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WMXZ
WMXZ (95.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Mix 95.9") is a radio station city of license, licensed to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States, serving the South Carolina Lowcountry. The station is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Charleston Radio Group. WMXZ airs an Contemporary hit radio, adult top 40 radio format, format. The station's studios are located in Charleston (east of the Cooper River) and the transmitter tower is in West Ashley, South Carolina. In 2012, WMXZ commenced HD Radio service with ''99.3 The Box'' on the HD2 channel, featuring Urban and R&B music. History Vic Whetstone owned WWBD in Bamberg, South Carolina for 25 years. Miller Communications, a company based in Sumter, South Carolina, acquired it in 2003. It then became a classic rock station as "Bad Dog 95.7". In September 2005, WWBD upgraded from 6,000 to 25,000 watts with a new 500-foot tower in Canaan, South Carolina, Canaan. In 2006, WWBD changed to country music as "Outlaw 95.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSPO
WSPO (1390 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Charleston, South Carolina. This station is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Charleston Radio Group. It airs an urban gospel radio format. The studios are east of the Cooper River in Charleston. WSPO transmits 5,000 watts. To protect other stations on 1390 AM from interference, at night it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter tower is east of the Ashley River in Charleston, near Sam Rittenberg Boulevard ( South Carolina Highway 7). Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W261DG at 100.1 MHz. History WCSC The station first signed on the air on May 14, 1930. Its original call sign was WCSC, broadcasting at 1310 kilocycles. It was the first radio station in Charleston as well as the second oldest in the state of South Carolina. It was started by Fred Jordan and Lewis Burk. The station's first studios were in the Francis Marion Hotel. WCSC increased it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCKN
WCKN (92.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States, the station serves the Charleston, South Carolina area. The station is owned by Saga Communications as part of its Charleston Radio Group. The station's studios are located in Charleston (east of the Cooper River) and the transmitter tower is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Mount Pleasant. History This station started out at 92.1 with 3,000 watts and the letters WTWE and was licensed to Manning, South Carolina. In 1986, WTWE moved to 92.5 and became WHLZ "Wheels 92.5", a country music, country radio station, broadcasting at 100,000 watts while remaining licensed to Manning. It was one of the biggest country stations in the Carolinas, with a signal from Lumberton, NC to Charleston, SC. 92.5 moved closer to Charleston in 2003 and became hot adult contemporary WCSQ "Coast 92.5," while the country format and WWFN-FM, WHLZ call letters m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAVF
WAVF (101.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Hanahan, South Carolina, and serving the South Carolina Lowcountry and Charleston metropolitan area. It is owned by Saga Communications as part of its Charleston Radio Group, and airs an adult hits radio format branded as "Chuck FM". The radio studios and offices are on Clements Ferry Road in Charleston. WAVF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off Venning Road in Mount Pleasant. History WAVF 96 Wave history Managing Partner Paul W. Robinson of Emerald City Media Partners oversaw the construction of a new radio station in the Charleston market. WAVF came on the air on March 11, 1985 on 96.1 FM as "96 Wave". It used the sound effects of ocean waves, played continuously over a week. When the stunt was over, the station debuted with an album-oriented rock (AOR) format. Over time, 96 Wave shifted its format to alternative roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGFG
WGFG (105.3 FM broadcasting, FM), known on-air as "105.3 The Cat", is a country music radio station licensed to Branchville, South Carolina, United States. The station is currently owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC. Bad Dog is also the home of Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School football and Clemson Tigers football. Some of the artists that can be found on The Bad Dog are Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx (band), Styx, and lesser-known classic rock artists like the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Little Feat and Average White Band. It was Orangeburg, South Carolina, Orangeburg's home for John Boy and Billy every weekday morning until the move over to 105.1. Award-winning radio personality and producer Russ T. Fender co-hosts the morning show with Hailey. History Prior to the move of Bad Dog to 105.1, the station carried an Adult Contemporary format as Star 105.1. The "Bad Dog" format moved to 105.1 MHz and began simulcasting with its former exclusive home at 95.7 on Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXST
WXST (99.7 FM, "Star 99.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Hollywood, South Carolina, and serving the Charleston metropolitan area and the South Carolina Lowcountry. It airs an urban adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Saga Communications as part of its Charleston Radio Group. The studios are on Clements Ferry Road in Charleston. Syndicated programs heard on WXST include ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'' and '' The Sweat Hotel with Keith Sweat''. WXST is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 70,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Venning Road in Mount Pleasant. WXST broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries an urban contemporary format, which feeds FM translator W257BQ at 99.3 MHz. The HD3 subchannel simulcasts the urban gospel format on co-owned WSPO 1390 AM. History WHTK Top 40 The station signed on the air on . The original call sign was WHTK. At the time, it was licensed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.Pareles, Jon (June 18, 1986)"Oldies on Rise in Album-Rock Radio" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 19, 2019. The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading. Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by Heritage act (music), heritage acts which are still active and producing new music."New York Radio Guide: Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times And Democrat
''The Times and Democrat'' is a daily newspaper in Orangeburg, South Carolina. ''The Times and Democrat'' is owned by Lee Enterprises, a company based in Davenport, Iowa. History and origins ''The Times and Democrat'' traces its history to the October 1881 merger of ''The Orangeburg Democrat'' and ''The Orangeburg Times''. It also has ties to four other newspapers born in the aftermath of the American Civil War: ''The Southron'', ''The Tax-Payer'', ''The Edisto Clarion'' and ''The Orangeburg News and Times''. Like most newspapers of the South during Reconstruction, the Orangeburg publications were embroiled in political doctrines. The ''Orangeburg News'', for instance, was organized as a newspaper of the Democrats but later became a newspaper of the Republicans. Into this milieu came James L. Sims. The Charleston, South Carolina, native learned the printing trade at ''The Charleston Courier'' and subsequently purchased an interest in ''The Spartanburg Herald''. When his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Palms, South Carolina
Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 4,133. Isle of Palms is a barrier island on the South Carolina coast. The city is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area. The town lies along a narrow strip of land, hugging the beach, separated from the mainland by the Intracoastal Waterway. It is a community of both vacation home owners and year-round residents, with large beachfront homes, resorts, and local restaurants. Beach volleyball is popular in the summer, and the "Windjammer" club hosts several tournaments throughout the year. Geography Isle of Palms is located along the Atlantic Ocean, by road east of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Isle of Palms has a total area of , of which is land, and (18.40%) is wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamberg, South Carolina
Bamberg is a city in and the county seat of Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,607 at the 2010 census. History Bamberg is named after early resident William Seaborn Bamberg. Members of the Bamberg family continue to live in the county to this day. The Bamberg City Hall, Bamberg Historic District, Bamberg Post Office, Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg House, Cal Smoak Site, and Woodlands are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2007, the main street was widened, and a series of iron railings were added to the sidewalks on the street, as part of an improvement scheme for the area. The then County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director stated "It will be a major boost to the economy for the county and downtown Bamberg.” Urbanist advocates, such as Strong Towns, later attributed the use of railings blocking pedestrian street crossings as the reason why a large number of businesses on the main street later went out of business. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the East Coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as the " Grand Strand” in the northeastern part of the state. Its year-round population was 35,682 as of the 2020 census, making it the 13th-most populous city in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in South Carolina and the United States. The city's warm subtropical climate, miles of beaches, 86 golf courses, and 1,800 restaurants attract over 20 million visitors each year, making Myrtle Beach one of the most visited destinations in the country. Located along the historic King's Highway (modern day U.S. Route 17), the region was once home to the Waccamaw people. During the colonial period, the Whither family settled in the area, and a prominent local waterway, Wither's Swash, is named in their honor. Originally called alternately "New Town" or "Withers", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
