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WEEY (93.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Swanzey, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC and serves as the Keene affiliate for WEEI-FM. History The WEEY license was originally allocated to Springfield, Vermont, where it signed on as WCFR-FM, the FM sister station to WCFR (1480 AM), on January 1, 1972. It initially had an easy listening format, changing to an adult contemporary format in 1976. The station took the call letters WMKS in 1987, but in 1992 reverted to WCFR-FM. After the station was sold to Bob and Shirley Wolf in 1998, the station ceased its independent programming in favor of simulcasting sister station WMXR (93.9). As a simulcast of WMXR, formats included oldies, adult contemporary, and country. Clear Channel Communications bought WCFR and WMXR in 2001, and merged the stations' country format (branded as "Bob Country") with that of its own WXXK (100.5), branded "Kixx". That October, the station would change its call letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanzey, New Hampshire
Swanzey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,270 at the 2020 census. In addition to the town center, Swanzey includes the villages of East Swanzey, West Swanzey, North Swanzey and Westport. History First granted in 1733 as "Lower Ashuelot", Swanzey was one of the fort towns established by Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts, which then claimed the territory. The town was the site of many battles during King George's War, and in 1747 it was abandoned for three years. It was regranted to 62 proprietors on July 2, 1753, by Governor Benning Wentworth as "Swanzey", most probably because some early settlers had a connection to Swansea in Wales. Situated on the Ashuelot River and connected by the Ashuelot Railroad, West Swanzey developed as a textile mill town, and East Swanzey produced wooden buckets for generations. By 1859, the population was 2,106. The town features four covered bridges, and was the home of theatrical t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2000, 1970s music has been increasingly included in this genre. " Classic hits" have been seen as a successor to the oldies format on the radio, with music from the 1980s serving as the core example. Description This category includes styles as diverse as doo-wop, early rock and roll, novelty songs, bubblegum music, folk rock, psychedelic rock, baroque pop, surf music, soul music, rhythm and blues, classic rock, some blues and some country music. Golden Oldies usually refers to music exclusively from the 1950s and 1960s. Oldies radio typically features artists such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, Frankie Avalon, The Four Seasons, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka, Little Richard and Sam Cooke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entercom Communications
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968 as Entercom Communications Corp., it is the second largest radio company in the United States, owning over 220 radio stations across 47 media markets. In November 2017, the company merged with CBS Radio. The transaction was structured as an exchange offer whereby owners of CBS Corporation common shares (i.e., not the multiple-voting shares held by CBS Corp parent company National Amusements) at the time of the merger could elect to exchange their shares for Entercom shares corresponding to a 72% stake in the combined company. The company changed its name from Entercom to Audacy on March 30, 2021. On April 9, the ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange changed from "ETM" to "AUD". Audacy emerged from bankruptcy on September 30, 2024 and is now a privately-owned company. The new ownership group includes Soros Fund Management (which has controlling interest) as part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (850 kHz) is a commercial sports gambling AM radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the .... Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI is the Boston affiliate for the Audacy-owned BetQL Network and Infinity Sports Network, serving as a gambling-focused brand extension of its main sports radio station in the market, WEEI-FM. The WEEI studios are located in Boston's Brighton, Boston, Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, Needham. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI is available online via Audacy. Historically, the station is perhaps best known by its former WHDH call letters, under which it operated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the Metropolitan statistical area, eleventh-largest in the United States. Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritans, Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community 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] |
WEEY Logo
WEEY (93.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Swanzey, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC and serves as the Keene affiliate for WEEI-FM. History The WEEY license was originally allocated to Springfield, Vermont, where it signed on as WCFR-FM, the FM sister station to WCFR (1480 AM), on January 1, 1972. It initially had an easy listening format, changing to an adult contemporary format in 1976. The station took the call letters WMKS in 1987, but in 1992 reverted to WCFR-FM. After the station was sold to Bob and Shirley Wolf in 1998, the station ceased its independent programming in favor of simulcasting sister station WMXR (93.9). As a simulcast of WMXR, formats included oldies, adult contemporary, and country. Clear Channel Communications bought WCFR and WMXR in 2001, and merged the stations' country format (branded as "Bob Country") with that of its own WXXK (100.5), branded "Kixx". That October, the station would change its call letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon ( ) is the only city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 13,151 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, New Hampshire, Hanover, near the Connecticut River. It is the home to Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine, together comprising the largest medical facility between Boston, Massachusetts, and Burlington, Vermont. Lebanon is a core city of the Lebanon–Claremont micropolitan area, comprising four counties in the upper Connecticut River valley, two in New Hampshire and two in Vermont. History Lebanon was chartered as a town by New England Colonies, colonial governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, one of 16 along the Connecticut River. It was named for Lebanon, Connecticut, from where many early settlers had come or would come, including the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTSL
WTSL (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It airs an adult hits radio format and serves the Lebanon-Hanover- White River Junction area. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC. WTSL also broadcasts Dartmouth College Big Green football and hockey games. Listeners can also hear WTSL programming on FM translator stations W248DA at 97.5 MHz in Hanover and W269DI at 101.7 in Claremont, as well as on the second HD subchannel of WHDQ. The stations call themselves "The Penguin". History In October 1950, WTSL first signed on. It was owned by Granite State Broadcasters and was powered at only 250 watts, a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1961, the daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts. In the 1980s, the nighttime power was also boosted to 1,000 watts. In June 1970, the station was acquired by Tri City Broadcasting from Knight Quality Stations. Sound Citizens Communications bought th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGXL
WGXL (92.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Hanover, New Hampshire, serving the Lebanon, New Hampshire, Lebanon-Claremont, New Hampshire, Claremont area. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC. It airs a contemporary hit radio (Top 40/CHR) radio format, format. History The station went on the air as WTSL-FM on February 6, 1987. On June 1, 1993, the station changed its call sign to the current WGXL. On-air staff The current on-air hosts are Kim Ashley (morning), Cindy Brooks (late morning to early afternoon), John Tesh (syndicated in the evening), and AT40 with Ryan Seacrest (Saturday mornings). Former on-air staff Former members of WGXL's staff include Stevens Blanchard, Pam Bixby, Dave Cooper, Deidre Tichner, Jim Patry, Rick Murphy, Jason Place, Bev Valentine, Dan Gilland, Shane Blue (now Jackson Blue on Boston's WXKS-FM), Chris Garrett, Doug McKenzie, Steve Smith, Parker Springfield (still on sister station WKKN) and Taylor Ford. "Zach Sang An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
