|
WHBG
WHBG (1360 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ... radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. The station is owned and operated by Saga Communications. Translator In addition to the main station, WHBG is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. References External linksESPN Radio 1360AM and 101.3FM Online * * 1956 establishments in Virginia Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1956 HBG ESPN Radio stations {{Virginia-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSVA
WSVA (550 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and serving the Central Shenandoah Valley. It broadcasts a talk radio, news/talk radio format, format and is owned by Saga Communications, through licensee Tidewater Communications, LLC. The studios and offices are on Heritage Center Way in Harrisonburg. By day, WSVA transmits with 5,000 watts omnidirectional antenna, non-directional, but at night (to protect other stations on 550 AM from interference) it reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is on Garbers Church Road near West Market Street (U.S. Route 33 in Virginia, U.S. Route 33) in Harrisonburg. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W221CF at 92.1 Hertz, MHz. Programming The WSVA weekday schedule begins with ''Early Mornings with Frank Wilt and Jim Britt''. Mike Schikman hosts afternoon drive time. At noon, an hour of news and agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQPO
WQPO (100.7 FM) is a contemporary hit radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving the Central Shenandoah Valley. WQPO is owned and operated by Saga Communications. HD Radio WQPO-HD3 was launched in early 2016, carrying a classic rock format branded as "V100.1; Iconic Rock". WQPO-HD3 is relayed by W261CV on 100.1 in Harrisonburg, from which it derived its branding. On the morning of May 9, 2018, WQPO-HD3 flipped from classic rock to soft adult contemporary, branded as "EZ Favorites 100.1". WQPO-HD2 flipped from a simulcast of sports radio WHBG (1360 AM) to original programming as 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 2 ...-formatted "Pure Oldies 101.3" on May 25, 2018. References External links * * * * 1946 est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Virginia
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission, FCC-licensed radio stations in the United States, U.S. Virginia, state of Virginia which can be sorted by their call signs, frequency, frequencies, city of license, cities of license, licensees, and radio format, programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WBBL (Virginia), WBBL * WBDB-LP * WBDY (AM), WBDY * WBVA (AM), WBVA * WCLM-LP * WDIC (AM), WDIC * WDUF * WFNR * WHKT * WJRX-LP * WJYI (AM), WJYI * WKEY (AM), WKEY * WLEE (1480 AM), WLEE * WMVA (AM), WMVA * WODI * WORJ-LP * WOWZ (AM), WOWZ * WPEX * WPUV * WPVC-LP * WQLU * WQMR-LP * WRAP (Norfolk), WRAP * WRRW-LP * WSVG (AM), WSVG * WVAB * WXCF (AM), WXCF * WXMY * WXZR-LP See also * Virginia#Media, Virginia media ** List of newspapers in Virginia ** List of television stations in Virginia ** Media of List of cities in Virginia, cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Virginia#Media, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia#Media, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia#Media, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMQR
WMQR (96.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted Broadcasting, broadcast radio station licensed to Broadway, Virginia, serving the Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg–Staunton, Virginia, Staunton area. WMQR is owned and operated by Saga Communications, through licensee Tidewater Communications, LLC. History The station was first took the callsign WLTK on June 16, 1988, and officially launched on December 18, 1989, carrying a Contemporary Christian format, branded as "Light 96". On August 8, 2001, WLTK swapped callsigns and formats with WBHB-FM at 103.3 FM, becoming an Oldies format, branded as "Magic 96.1". The station played music from the 1950s through the 1970s. On February 7, 2005, WBHB-FM yet again swapped callsigns and formats with WJDV at 105.1 FM, becoming a Light Adult Contemporary format, branded as "Lite Rock 96.1". WBHB-FM remained on 105.1 FM until December 1, 2008, when the callsign was changed to WTGD. On September 17, 2007, WJDV changed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSIG
WSIG (96.9 FM) is a gold-based country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mount Jackson, Virginia, serving the Central and Northern Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. The Valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the east .... WSIG is owned and operated by Saga Communications, through licensee Tidewater Communications, LLC. References External linksReal Country 96.9 WSIG Online* 1988 establishments in Virginia Country radio stations in the United States Mount Jackson, Virginia Radio stations established in 1988 SIG {{Virginia-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWRE
WWRE (105.1 FM) is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bridgewater, Virginia, serving Harrisonburg/ Staunton area. WWRE is owned and operated by Saga Communications, through licensee Tidewater Communications, LLC. History The station first took its callsign WRDJ on March 1, 1989 and officially launched two days later on March 3 and carried a classic rock format. WAMM 105.1 On November 26, 1993, the callsign was changed from WRDJ-FM to WAMM-FM. The WRDJ callsign was moved to 104.9 FM, located in Roanoke, Virginia two weeks later on December 15. While WAMM-FM flipped the format from Classic rock to Country, branded as "WAMM 105.1; Great Country, Less Talk". It became a sister station of WAMM-AM at 1230 AM, which had also carried a Country format at the time. Lite Rock 105.1 WAMM-FM was a sister station of WAMM-AM until September 16, 2002, when the callsign was changed to WJDV and the Country format was dropped for Light Adult Contemporary, branded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the banner "SportsRadio ESPN". The network is based at the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connecticut, with multiple studio facilities nationwide, along with home studios. The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live radio play-by-play of sporting events. ESPN Radio is broadcast to hundreds of affiliate stations, along with national and Canadian carriage on Sirius XM. The network's content is also available online through its affiliates via Audacy, iHeartRadio and TuneIn, and the network also makes its programming available via podcast feeds and providers, with some additional content audio and video available through an ESPN+ subscription. Several of its programs are also featured as fully live or "best-of" video simulcasts on the ESPN fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work (physics), energy transfer. The watt is named in honor of James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottish people, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved the Newcomen engine with his own Watt steam engine, steam engine in 1776, which became fundamental for the Industrial Revolution. Overview When an object's velocity is held constant at one meter per second against a constant opposing force of one Newton (unit), newton, the rate at which Work (physics), work is done is one watt. \mathrm. In terms of electromagnetism, one watt is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potential difference of one volt (V), meaning the watt is equivalent to the vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy, boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:host, hosts and caller (telecommunications), callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. History In 1955, WHN New York launched the first regular sports talk program featuring a broadcaster/journalist roundtable that aired before and after Brooklyn Dodgers games. By the early 1960s, sports talk content, ranging from individual commentary to roundtable discussions, began appearing in major US markets, initially tied to play-by-play broadcasts but gradually developing unique styles and characters. Art Rust Jr. launched New York’s first interactive call-in show (WMCA) in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Radio
Events *22 January – First emergency Sig Alert broadcast in California as a result of the Redondo Junction train wreck. *13 February – NBC and Westinghouse Broadcasting consummate a station ownership trade which saw NBC attaining owned-and-operated AM and TV stations in Philadelphia (renamed WRCV), and Westinghouse receiving NBC's AM, FM and TV stations in Cleveland (all of which took the KYW callsign). A later legal battle found that NBC engaged in extortion to make the trade happen, even threatening to pull the NBC-TV affiliation off of both Westinghouse's TV stations in Philadelphia and Boston. The swap was reversed by the FCC in June 1965. *1 August – Fu Hsing Broadcasting Station is opened by the Republic of China Armed Forces. *24 September – ''Manila Chronicle'' owners Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez of the Philippines established Chronicle Broadcasting Network and launches AM stations DZXL 960 (The Voice of the People), DZQL Radio Reloj, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockingham County, Virginia
Rockingham County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 83,757. Its county seat is the Independent city (United States), independent city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg. Along with Harrisonburg, Rockingham County forms the Harrisonburg, VA, Harrisonburg metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also home of the Rockingham County Baseball League. History Settlement of the county began in 1727, when Adam Miller (pioneer), Adam Miller (Mueller) staked out a claim on the south fork of the Shenandoah River, near the line that now divides Rockingham County from Page County, Virginia, Page County. On a trip through eastern Virginia, the German-born Miller had heard reports about a lush valley to the west which had been discovered by Governor Alexander Spotswood's legendary Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition, and then moved his family down from Lancas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries in North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
