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Steve Czaban
Steve Czaban (pronounced ZAY-ben; born June 1, 1968) is an American sports radio personality. Czaban hosts ''The Steve Czaban Show'' on 97.3 The Game. He also formerly hosted ''The Steve Czaban Show'' on Yahoo! Sports Radio and formerly hosted a daily sports segment for '' Bob & Brian''. He was previously featured on Fox Sports Radio. Early life and education Czaban has joked that he grew up "...on the mean streets of McLean, Virginia." His father was a computer-systems analyst for the United States Department of Agriculture and his mother taught elementary school. He attended Cooper Middle School and Langley High School before enrolling at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He graduated in 1990 with a B.S. in Communications and Political Science. Career Early Upon graduating, Czaban served as the radio announcer for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos' basketball and football teams in addition to hosting a local sports show on KTMS-AM 1260 in Santa Barbara, California u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLean, Virginia
McLean ( ) is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population of the community was 50,773 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located between the Potomac River and Vienna, Virginia, Vienna within the Washington metropolitan area. McLean is home to many wealthy residents such as diplomats, military, members of Congress, and high-ranking government officials partially due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency. It is the location of Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia), Hickory Hill, the former home of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. It is also the location of Salona (McLean, Virginia), Salona, the former home of Henry Lee III, Light-Horse Harry Lee, the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War hero. History The community received its name from John Roll McLean, the former publisher and owner of ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing the University of California, Santa Barbara. Referred to in athletic competition as ''UC Santa Barbara'' or ''UCSB'', the Gauchos participate in 19 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports with the majority competing in the Big West Conference. UCSB currently fields varsity teams in 10 men's and 9 women's sports. Throughout the school's history, UCSB has won team national championships for 1979 men's water polo, 2006 men's soccer and 1962 men's swimming and diving (Div. II). The Gauchos, and the student-athletes who compose the teams, have won a variety of conference titles, regularly compete in NCAA championship events, and have produced professional and Olympic athletes. The school has played a pivotal role in the collegiate athletics landscape in California. UCSB was a founding member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association, the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (now known as the Big We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJLA-TV
WJLA-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Washington, D.C., affiliated with ABC. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (alongside dual Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBFF hannel 45in Baltimore), and is also sister to Woodstock, Virginia–licensed low-powered, Class A Roar station WDCO-CD (channel 10) and local cable channel WJLA 24/7 News. WJLA-TV's studios are located on Wilson Boulevard in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia, and its transmitter is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of northwest Washington. History The District of Columbia's third television station began broadcasting on October 3, 1947, as WTVW, owned by the '' Washington Star'', along with WMAL radio (630 AM, now WSBN, and 107.3 FM, now WLVW). It was the first high-band VHF television station (channels 7–13) in the United States. A few months later, the station changed its call letters to WMAL-TV after its radio sisters. WMAL radio had been an affil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission College (California)
Mission College (Mission or MC) is a public community college in Santa Clara, California. It is part of the West Valley–Mission Community College District. The land the college is on was bought between 1966 and 1967. Mission College opened for its first year in 1975. In 1979 it had grown to "3,500 students, 8 administrators, and 73 instructors". History The Mission College Interim Campus was housed on the site of the vacant Jefferson Middle School at the corner of Monroe Street and Lawrence Express in Santa Clara, California in early September, 1975. From this humble beginning, three members originally appointed for full-time duty—Teri Chiang (Mathematics), Don Joslen (Fine Arts), and Son Le (Philosophy)) worked with Administrator Burt Hermosillo with the support of several part-time faculty volunteers from West Valley College to offer morning and evening classes. By summer, 1976, the Governing Board had appointed Warren Sorenson as founding president. Mission College's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Charlotte the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in Southern United States, the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked Metropolitan statistical area, 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFNZ (AM)
WFNZ (610 Hertz, kHz), known on air as "102.5 The Block", is a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned by Urban One, the station airs an urban contemporary radio format. Its studios and offices are at 1 Julian Price Place. WFNZ uses a directional antenna and transmits with 5,000 watts by day. At night, it reduces power to 1,000 watts, sending most of its signal to the east, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 610 and adjacent frequencies. The transmitter is at the site of its former studios on Radio Road in the Oakdale neighborhood of Northwest Charlotte. Programming is also heard on 200-watt FM translator W273DA at 102.5 MHz. That translator is fed by the HD radio, HD2 subchannel of sister station WOSF (105.3 FM). History WAYS The station first sign-on, signed on in 1941 as WAYS. It was one of only three radio stations in Charlotte, and it was powered at 1,000 watts around the clock. WAYS was owned by the Inter-Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTEM
WTEM (980 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial Sports radio, sports radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services the Washington metropolitan area as the flagship station of the Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics. WTEM is also the co-flagship station of the Maryland Terrapins (shared with Audacy-owned WJZ-FM in Baltimore), and is the Washington affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. History WRC era The station was originally licensed in April 1923 as WRC—the call sign having represented the original owner's name, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The station's original frequency was 469 meters (equal to 640 kHz). It was shared time with another Washington station, WCAP (Washington, D.C.), WCAP. The time-sharing arrangement between the two stations continued until 1926, when RCA purchased WCAP's share. WRC was a charter network affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company when it launched in November 1926. NBC spl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Pollin
Andrew Pollin (born August 3, 1958) is an American radio and TV personality. He currently co-hosts, with Rob Long, about half of the episodes of The Mid-Atlantic Sports Report on MASN. He helped launch Washington, D.C. sports talk station WTEM in 1992 and held the title of Sports Director until being let go in January 2017. He joined WJFK 106.7 The Fan in February 2017 and now hosts The Andy Pollin show with Thom Lovero For 13 years, Pollin co-hosted ''The Sports Reporters'' with Steve Czaban, until getting sacked in July 2013. The last "Sports Reporters" aired July 31, 2013. He acted as sidekick on '' The Tony Kornheiser Show'' between 1992 and 2006. He also co-hosted ''GameDay'' with Mel Kiper Jr. on ESPN Radio between 1998 and 2004. Biography Pollin grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1976. After enrolling in American University he became involved in that school's radio station and left to start his radio career in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boynton Beach, Florida
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is situated about north of Miami. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded a population of 80,380. Boynton Beach is located in the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,138,333 people at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is named after Nathan Boynton, a American Civil War, Civil War Major (United States), major and Michigan politician who became one of the first settlers in the area in 1895. Boynton Beach is located north of Delray Beach, Florida, Delray Beach, south of Hypoluxo, Florida, Hypoluxo and Lantana, Florida, Lantana, and east of Golf, Florida, Golf, while the municipalities of Briny Breezes, Florida, Briny Breezes, Gulf Stream, Florida, Gulf Stream, Manalapan, Florida, Manalapan, and Ocean Ridge, Florida, Ocean Ridge are situated to the east across the Intracoastal Waterway. Native Americans inhabited modern-day Boynton Beach thousan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
