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The Kings (Emmerdale)
The Kings are a Canadian rock band formed in 1977 in Oakville, Ontario. They are best known for their 1980 song "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide", which was a hit in the United States and Canada. Recording history The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s. The original lineup included David Diamond, bass, lead vocals; Mister Zero (aka John Picard, listed as Aryan Zero in the original "Kings Are Here" LP liner notes), guitar; Sonny Keyes, keyboards and vocals; and Max Styles (drums), with Zero and Diamond serving as the main songwriters with contributions from Keyes. The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, performed club gigs, and wrote a considerable number of songs for more than three years. In early 1980, the band went into Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto to record their first album. While recording, renowned producer Bob Ezrin visited the studio, listened to the band, and liked what he heard. Togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gage Park, Hamilton
Gage Park is a large community park and civic gardens located in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Main Street (Hamilton, Ontario), Main Street and Gage Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario), Gage Avenue in East Hamilton. Gage Park is the usual site of Pride Hamilton, gay pride in this part of the city. The park hosts the annual Festival of Friends event in the first week of August. The park is also the site of the Hamilton Children's Museum. The park includes a bandshell, fountain, and a greenhouse constructed in late 2020. It is in the top three parks in Hamilton, in terms of urban parkland. The park is most famous for hosting "Movie In The Park" nights. Festival history Besides gay pride, Gage Park was once the home of the Festival of Friends. Previous artists to have played here include: * Fozzy, the Chris Jericho-fronted touring Rock and Roll act. Jericho is the highest selling and widest-reaching artist to have played the park. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Bandstand
''American Bandstand'' (AB) is an American Music television, music performance and dance television series that aired in various iterations from 1952 to 1989. It was hosted by Dick Clark who also served as the program's Television producer, producer. The program showcased teenagers dancing to popular songs from the Top 40. Originally broadcast from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it remained there from its debut in 1952 until it relocated to Los Angeles, California, in 1963. Throughout its run, a wide variety of musical acts appeared on the show, typically Lip sync, lip- syncing to one of their latest singles. Music artist, Artists performed for a studio audience, while the original recording played for viewers at home. Freddy Cannon holds the record for the most appearances, with 110. History 1950s ''American Bandstand'' premiered locally in late March 1952 as ''Bandstand'' on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 (now WPVI-TV). Hosted by Bob Horn (broadcaster), Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DVD Documentary
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to convey partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Trillium
Camp may refer to: Areas of confinement, imprisonment, or for execution * Concentration camp, an internment camp for political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups * Extermination camp, any of six Nazi death camps established for the systematic murder of over 2.7 million people * Federal prison camp, one of seven minimum-security United States federal prison facilities * Internment camp, also called a detention camp, for imprisonment (of citizens or perceived terrorists) without conviction of any crime * Labor camp, usually associated with forced or penal labor as a form of punishment * Nazi concentration camp run by the SS in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. * Prisoner-of-war camp ** Parole camp, during the U.S. Civil war, where both sides guarded their own soldiers as prisoners of war * Subcamp, one or more outlying smaller concentration camps that came under the command of a main Nazi concentration cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two singles from that album, " Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and " Someday", reached the U.S. top 10. History In Newmarket, Ontario, vocalist Alan Frew and bassist Wayne Parker (both from local band Onyx), along with keyboardist Sam Reid (from River Drive Park band The End), along with then drummer Michael Hanson formed a new band called Tokyo. Guitarist Al Connelly joined the band in 1983. In 1986, Glass Tiger released its first album, '' The Thin Red Line''; it was produced by Jim Vallance (who co-wrote two songs) and Bryan Adams made a memorable vocal cameo on the lead single "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)". This album went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two of its songs, " Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Frew
Alan Graham Frew (born November 8, 1956) is a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. He has also released three solo albums. Early life Born 8 November 1956 in Coatbridge, Scotland, Frew moved to Newmarket, Ontario at age 16 with his family. Musical career In 1983, Frew and others formed Glass Tiger. In 1986, the band released its first album, '' The Thin Red Line''. Two of its songs, "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and "Someday", reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts. ''The Thin Red Line'' went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Glass Tiger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987 and has won five Canadian Juno Awards. Frew and Stephan Moccio co-wrote " I Believe", which "became the theme song for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Consortium for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver" and "Free to Be", which is used by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their theme song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLS-AM
WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS studios are in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. The station's programming is also available in the Chicago metropolitan area via a simulcast on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station WLS-FM. The station formerly broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo. Its transmitter site is located on the southwestern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois in Will County. WLS is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 890 kHz with 50,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna fed by a Nautel NX-50 transmitter, with a Harris DX-50 serving as a backup transmitter. Both transmitters run in MDCL (Modulation Dependent Carrier Level) mode to improve efficiency. The station's daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states. At night, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCKL (FM)
WCKL (97.9 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, featuring a Christian contemporary format via the K-Love network. Owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation (EMF), WCKL serves the Chicago metro area with a transmitter located atop the John Hancock Center. One of the oldest surviving FM stations in Chicago, this station signed on the air on April 7, 1942, as W83C. Throughout the station's early existence, it changed callsigns, formats and owners before relaunching itself on March 14, 1977, as WLUP "97.9 The Loop", a nod to the Chicago Loop. As WLUP, the station aired various formats ranging from classic rock, pop rock, pop alternative, and adult alternative formats. It changed ownership several times before being sold to Merlin Media in 2011 and subsequently entered a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cumulus Media in 2014. This LMA was terminated after Cumulus entered into bankruptcy proceedings, prompting Merlin Media to sell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXRT
WXRT (93.1 FM), also known as XRT and 93-XRT is an alternative rock radio station in Chicago, Illinois. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. The station broadcasts from a transmitter atop John Hancock Center and its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza near Chicago's Millennium Park. WXRT broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Programming WXRT plays a very broad range of music in a format known as AAA/Triple-A ( Adult album alternative). With a playlist of more than 5,000 songs from wide-ranging genres including blues, reggae, folk-rock, pop, and rock and roll, WXRT is considered a pioneer in the format.Caro, Mark.Radiodaze, ''Chicago Tribune''. November 16, 1997. Retrieved February 1, 2019.Nidetz, Steve.Rest of the Country Finally Catching Up With WXRT, ''Chicago Tribune''. March 22, 1994. Retrieved February 5, 2019. WXRT is well known for several locally produced, original programs such as '' Saturday Morning Flashback'' hosted by Frank E. Lee, Johnny Mars, and Annal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s with the likes of the grunge subgenre in the United States, and the Britpop and shoegaze subgenres in the United Kingdom and Ireland. During this period, many record labels were looking for "alternatives", as many Arena rock, corporate rock, hard rock, and glam metal acts from the 1980s were beginning to grow stale throughout the music industry. The emergence of Generation X as a Culture, cultural force in the 1990s also contributed greatly to the rise of alternative music. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or arena rock, commercial rock or pop. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCFS-FM
WCFS-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded ''Newsradio 105.9 WBBM'' – is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to the Chicago suburb of Elmwood Park, Illinois. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services the Chicago metropolitan area, operating as a full-time simulcast of WBBM (780 AM). WCFS-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 4,100 watts.FM Query Results: WCFS-FM fcc.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2019. The is atop the (formerly the Sears Tower). The studios and newsroom are located at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-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 act (music), heritage acts which are still active and producing new music."New York Radio Guide: Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
