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WIZF
WIZF (101.1 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Erlanger, Kentucky, serving the Cincinnati area. The station is owned and operated by Urban One. It broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 2,500 watts. Its studios are located at Centennial Plaza in downtown Cincinnati, and the transmitter site is west of the downtown area. History Early years Ken Thomas, Inc., received a construction permit for a new FM radio station on 100.9 MHz in Erlanger, Kentucky, from the Federal Communications Commission on June 1, 1964. WKKY-FM signed on in September 1965, broadcasting a full-service format. WKKY-FM was bought in late 1968 by the Christian Broadcasting Association, owners of WTOF in Canton; the call letters were changed to WHKK and a new format of religious programs instituted. The Christian Broadcasting Association also converted the station to 24-hour operation. Under its ownership, WHKK became known for its gospel music and its intensive public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGRR
WGRR (103.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Hamilton, Ohio, and serving the Cincinnati metropolitan area. It broadcasts a classic hits radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios and offices are on Montgomery Road in Norwood, Ohio, using a Cincinnati address. WGRR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,000 watts. Its transmitter is off West North Bend Road at Winton Road in Cincinnati. History WHOH (1959-1973) On February 9, 1959, the station signed on as WHOH, representing Hamilton, OHio. It was the FM sister station to WMOH 1450 AM, and was owned by Fort Hamilton Broadcasting. WHOH aired a blend of middle of the road and beautiful music through the 1960s and 70s. Adult contemporary (1973-1979) In 1973, the call sign was changed to WYCH and in 1978 to WOKV playing soft adult contemporary music. Disco (1979-1981) There was a format switch to all disco music in 1979. During this time, it was known as "The Chicken" in reference to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban One
Urban One, Inc. (formerly Radio One) is a Silver Spring, Maryland-based American media conglomerate. Founded in 1980 by Cathy Hughes, the company primarily operates media properties targeting African Americans. It is the largest African-American-owned broadcasting company in the United States, operating 55 radio stations and majority-owning the syndicator Reach Media, as well as its digital arm Interactive One, and the cable network TV One.Felicia R. Lee"A Network for Blacks With Sense of Mission" ''The New York Times'', December 11, 2007. As of 2014, it was the ninth-highest-earning African-American-owned business in the United States. History Urban One was founded as Radio One in 1980 by Cathy Hughes, a then-recently divorced single mother, with the purchase of the Washington, D.C. radio station WOL-AM for $995,000.Steven Overly"With purchase of radio station WOL in 1980, Cathy Hughes launched a media empire" ''The Washington Post'', August 11, 2014.Clea Simon"Mining an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSAI
WSAI (1360 AM) is a Cincinnati, Ohio commercial radio station. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, its studios, as well as those of iHeartMedia's other Cincinnati stations, are in the Towers of Kenwood building next to I-71 in the Kenwood section of Sycamore Township, and its transmitter site is in Mount Healthy. Programming WSAI is known as "Fox Sports 1360", and airs the entire Fox schedule, including ''The Dan Patrick Show'', Rich Eisen, and Colin Cowherd. It is the Cincinnati affiliate for University of Louisville Cardinals football and basketball (if Kentucky is on ESPN 1530), NFL on Westwood One, NCAA college basketball on Westwood One, NCAA college football on Westwood One, and Columbus Blue Jackets hockey. History WSAI was first authorized, by telegram, on March 19, 1923, and was initially operated by the United States Playing Card Company. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOSL
WOSL (100.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Norwood, Ohio. The station is owned by Radio One, and airs an urban oldies-leaning urban adult contemporary format. Its studios are located at Centennial Plaza in Downtown Cincinnati and the transmitter site is west of the downtown area. History The station began broadcasting on April 4, 1948, as WCNB-FM in Connersville, Indiana. It was owned by The News-Examiner Company, publisher of the ''Connersville News-Examiner''. Studios were on the second floor of the News-Examiner Building, 406 Central Avenue in Connersville. Mojo (2006-2012) On September 2, 2006, Radio One, Inc. acquired the intellectual property and call letters of WMOJ-FM from Cumulus Media, and moved it from 94.9 FM to 100.3 FM. 100.3 had been moved into the Cincinnati market by Radio One, after it purchased the former WIFE-FM in Connersville, Indiana. Cumulus retained ownership of the 94.9 FM frequency, and after the 2006 Cincinnati radio station reorganiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDBZ
WDBZ (1230 AM) is an urban talk/urban contemporary-formatted radio station serving Cincinnati, Ohio. The station mostly plays urban talk while also providing urban oldies and urban contemporary gospel music. Owned by Urban One, its studios are located at Centennial Plaza in Downtown Cincinnati and the transmitter site is in Eden Park. History WDBZ broadcasts on one of the oldest radio frequencies in Cincinnati. The AM license was originally granted in 1924 and broadcast as WFBE at 1290 AM, later moving to 1230. It was the weakest of five AM stations in Cincinnati. Scripps-Howard Newspapers (now the E. W. Scripps Company) purchased the station in October 1935, renaming it WCPO after ''The Cincinnati Post''. (Scripps-Howard Broadcasting would later launch sister stations WCPO-TV and WCPO-FM.) WCPO was Cincinnati's first Top 40/Rock 'n' Roll station, and was in the format from 1956 until it was sold in 1966. WCPO encountered serious competition from the stronger WSAI 1360 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlanger, Kentucky
Erlanger is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2010 United States Census, 2010 census population of 18,368. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Erlanger was founded in the 1880s. The city was named after the Parisian family bank Emile Erlanger & Co. and its founder, Baron Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger, who helped finance the town's early development. In current usage, the name is pronounced in an anglicized way, with neither a French nor German accent. Nearby Elsmere, Kentucky, Elsmere was originally known as "South Erlanger". Geography Erlanger is located at (39.013511, -84.594042). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1.19%) is water. Demographics As of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census, there were 16,676 people, 6,597 househo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Wildcats Football
The Kentucky Wildcats football program represents the University of Kentucky in the sport of American football. The Wildcats compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats play their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky and are led by head coach Mark Stoops. History Early history (1881–1972) Until about 1913, the modern University of Kentucky was referred to as "Kentucky State College" and nearby Transylvania University was known as "Kentucky University". In 1880, Kentucky University and Centre College played the first intercollegiate football game in Kentucky. Kentucky State first fielded a football team in 1881, playing three games against rival Kentucky University. The team was revived in 1891. Both the inaugural 1881 squad and the revived 1891 squad have unknown coaches according to university records in winning two game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Football League
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be played in the autumn/winter, directly competing against the long-established National Football League (NFL). However, the USFL ceased operations before that season was scheduled to begin. The ideas behind the USFL were conceived in 1965 by New Orleans businessman David Dixon, who saw a market for a professional football league that would play in the summer, when the National Football League and college football were in their off-season. Dixon had been a key player in the construction of the Louisiana Superdome and the expansion of the NFL into New Orleans in 1967. He developed "The Dixon Plan"—a blueprint for the USFL based upon securing NFL-caliber stadiums in top TV markets, securing a national TV broadcast contract, and controllin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortenson Broadcasting
Mortenson Broadcasting was an independent media company based in Lexington, Kentucky. Mortenson primarily owned Christian radio stations in several market areas. Mortenson Broadcasting Company began with the vision of Jack M. Mortenson and his late father, Dr. E. M. Mortenson. After several very successful joint ventures, including the start-up and pastorship of Faith Memorial Baptist Church in Canton, Ohio, Jack re-directed his career to focus exclusively on the development of his network of Christian radio stations after the death of his father in 1970. Stations formerly owned Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas * KHVN - (under ownership of iHeartMedia) * KTNO - (under ownership of Relevant Radio) * KRVA - (under ownership of LRAD Media) * KKGM - (under ownership of iHeartMedia) * KGGR KGGR (1040 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Dallas, Texas and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by MARC Radio Group and airs an urban gospel radio format, in pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYLD-FM
WYLD-FM (98.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, and one of the highest-rated radio stations in the market. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are located in Downtown New Orleans. It carries the syndicated ''Steve Harvey Morning Show'' weekdays from co-owned Premiere Networks. WYLD-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is on Behrman Highway in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. History On April 22, 1964, 98.5 MHz signed on as WWOM-FM, the sister station to WWOM. It was owned by the Wagenwood Broadcasting Company, with studios at 344 Camp Street. The station was sold to Advance Communications in 1972, and became Top 40-formatted WIXO ("98.5 - a little cooler than normal"). However, in the early 1970s, only some people owned FM radios and ratings were low. On September 24, 1974, at 4 p.m., WIXO went dark. " Golden Slumbers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKDD
WKDD (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Munroe Falls, Ohio, featuring a hot adult contemporary format known as "98.1 KDD". Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station serves both the Akron- Canton metro area, with additional coverage in Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. WKDD's studios are located in North Canton, while the transmitter is located in Cuyahoga Falls. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKDD broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and streams online via iHeartRadio. History WTOF / WTOF-FM In 1960, Edwin Mortenson moved to Canton, Ohio and began construction on a new 50,000-watt FM radio station: WTOF at 98.1 megahertz (MHz). Mortenson had tired of losing his radio ministry whenever a new station owner would come along and flip his affiliate's format; he resolved to build his own radio station to keep his religious shows on the air – WTOF-FM was that station. Broadcasting a Christian format under the name "Tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KATZ-FM
KATZ-FM (100.3 Hertz, MHz, "The Beat") is a radio station serving the area of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, with a mainstream urban format. The iHeartMedia (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 17 kW and is licensed to Bridgeton, Missouri. Its transmitter is located in Overland, Missouri, Overland, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park (St. Louis), Forest Park. History Early years/The "Original" 100.3 The Beat 100.3 FM, which signed on in September 1961 as WOKZ-FM in Alton, Illinois, originally inherited the R&B format under the call letters WZEN, "Disco 100" (which began on April 18, 1979), which would later change call letters to KATZ-FM in 1988. But under its original owners, it was never successful and was always behind KSLZ, KMJM in terms of ratings and audience, which dates back to their days as rival disco outlets in the late 1970s. In 1980, the station flipped to contemporary hit radio, CHR, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
