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WBCV
WBCV (107.9 FM, "The Big Cheese") is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits/ classic hits/classic rock format. Licensed to Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Wausau- Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media, LLC. Its 100,000 watt signal can be heard as far west as Eau Claire, as far south as Portage, and as far east as Brillion and Green Bay. It can also be heard as far north as Ironwood. Under certain conditions, it can be heard as far east as Manistee, Traverse City, and Ludington. History During the construction phase of the station (early 1980s), the selected call letters were WXCO-FM. The call letters were named after its sister station WXCO-AM. It was later determined the station would not be a simulcast of WXCO. Shortly before sign-on in October 1984, Seehafer Broadcasting changed the station call letters to WYCO-FM. The station signed on using Unistar's adult contemporary format. The positioning statement was "Y-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGLX-FM
WGLX-FM (103.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, US, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media. Former call letters are WWRW (1968–1994) & WFHR-FM (1946–1968). History Original station call letters were WFHR-FM, which signed on August 1, 1946, at 104.7 MHz, moving to the present position of 103.3 MHz, October 1948, simulcasting its AM sister station. In early January 1968, the call letters WWRW were assigned, with a Beautiful/Easy Listening music format in place within a few weeks. WWRW still simulcasted some programming, including major news blocks with WFHR-AM through the early 1970s. In early August 1975, the elevator music format was abandoned for Drake-Chenault's "Hit Parade", later "Contempo 300", an Adult Contemporary format. The station was then known as "W103" also "W103 in Stereo". WWRW was an affiliate of Dan Ingram Daniel Trombley I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYTE
WYTE (106.5 FM, Y106.5) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media, LLC. History The station went on the air as WDLB-FM on 1965-08-03. On 1979-10-22, the station changed its call sign to WLJY, and on 2006-08-01 to the current WYTE. On-air personalities currently hosting programs on Y106.5 include The Wake Up Call with Big Red & Dana, Joe Malone, Greg Lee and Kim Carr. Previous on-air personalities have included Eric Westphal, John Harry, Kimberlee Ann, Brad Austin, Ed Paulson, Ritch Cassidy, Kelli Martin, Mark Skibba, Ken Steckbauer, Lou Stewart, John Jost, and many others. Night time programming is the nationally syndicated Nights with Elaina out of Nashville. Weekend programs include the “Saturday Morning Polka Party” hosted by Don Wayerski and Ben Jammin. The show is LIVE Saturday mornings from 7am -10am. Each S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRG Media
NRG Media is a media company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was founded in 2005. History NRG Media was founded on March 1, 2005, as a result of a merger of NewRadio Group and the radio assets of Waitt Media. At its inception it was the seventh largest radio company in the USA. , NRG owns and operates 32 radio stations and one translator in four Midwestern states. With the exception of their stations in Omaha, Grand Island/ Kearney, and Lincoln, Nebraska, NRG owns properties in small or medium, unrated markets. NRG Media, through the studios of its Omaha sports property KOZN, produces radio coverage of the NCAA's College World Series The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the culmination of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament—featuring 64 teams in the ... from TD Ameritrade Park in conjunction with national syndicator Westwood One. Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau ( ) is a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Wisconsin River and had a population of 39,994 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the core city of the Wausau Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, which includes all of Marathon County and had a population of 138,013 in 2020. The city's suburbs include Schofield, Wisconsin, Schofield, Weston, Wisconsin, Weston, Mosinee, Wisconsin, Mosinee, Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin, Maine, Rib Mountain (town), Wisconsin, Rib Mountain, Kronenwetter, Wisconsin, Kronenwetter, and Rothschild, Wisconsin, Rothschild. History Establishment and early history This area has for millennia changed hands between various indigenous peoples. The historic Ojibwe (also known in the United States as the Chippewa) occupied it in the period of European encounter. They had a lucrative fur trade for decades with French colonists and French Canadians. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brillion, Wisconsin
Brillion ( ) is a city in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,262 as of the 2020 census. The city is located within the Town of Brillion, though it is politically independent. History Brillion is named after the town of Brilon, in Germany. Geography Brillion is located at (44.175114, −88.0661). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 3,148 people, 1,298 households, and 851 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,349 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.1% White, 0.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population. There were 1,298 households, of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the head of Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Fox River (Green Bay tributary), Fox River. Green Bay had a population of 107,395 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Wisconsin, third-most populous city in Wisconsin (after Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, Madison) and the third-most populous city on Lake Michigan (after Chicago and Milwaukee). The Green Bay metropolitan area covers Brown, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, Kewaunee, and Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto counties and had a population of 320,050 in 2020. Green Bay was settled in 1634 by Jean Nicolet as a fur trading post in New France. Its development was shaped by its location at the mouth of the Fox River and it emerged as a center for the lumber, shipping, and paper industries in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironwood, Michigan
Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan, Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about south of Lake Superior. The city is on U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, US Highway 2 across the Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan), Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan, situated on the same line of longitude (90.2 degrees West) as Clinton, Iowa and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 5,045 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 5,387 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is bordered by Ironwood Charter Township, Michigan, Ironwood Township to the north, but the two are administered autonomously. While originally an iron mining town, the area is now known for its downhill skiing resorts, including Big Powderhorn, Snowriver, Mount Zion and Whitecap as well as its cross country skiing at the Wolverine Nordic Trail System and the ABR Nordic Center. Ironwood is home of the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manistee, Michigan
Manistee ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. This makes Manistee the fifth-largest city in Northern Michigan. Manistee is located on an isthmus between Manistee Lake and Lake Michigan, with the Manistee River bisecting the city as it flows west to the latter. Manistee is located along US 31, one of the major trunkline highways of the state. Etymology The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. The derivation is not certain, but it may be from ''ministigweyaa'', "river with islands at its mouth". Other sources claim that it was an Ojibwe term meaning "spirit of the woods". History In 1751, a Jesuit mission was established in Manistee. Missionaries visited Manistee in the early 19th century, and a Jesuit mission house is k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County, although it partly extends into Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County. The city's population was 15,678 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, while the four-county Traverse City metropolitan area had 153,448 residents. Traverse City is the largest city in Northern Michigan. Traverse City is at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City. The city borders four townships–East Bay Township, Michigan, East Bay, Elmwood Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, Elmwood, Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Garfield, and Peninsula Township, Michigan, Peninsula–all of which are primarily suburban. Traverse City is nicknamed "the Cherry Capital of the World", as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire ( ; lit. "clear water") is a city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire and Chippewa County, Wisconsin, Chippewa counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat, seat of Eau Claire County. It is the List of cities in Wisconsin, seventh-most populous city in Wisconsin, with a population of 69,421 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area, Eau Claire metropolitan area, known locally as the Chippewa Valley, has approximately 176,000 residents. Eau Claire is at the confluence of the Eau Claire River (Chippewa River), Eau Claire and Chippewa River (Wisconsin), Chippewa rivers on traditional Ojibwe, Dakota people, Dakota, and Ho-Chunk land. The area's first permanent European American settlers arrived in 1845, and Eau Claire was incorporated as a city in 1872. The city's early growth came from its extensive logging and timber industries. After Eau Claire's lumber industry declined in the early 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludington, Michigan
Ludington ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat and the largest city in Mason County, Michigan, Mason County. The population was 7,655 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the fourth largest city in the northern Michigan area. The city is located at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River at Lake Michigan. Nearby are Ludington State Park (which includes the Big Sable Point Light), Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness, and Manistee National Forest, making the area a popular tourist destination in the summer. Ludington is the home port of the SS Badger, SS ''Badger'', a vehicle and passenger ferry with daily service in the summer across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. History In 1675, Father Jacques Marquette, French people, French missionary and explorer, died and was laid to rest near the modern site of Ludington. A memorial and iron cross were built in 1955 to mark the location. In 1845, Burr Caswell moved to the area near the mout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously). For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio. Likewise, the BBC's Prom concerts were formerly simulcast on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Television. Another application is the transmission of the original-language soundtrack of movies or TV series over local or Internet radio, with the television broadcast having been dubbed into a local language. Yet another is when a sports game, such as Super Bowl LVIII, is simulcast on multiple television networks at the same time. In the case of Super Bowl LVIII, the game's main broadcast channel was CBS, but viewers could watch it on other CBS-owned television channels or streaming services as well; Nickelodeon and Paramount+ showed the English-language broadcast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
