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WPAP (FM)
WPAP (92.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station located in Panama City, Florida. WPAP airs a country music format. History WPAP began broadcast on March 7, 1967, as WDLP-FM, which was an FM translation of the popular AM station WDLP, with an ERP of 39 kW. On May 24, 1968, an application for assignment of the licences of both the FM and AM station were filed by a "Miracle Radio, Inc.". The station fell into their ownership later that year. In March 1969, the station was renamed WPAP-FM. To celebrate the new radio station, a concert was held at the City Auditorium on 4 April of that year, and featured Wilma Burgess, Archie Campbell, Lorene Mann, and Ray Pillow. Along with the call sign change, WPAP also became the first stereo FM station in the Florida Panhandle, thanks to strengthened equipment. On January 10, 1975, at 6:21 p.m., WPAP switched transmitters, increasing their power to 100,000 watts. From 1981 until 1984, it was marketed as "North Florida's Country M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama City, Florida
Panama City is a city in and the county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States. Located along U.S. Route 98 in Florida, U.S. Highway 98 (US 98), it is the largest city between Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee and Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola. It is also the most populated city and a principal city of the Panama City, Florida metropolitan area, Panama City–Panama City Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area with around 200,534 in the metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 32,939, down from the figure of 36,484 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Name The development in this once unincorporated part of Northwest Florida was created by combining the settlements and communities of Floriopolis, Harrison, Millville, Park Resort, and St. Andrews. In 1906, the development was named Panama City and it was first incorporated as Panama City in 1909. When Panama City was incorporated, its original city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM Radio
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to transmit high fidelity, high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting offers higher fidelity—more accurate reproduction of the original program sound—than other broadcasting techniques, such as AM broadcasting. It is also less susceptible to Electromagnetic interference, common forms of interference, having less static and popping sounds than are often heard on AM. Therefore, FM is used for most broadcasts of music and general audio (in the audio spectrum). FM radio stations use the very high frequency range of radio frequency, radio frequencies. Broadcast bands Throughout the world, the FM broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually 87.5 to 108.0 MHz is used, or some portion of it, with few exceptions: * In the Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations Established In 1967
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves. They can be received by other antennas connected to a radio receiver; this is the fundamental principle of radio communication. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Radio Stations In The United States
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, or dependent territory. Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. There is no universal agreement on the number of "countries" in the world, since several states have disputed sovereignty status or limited recognition, and a number of non-sovereign entities are commonly considered countries. The definition and usage of the word "country" are flexible and have changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Areas much smaller than a political entity may be referred to as a "country", such as the West Country in England, "big sky country" (used in various contexts of the American West), "co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Florida
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Florida, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAGE * WAXA * WBFT-LP * WCFI * WCFQ-LP * WCNU * WDDV * WDSP * WEAG * WEKJ-LP * WFAB * WFBO-LP * WFDM * WFHA-LP * WFJV-LP * WFLA (Boca Raton, Florida) * WFLP-LP * WFLU-LP * WFSH * WFSX * WFTI-FM * WGAG-FM * WGOT-LP * WGRO * WGRV-LP * WHBT * WHTR-LP * WINV * WKGC * WKIZ * WKJO-LP * WLAS-LP * WLMS * WLVF (AM) * WMJX * WNOG * WNPL * WNRG-LP * WORZ-LP * WPCU-LP * WPLP * WRAP * WREH * WSBR * WSUN * WSVE * WTHA-LP * WTKP * WTOT * WVFP-LP * WVOI * WVST * WWSD * WYFR * WZRO-LP See also * WRMI, a shortwave radio station that broadcasts from Okeechobee, Florida * Florida media ** List of newspapers in Florida ** List of television stations in Florida ** Media of cities in Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Gainesv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Pillow
Herbert Raymond Pillow (July 4, 1937 – March 26, 2023) was an American country music singer, music publisher, and artists and repertoire (A&R) representative. In his career, he had 18 singles on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart, with his highest-peaking song being the number 9 single " I'll Take the Dog", a duet with Jean Shepard. After charting for the last time in 1981, Pillow founded Sycamore Records with Larry McFadden, and later worked in the A&R department of Capitol Records. Pillow continued to perform as a member of the Grand Ole Opry and on popular classic country television programs such as ''Country's Family Reunion'', which airs regularly in the United States on RFD-TV network. Through his record label, Pillow released two albums, ''Ray Pillow Live'' and ''Country Class'', the latter of which contained new material. Pillow retired in 2018. Pillow was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1966. Pillow died in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorene Mann
Lillian Lorene Mann (January 4, 1937 – May 24, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her duets with Justin Tubb and Archie Campbell. Biography Mann was born January 4, 1937, in Huntland, Tennessee, as the youngest of 10 children. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1956, Mann wrote "Left to Right", a top-10 hit by Kitty Wells in 1960. She also wrote "Don't Go Near the Indians" by Rex Allen (number four, 1962), "Something Precious" by Skeeter Davis (number 23, 1962), and "My Wife's House" by Jerry Wallace (number 9, 1974). Between 1965 and 1969, Mann recorded for RCA Victor. She recorded two duet albums, ''Together and Alone'' with Justin Tubb in 1966, and ''Tell It Like It Is'' with Archie Campbell in 1968. Singles from the albums entered the Hot Country Songs chart. "Hurry, Mr. Peters", a duet with Tubb, was an answer song to " Yes, Mr. Peters" by Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell. Her only solo album, ''A Mann Named Lorene'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Campbell (comedian)
Archie Campbell (November 7, 1914 – August 29, 1987) was an American comedian, writer, and star of ''Hee Haw'', a country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording artist with several hits for RCA Victor in the 1960s. Biography Early career Born in Bulls Gap, Tennessee, Campbell studied art at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina, after which he began a radio career at WNOX in Knoxville. After a year alongside Roy Acuff on their ''Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round'', he relocated to WDOD in Chattanooga, where he stayed until joining the U.S. Navy in 1941. At the end of World War II, Campbell returned to WNOX. He left that station for rival WROL, where he helped start Knoxville's first country-music television show (on WROL-TV), ''Country Playhouse'', that premiered in 1952 and ran until 1958. At the close of that show, he moved to Nashville to replace Rod Brasfield on the nationally syndicated Prince Albert segment of the Grand Ole Opry. Shortly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Burgess
Wilma Charlene Burgess (born June 11, 1939 – August 26, 2003) was an American country music singer. She rose to fame in the mid-1960s and charted fifteen singles on the ''Billboard'' C&W charts between 1965 and 1975. Background Burgess was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, United States, the daughter of Jessie Willard Burgess and Arlene Johnson Burgess. Following her graduation from William R. Boone High School in 1956, she proceeded to Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, studying physical education. She had no interest in a musical career - although she had displayed her natural talent performing as a pop singer on local television - until hearing Eddy Arnold in concert awakened her passion for country music. In 1960, a songwriter friend of Burgess persuaded her to go to Nashville to record some demos of his compositions. One of the publishers Burgess sang for asked to manage her singing career and Burgess cut her first single in 1962 for the United Artists label. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDIZ (Panama City, Florida)
WDIZ (590 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Panama City, Florida, United States, the station was last owned by iHeartMedia. The station went on the air as WDLP in 1940, and operated until May 2020; its license was surrendered, under the WDDV call sign that had never been used on the air, that August. History In 1939, three businessmen, William J. Cook, Phil Roll, and Ed DeWitt, founded the Panama City Broadcasting Company. In June 1939, Cook put in an application for the construction of a 250-watt-day, 100-watt-night radio station on West Beach Drive, transmitting on 1200 kHz. After it was approved, the station was assigned the call sign WRSR, which was never used. The station's owner, John H. Perry (owner of WJAX, WCOA, and later the ''Panama City News-Herald'') changed the call letters to WDLP, after his wife Dorothy Lilly Perry. Personnel at the time of launch included Braden L. Ball (general manager), Fred Phillips (program direc ... [...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] |
