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WGMP
WGMP (1170 AM, ''104.9 The Gump'') is an alternative rock formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, in Alabama, United States, broadcasting on the AM band at a frequency of 1170 KHz and via a broadcast translator on the FM band at 104.9 MHz. The station's "104.9 The Gump" branding features the frequency of its broadcast translator, W285AJ, rather than its licensed AM frequency. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery. The transmitter for WGMP is north of the city, while the translator's transmitter is in midtown near Greenwood Cemetery. WGMP participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase. History The station first hit the airwaves in January 1939 as WJJJ, owned by George William "Will" Covington, Jr. (1170 AM is the second-oldest frequency in use in the Montgomery market, the oldest being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WACV
WACV (93.1 FM ''News Talk 93.1'') is a News Talk formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area. The station's broadcast license is held by Liberty Acquisitions 825, LLC, and the station is operated under a local marketing agreement by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery, and the transmitter site is in Prattville, Alabama. WACV also participates in the Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150). History While the 93.1 frequency is brand new, the News/Talk format and call sign have been around since November 1984 when WACV was "News Talk 1170, Montgomery's Talk Station". The original lineup included Don Markwell, news from Bob Jackson, with updates from WAKA CBS 8. Locally originated programs, such as "Viewpoint", continued on "News Talk 107.9" with Dan Morris and Mark Montiel, and Greg Budell continued "Happy Hour". Nationally syndicated talk programming features Laura Ingraha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2020 census, Montgomery's population was 200,603. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville, and is the 119th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2020 was 386,047; it is the fourth largest in the state and 142nd among United States metropolitan areas. The city was incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power to the south-central area of Alabama with the growth of cotton as a commodity crop of the Black Belt and the rise of Mobile as a mercantile port on the Gulf Coast. In February 1861, Montgomery was chosen the first capital of the Confederate States of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLWI (AM)
WLWI (1440 kHz, "News Radio 1440") is an AM radio station licensed to serve Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing, LLC. The WLWI studios are located on the third floor of The Colonial Financial Center in downtown Montgomery, and the transmitter tower is in Montgomery's southside. It broadcasts a news/ talk radio format to the Montgomery metropolitan area. Notable local programming includes "Decisions" with retired Army Sergeant Kevin Elkins and "Tactics" with former national debate champion and minister Caleb Colquitt. Notable syndicated programming includes Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, '' The Sean Hannity Show'', The Daily Wire, and Michael Savage. Overnight, the station broadcasts the syndicated '' Red Eye Radio''. The station also carries all 140 games of the local Minor League Baseball team the Montgomery Biscuits. History The beginning This station, the oldest radio station in Montgo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJWZ
WJWZ, also known as 97.9 Jamz, is an urban contemporary formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, broadcasting on the FM broadcasting, FM band at a frequency of 97.9 MHz and licensed to Wetumpka, Alabama. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's transmitter is located in Montgomery. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery. Local on-air personalities include Michelle C, Doughboy, and Frank White. WJWZ also participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase. It is the home of Tom Joyner in the mornings as of October 2013, after crosstown urban WWMG dropped him for Steve Harvey. Joyner replaces Russ Parr after five years, whom in turn replaced Doug Banks on the station. History Vision Communications, Ltd. received the original construction permit to build a new 3,700 watt FM station at 97.9 MHz from the Federal Communications C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBAM
WBAM-FM/98.9 ("Bama Country 98.9") is a country music formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 98.9 MHz and licensed to Montgomery, Alabama. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's transmitter is located in the town of Grady, Alabama. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery. WBAM also participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase. History Circa 1960, the 98.9 frequency was home to easy listening-formatted WFMI. Pre-Bama Country WBAM was also known as "Oldies 98"; and then "Star 98.9", a Top 40 formatted station, in the late-1990s and early-2000s. The birth of Bama Country In April 2004 John Garrett announced on air, "he wanted to play an Alan Jackson record instead". That's when Bama Country was born. WBAM-FM has held on to its heritage call letters while returning to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQKS-FM
WQKS-FM, also known as Kiss-FM 96.1, is an adult contemporary formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 96.1 MHz and licensed to Montgomery, Alabama. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's transmitter is located in Montgomery. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery. WQKS-FM also participates in Montgomery rating survey by Nielsen Audio (Market #157). Programming WQKS-FM broadcasts an adult contemporary music format and features news and weather updates from CBS 8 WAKA, national news updates from Fox News Radio, and traffic from ''Montgomery Skywatch Traffic''. WQKS-HD2 On August 17, 2011 WQKS-HD2 launched a soft AC format, branded as "Lite 100.5", using the frequency of FM translator W263BX in its branding. On December 26, 2014, 100.5/96.1 HD2 flipped to classic hip hop, with the old format and name of 107.1/96.1 HD, as "Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCOV-TV
WCOV-TV (channel 20) is a television station in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. It is owned by Woods Communications Corporation alongside Troy, Alabama, Troy-licensed Cozi TV affiliate WIYC (channel 48) and low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power local weather station WALE-LD (channel 17). The stations share studios on WCOV Avenue in the Normandale section of Montgomery, while WCOV-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Grady, Alabama, Grady along the Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery–Crenshaw County, Alabama, Crenshaw county line. History Early years On December 31, 1951, the owners of radio station WGMP, WCOV (1170 AM)—the First National Bank of Montgomery and the estate of G. W. Covington, Jr.—filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new television station on VHF channel 12 in Montgomery. Six months later, after the commission lifted its freeze on television appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ingraham
Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1963) is an American conservative television host. Gale Biography In Context. She has been the host of '' The Ingraham Angle'' on Fox News Channel since October 2017, and is the editor-in-chief of LifeZette. She formerly hosted the nationally syndicated radio show '' The Laura Ingraham Show''. Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration in the late 1980s. Afterwards, she earned a J.D. degree and then went on to work as a judicial clerk in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She also worked for the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Ingraham began her media career in the mid-1990s. Ingraham is known for her support for Donald Trump, and acted as an informal advisor during his presidency. Early life and education Ingraham grew up in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she was born to Anne Caroline (née Kozak) and Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Beck
Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, entrepreneur, and television producer. He is the CEO, founder, and owner of Mercury Radio Arts, the parent company of his television and radio network TheBlaze. He hosts the '' Glenn Beck Radio Program'', a talk-radio show nationally syndicated on Premiere Radio Networks. Beck also hosts the ''Glenn Beck'' television program, which ran from January 2006 to October 2008 on HLN, from January 2009 to June 2011 on Fox News and now airs on TheBlaze. Beck has authored six ''New York Times''–bestselling books.Rose, Lacey (April 26, 2010)"Glenn Beck Inc" ''Forbes'' In April 2011, Beck announced that he would "transition off of his daily program" on Fox News, but would continue to team with Fox. His last daily show on Fox was June 30, 2011. In 2012, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' placed Beck on its Digital Power Fifty list. Beck launched TheBlaze in 2011 after leaving Fox News. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Humphries
Rusty Humphries (born August 29, 1965) is an American broadcaster, conservative political commentator and songwriter. He hosts the ''Rusty Humphries Rebellion'' podcast. Humphries' former nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Rusty Humphries Show'', aired on over 250 stations and was ranked as the 6th largest talk program in the United States. Radio career Talk shows Humphries has hosted radio shows in New York City, Dallas, San Diego, Atlanta, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Los Angeles, Reno, Seattle, Kansas City and Portland. Humphries was named one of "America's 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts" for 17 years in a row, and he was nominated as "Talk Personality Of The Year" by ''Radio & Records'' in 2006. Humphries was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame as its youngest inductee ever. He was ranked number 14 in the ''Talkers Magazine'' "Heavy Hundred" for 2013. After his two "Rusty Humphries' Salute to the American Veterans" concerts drew a 7,000-person, sold-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Doyle (radio Host)
Jerry Doyle (July 16, 1956 – July 27, 2016) was an American talk radio host, right-libertarian political commentator, television actor and founder of the content platform EpicTimes. His nationally syndicated talk show, ''The Jerry Doyle Show'', aired throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network. As an actor, Doyle was best known as security chief Michael Garibaldi in the science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' (1994–1998). Early life Doyle graduated from Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, New Jersey, in 1973, where he played varsity football and basketball. In 1978, Doyle earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, while also receiving his flight training. Television and radio career Previously a corporate jet pilot and after a decade as a stockbroker on Wall Street, Doyle made an abrupt career change into acting in 1991, when he moved to Los Angeles. His first television role was on the series ''Moonlightin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of leasing the right to broadcasting television shows and radio programs to multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically to sell directly into syndication; ''off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a " rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on network TV or in some cases, first-run syndication;Campbell, Richard, Christopher R. Martin, and Bettina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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