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WLZR
WLZR (1560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Melbourne, Florida, and serving the Melbourne- Titusville-Cocoa area of the Space Coast. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a sports radio format. Most of the programming comes from the CBS Sports Radio Network. By day, WLZR is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional. But because 1560 AM is a clear channel frequency, WLZR is a daytimer. It must go off the air at sunset to avoid interference with older, higher power stations. History In 1968, the station signed on as WTAI. An early DJ was Bryan Norcross, on-air as Barry O'Brien, who later became a well-known meteorologist for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew. It switched its call sign to WTMS in 1997, WAOA in 2000 and WINT in 2003. In October 2008, WINT flipped from an oldies format to an ESPN Radio all-sports format. On February 25, 2011, WINT went silent. On December 13, 2014, WLZR returned to the air, simulcasting sports-formatted WSJZ 95.9 FM. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAOA-FM
WAOA-FM (107.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Melbourne and covering Florida's Space Coast. Owned by Cumulus Media, it broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. It calls itself W A One A, named after Coastal Florida highway State Road A1A. The radio studios and offices are on West Hibiscus Boulevard in Melbourne. WAOA-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum power for non-grandfathered FM stations. It can be heard as far north as Daytona Beach, as far west as Winter Haven and far south as Port St. Lucie. Its transmitter is in Melbourne, on Harlock Road, visible from Interstate 95. As of October 2007, the station was streamed online via iHeart Radio. History In November 1972, the station signed on as WTAI-FM with an adult contemporary music format. It briefly aired a beautiful music format in 1978. Then on July 10, 1978, it changed its call sign to WLLV, and its format to Contemporary Christian music. On February 24, 1984, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1560 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1560 kHz: 1560 AM is classified as a United States clear-channel frequency by the Federal Communications Commission. KNZR Bakersfield and WFME New York City share Class A status of 1560 kHz. Argentina * LT 33 in 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires * LT 11 in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios * Castañares in Ituzaingó * La Voz in Tandil, Buenos Aires * Restauración in Lavallol, Buenos Aires Mexico * XEJPV-AM in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua * XEMAS-AM in Salamanca, Guanajuato United States Stations in bold are clear-channel station A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-co ...s. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1560 Am Lists of radio stations by frequency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WROK-FM
WROK-FM (95.9 MHz, "The Rocket") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Sebastian, Florida, serving the Space Coast and Treasure Coast areas. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a classic rock format. WROK-FM has its studios and offices on West Hibiscus Blvd in Melbourne. The transmitter is off Micco Road near Sebastian. The station has a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to increase its antenna height while slightly decreasing its effective radiated power. WROK-FM is not associated with WROK (AM) in Rockford, Illinois which is owned by Townsquare Media. History The station originally signed on under the call sign WINT-FM, on September 20, 2001, and branded itself ''95.9 The Point''. At the time, the station featured a big band and adult standards format. In 2003, WINT changed its call sign to WSJZ, to reflect its new smooth jazz format, and became known as ''Smooth Jazz 95.9''. On April 1, 2004, the station changed to a class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Norcross
Bryan S. Norcross (born November 24, 1950) is a television meteorologist, hurricane specialist, and contributor in the United States. He works for Fox Weather in New York City, the free ad-supported streaming television weather service, and served as a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel in Atlanta.Miami HeralRetrieved on 2018-05-09. He was previously chief meteorologist for WTVJ-TV (the NBC owned-and-operated television station in Miami, Florida), where he became well-known for his part in that station's coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.The Weather CompanRetrieved on 2018-05-09. Subsequently, Norcross was Director of Meteorology for WFOR-TV, the CBS-owned and -operated television station in Miami, and hurricane analyst for CBS News in New York City.Weather GrouRetrieved on 2018-05-09. From 1996-2007, Norcross became a regular fixture on CBS's national newscasts during hurricane season. In June 2008, Norcross opted not to renew his contract with WFOR in order to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHKR
WHKR (102.7 FM, "The Hitkicker") is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to Rockledge, Florida, and serving the Space Coast. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a country music radio format. WHKR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is off Parrish Road in Cocoa West (). History The station first signed on in 1989. Previously known as "WHKR 102.7 The Hitkicker", on July 3, 2013, at 3pm, after playing "Parking Lot Party" by Lee Brice, WHKR aired a brief stunt sequence along with the top-of-the-hour station identification. It then joined Cumulus's nationally growing country brand as "Nash FM 102.7 Melbourne". The first song on "Nash" was Randy Houser's ''How Country Feels ''How Country Feels'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Randy Houser. It was released on January 22, 2013, through Stoney Creek Records. Houser wrote seven of the album's fifteen tracks. The album was produced by Derek Ge ...''. It was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Florida
Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located southeast of Orlando. As of th2020 Decennial Census there was a population of 84,678. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1969, the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie. History Early human occupation Evidence for the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Melbourne area during the late Pleistocene epoch was uncovered during the 1920s. C. P. Singleton, a Harvard University zoologist, discovered the bones of a mammoth ('' Mammuthus columbi'') on his property along Crane Creek, from Melbourne, and brought in Amherst College paleontologist Frederick B. Loomis to excavate the skeleton. Loomis found a second elephant, with a "large rough flint instrument" among fragments of the elephant's ribs. Loomis found in the same stratum m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide. A radio format aims to reach a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming, which can be thematic or general, more informative or more musical, among other possibilities. Radio formats are often used as a marketing tool and are subject to frequent changes. Except for talk radio or sports radio formats, most programming formats are based on commercial music. However the term also includes the news, bulletins, DJ talk, jingles, commercials, competitions, traffic news, sports, weather and community announcements between the tracks. Backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omnidirectional Antenna
In radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is a class of antenna which radiates equal radio power in all directions perpendicular to an axis (azimuthal directions), with power varying with angle to the axis ( elevation angle), declining to zero on the axis. When graphed in three dimensions ''(see graph)'' this radiation pattern is often described as ''doughnut-shaped''. Note that this is different from an isotropic antenna, which radiates equal power in ''all'' directions, having a ''spherical'' radiation pattern. Omnidirectional antennas oriented vertically are widely used for nondirectional antennas on the surface of the Earth because they radiate equally in all horizontal directions, while the power radiated drops off with elevation angle so little radio energy is aimed into the sky or down toward the earth and wasted. Omnidirectional antennas are widely used for radio broadcasting antennas, and in mobile devices that use radio such as cell phones, FM radios, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clear Channel Station
A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws. Known as Class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former classifications of Class I-A (the highest classification), Class I-B (the next highest class), or Class I-N (for stations in Alaska too far away to cause interference to the primary clear-channel stations in the lower 48 states). The term "clear-channel" is used most often in the context of North America and the Caribbean, where the concept originated. Since 1941, these stations have been required to maintain an effective radiated power of at least 10,000 watts to retain their status. Nearly all such stations in the United States, Canada and The Baham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign-on
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio station, radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a Radio station, radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub-channels may sign-on and sign-off at significantly different times as its main channels. Like other television programming, sign-on and sign-off sequences can be initiated by a broadcast automation system, and automatic transmission systems can turn the carrier signal and transmitter on/off by remote control. Sign-on and sign-off sequences have become less common due to the increasing prevalence of 24/7, 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocoa, Florida
Cocoa is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 19,041 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Etymology Several stories circulate among Cocoa old timers as to how the town got its name. One story says that the mail used to come by river boat and was placed in an empty tin box labeled Baker's Cocoa. The box was nailed to a piling in the river next to downtown. Additionally, an early hotel in the area, located on the Indian River lagoon, was named Cocoa House. Another story speaks of an elderly African American woman who lived on the banks of the Indian River. She would supply hot cocoa to sailors traversing the Indian River. It was said, the sailors approaching her house would yell out "Cocoa! Cocoa!" alerting the woman that they were present and wanted the beverage. 19th Century In 1885, the S. F. Travis Hardware store opened. As of 2022, the business remains open. Coc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed, and remained the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later. Andrew was also the strongest landfalling hurricane in the United States in decades and the costliest hurricane to strike anywhere in the country, until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005. In addition, Andrew is one of only four tropical cyclones to make landfall in the continental United States as a Category 5, alongside the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, 1969's Camille, and 2018's Michael. While the storm also caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana, the greatest impact was felt in South Florida, where the storm made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, with 1-minute sustained wind speeds as high as 165 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
