified ads in local newspapers and most prevalent in the south and midw ... References {{Radio-stub Radio formats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leesburg, Florida
Leesburg is a city in Lake County, Florida, Lake County, Florida, United States. As of 2020, the population had exactly 27,000 residents. Leesburg is in central Florida, between Lake Harris (Florida), Lake Harris and Lake Griffin, at the head of the Ocklawaha River. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake–Sumter State College and Beacon College are located in Leesburg. History Leesburg was first settled in 1857 by Evander McIver Lee and Susannah Lee. Shortly after Evander purchased his first property in the area, his brother Josiah joined him, purchasing land near Montclair Road. Several of his brothers followed him to the area. One of them, John Calvin Lee, was credited with giving the town its name. The city was incorporated in 1875, and was designated as the county seat of Sumter County, Florida, Sumter County for a time. When Lake County, Florida, Lake County was formed in 1887, Tavares was designated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLBE
WLBE (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Leesburg-Eustis, Florida, United States, it serves the Lake County area and reaches into parts of nearby Marion County as well. The station is currently owned by Q-Broadcasting Corporation. The station originally signed on in 1947 using the call letters WEUS, but changed to WLBE effective October 19, 1948. The move from Floradel Avenue to Radio Road took place in 1950, the same year Paul Husebo bought it. Wendell Husebo sold the station in 1962 after spending 37 hours on the air in 1960 during Hurricane Donna. With all the changes over the years, WLBE aired Leesburg High School sports. Bob Andrews worked in radio for 60 years, starting when WLBE signed on, and returning after an absence in 1980 to host "The Breakfast Club". Harry Reiner Revocable Trust owned the station starting in 1983. In 2013, the primary format, starting each afternoon, was oldies from the 50s, 60 and 70s, target ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake City, Florida
Lake City is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 12,329, up from 12,046 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, composed of Columbia County, as well as a principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida. Lake City is 60 miles west of Jacksonville. Lake City began as the town of Alligator in 1821 near the Seminole settlement known as Alligator Village. Alligator became the seat of Columbia County in 1832 when it was formed from Duval and Alachua counties. In 1858, Alligator was incorporated and renamed Lake City. The Battle of Olustee, the largest American Civil War battle in Florida, took place near Lake City in 1864. In 1884, the Florida Agricultural College was established in Lake City as a land grant college; it was relocated to Gainesville in 1905, in accordance with the Buckman Act, to form the University of Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDSR
WDSR (1340 AM broadcasting, AM) is a News Talk Information radio station City of license, licensed to Lake City, Florida, United States. The station operates under the branding ''The BIG Talker'' in simulcast with Live Oak, Florida, Live Oak-licensed WQHL (AM), WQHL (1250 AM). WDSR is owned by Newman Media, Inc. as part of a Duopoly (broadcasting), duopoly with classic hits station WNFB (94.3 FM broadcasting, FM). Both stations are operated by Southern Stone Communications under a local marketing agreement, making it a sister station to WQHL, Live Oak-licensed country music station WQHL-FM (98.1 FM), Live Oak-licensed sports radio station WJZS (106.1 FM), and Five Points, Florida, Five Points-licensed hot adult contemporary station WCJX (106.5 FM). History WDSR, along with sister station WNFB, was purchased by Paul Newman in 1998. The owner died in 2015; however, the station remains under ownership by his family via a trust. In 2013, WDSR flipped from an oldies format to countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
