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WCPV
WCPV (101.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Essex, New York, United States, the station serves the Champlain Valley of New York and Vermont. Although licensed to Essex, New York, many listeners mistakenly believe that WCPV is licensed to Essex, Vermont, given that its offices and studios are located at Fort Ethan Allen in neighboring Colchester, Vermont. The station is owned by Vox AM/FM. WCPV serves as the flagship station for University of Vermont men's basketball, along with sister station WEAV (960 AM). Rob Ryan previously provided the play by play, with various co-commentators. History The station was randomly assigned the call sign of WVZM on September 2, 1992; after changing the call letters to WDOT on July 22, 1993, the station signed on in 1994 as WCPV, offering a classic rock format branded as "Champ 101.3". Initially owned by Northstar Broadcasting, the station was acquired by Capstar Broadcasting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEZF
WEZF (92.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Star 92.9") is a commercial radio station located in Burlington, Vermont. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format and is owned and operated by Vox AM/FM. WEZF has studios and offices on Hegeman Avenue in Colchester, Vermont, Colchester and its transmitter is on top of Vermont's highest mountaintop, Mount Mansfield, using an omnidirectional antenna. WEZF carries the radio syndication, syndicated Delilah (radio host), Delilah evening show from Premiere Networks. Almost all of the station's weekday air shifts are either hosted or co-hosted by women. From mid-November to December 25 each year, WEZF switches to an all-Christmas music format. WEZF is the only full-powered commercial List of North American broadcast station classes, Class C radio station in Vermont. WEZF transmits with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 46,000 watts at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of . It covers a large area, including much of Vermont, the Adiron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Catamounts Men's Basketball
The Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at Patrick Gym. The team has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ten times, in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. UVM famously upset Syracuse University in the first round of the 2005 tournament. The Catamounts are coached by John Becker. History Retired numbers Five Catamount players have had their numbers retired by the University of Vermont: ;Notes Awards America East Coach of the Year * Tom Brennan – 1991, 1998, 2002 * Mike Lonergan – 2007, 2011 * John Becker – 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 America East Player of the Year * Matt Johnson – 1991 * Kevin Roberson – 1992 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2002 * Taylor Coppenrath – 2003, 2004, 2005 * Marqus Blakely – 2008, 2009 * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEAV
WEAV (960 AM) is an English-language American radio station in Plattsburgh, New York, with studios in Colchester, Vermont. The station broadcasts a sports format. Owned and operated by Vox AM/FM, the station broadcasts on 960 kHz with a power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency. Both daytime and the tighter nighttime patterns of WEAV are directed mostly to the north and west of Plattsburgh, with not a lot of signal strength reaching deep into Vermont. It also broadcasts in Burlington on FM translator 97.1 and in Plattsburgh on FM translator 105.9. History The station signed on February 3, 1935, as WMFF, owned by Plattsburgh Broadcasting Corporation (in turn controlled by the Bissell family), and operating on 1310 kHz. The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement in 1941 moved the station to 1340 kHz. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXXX
WXXX (95.5 FM, ''95 Triple X'') is a commercial radio station licensed to South Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley. The station is owned by Sison Broadcasting, and airs a top 40–contemporary hit radio format. WXXX's studios and offices are on Mallets Bay Avenue in Colchester, Vermont. History WXXX (95 Triple-X) first signed on the air on November 16, 1984. The first song was " Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. WXXX was at first authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to operate at 3,000 watts on 95.3 MHz. At that time it was owned by several Vermont broadcasters including Howard Ginsberg, John Hughes and John Nichols. They sold the station in 1986, to a Boston-based company. It was subsequently sold again to Atlantic Ventures, another Boston-based firm. After that it was purchased by the owners of 620 WVMT in Burlington, Vermont. In November 1995, WXXX upgraded its signal, increasing power to 25,000 watts and moving to 95.5 MHz. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Patriots Radio Network
The New England Patriots Radio Network is a radio network which carries live game broadcasts of the New England Patriots. The network's Flagship (radio), flagship station is WBZ-FM in Boston. Bob Socci, who now does the play-by-play with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak providing the color commentary and former Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham and WBZ-TV/WSBK-TV sports reporter Steve Burton (sports journalist), Steve Burton providing the sideline reports. Marc Bertrand and ''Boston Globe'' sports columnist Chris Gasper host the pregame, and the postgame show is hosted by Bertrand. Albert Breer and ''Patriots Football Weekly'' writers Paul Perillo is a regular guest analyst on the network's pre-game show. Marc D. Cappello has been the producer since 1995. Gil Santos, former WBZ (AM), WBZ 1030 sports reporter who was known as the "Voice of the New England Patriots," retired after 2012 New England Patriots season, the 2012 season and was replaced by Bob Socci. Santos call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the List of municipalities in Vermont, most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat, seat of Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 44,743. It is the List of U.S. states' largest cities by population, least populous city in the 50 U.S. states to be the most populous city in its state. A regional college town, Burlington is home to the University of Vermont (UVM) and Champlain College. Vermont's largest hospital, the University of Vermont Medical Center, UVM Medical Center, is within the city limits. The City of Burlington owns Vermont's largest airport, the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport, located in neighboring South Burlington, Vermont, South Burlington. In 2015, Burlington became the first city in the U.S. to run entirely on renewable energy. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVMT
WVMT (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York. WVMT is simulcast on FM translator station W242BK at 96.3 MHz. The translator's owner, Vox AM/FM, LLC, operates WVMT under a local marketing agreement (LMA). The radio studios and offices are within Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, with Vox's other stations. WVMT’s transmitter power is 5,000 watts, as a Class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect other stations on the AM 620 frequency, principally, WTMJ in Milwaukee. Its daytime signal covers most of Northern Vermont, Northeastern New York and part of Quebec, Canada. At night, the station adjusts its coverage to concentrate the signal around the Burlington and Plattsburgh, New York, areas. WVMT's easily identifiable three-tower array is shown on Lake Champlain navigation charts, located in Colcheste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVTK
WVTK (92.1 MHz) is an FM radio station airing a classic hits radio format, licensed to Port Henry, New York, near the New York State/Vermont border. It is owned by Vox AM/FM, LLC. WVTK has an effective radiated power of 18,000 watts, most of which radiates into the Champlain Valley. The signal can be heard clearly in Middlebury, Bristol, Brandon, Vergennes and Charlotte, Vermont, along with Port Henry, Ticonderoga and Essex, New York. WVTK's business offices and broadcast studios are located in the Historic Marble Works Complex in Middlebury. The broadcast tower is located off Edgemont Road in Port Henry. The station positions itself as " Addison County's Radio Station." WVTK serves as the voice of the Middlebury College Panthers hockey and football teams, as well providing coverage for local area high school football, hockey, and basketball coverage. History On September 15, 1982, the station first signed on as WHRC-FM. It was owned by Peter Edward Hunn and broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXZO
WXZO (96.7 Hertz, MHz "MeTV FM") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio, FM radio station city of license, licensed to Willsboro, New York. Owned by Vox AM/FM, it primarily serves the Champlain Valley, including Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York. Its studios are located in Colchester, Vermont. The station broadcasts a Oldies, soft oldies radio format using the radio syndication, syndicated music service known as "MeTV FM." In morning drive time, the station carries ''John Tesh, Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh''. ABC News Radio provides news updates. WXZO is a list of broadcast station classes#FM, Class A station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000 watts. The transmitter is off Empire State Trail (New York State Route 22) in Willisboro. History Early years The station sign-on, signed on the air in . As a construction permit, its call sign was WWGT. Once it began broadcasting, the station changed its call letters to WXPS. The city of li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of License
In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator. In North American broadcast law, the concept of ''community of license'' dates to the early days of AM radio broadcasting. The requirement that a broadcasting station operate a ''main studio'' within a prescribed distance of the community which the station is licensed to serve appears in U.S. law as early as 1939. Various specific obligations have been applied to broadcasters by governments to fulfill public policy objectives of broadcast localism, both in radio and later also in television, based on the legislative presumption that a broadcaster fills a similar role to that held by community newspaper publishers. United States In the United States, the Communications Act of 1934 requires that "the Commission shall make such distribution of licenses, frequenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, with nearly 20 million residents, and the 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of . New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses New York City, the most populous city in the United States; Long Island, with approximately 40% of the state's population, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New York metropolitan area and account for approximately two-thirds of the state's population. The larger Upstate area spreads from the Great Lakes to Lake Champlain and includes the Adiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
