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WSKW
WSKW (1160 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial amplitude modulation, AM radio station licensed to Skowhegan, Maine. It is owned by J. Hanson Company and it carries a radio format of sports radio, sports from Infinity Sports Network. The radio studio, studios and offices are in the Lee Farm Mall in Augusta, Maine, Augusta. WSKW broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day and uses a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna at all times. Because AM 1160 is a clear channel station, clear channel frequency reserved for List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A station KSL (AM), KSL in Salt Lake City, WSKW must reduce power at night to 730 watts to avoid interference. The transmitter is off Middle Road (Route 104) in Skowhegan. History WSKW sign-on, signed on the air on March 17, 1956. It originally broadcast on AM 1150 using the call sign WGHM. The station was powered at 1,000 watts and was a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset each evening. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCTB
WCTB is an FM Broadcasting, FM radio broadcast station licensed to Fairfield, Maine, United States, with studios in Skowhegan, Maine, Skowhegan. It broadcasts on 93.5 MHz with a classic country format, and is owned by J. Hanson Company. Its programming is simulcast on WGUY in Veazie (near Bangor, Maine, Bangor). History WCTB originally signed on as an adult contemporary music station in 1993. In the late 1990s, the station went through several format changes, at times simulcasting the sports radio, sports talk of WSKW and country music (both classic and current country) simulcasted on WCME (now WBQA). In late 2003, when Clear Channel Broadcasting lost control of the station, WCTB began to Stunting (broadcasting), stunt with Christmas music (as they had done every year from Thanksgiving to Christmas). In January 2004, the station began airing an eclectic mix of music, finally ending up with a classic hits format in April 2004. With another ownership change in November 2004, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM 1160
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1160 kHz: in the United States and Mexico. Radio station KSL in Salt Lake City is the dominant Class A station on 1160 AM, a United States clear-channel frequency, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In Argentina * Independencia in Lanus, Buenos Aires * La Mas Santiagueña in Gregorio de Laferrere, Buenos Aires * LRA57 in El Bolsón, Río Negro * LRH253 Cataratas Puerto Iguazú * LU32 in Olavarría, Buenos Aires In Colombia * Su Presencia Radio in La Castellana, Bogotá In Mexico * XEQIN-AM in San Quintin, Baja California In the United States Stations in bold are clear-channel station A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classification exists to ensure the viability of cross ...s. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1160 Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFMX
WFMX (107.9 FM, "107-9 the Mix") is an adult contemporary– formatted radio station licensed to Skowhegan, Maine. The station is owned by J. Hanson Company. Its programming is also simulcast on WBAN in Veazie (near Bangor). History WFMX went on the air March 17, 1990, as a satellite fed oldies format under the call letters WHQO (Standing for "Headquarters for Oldies") changing a few years later to a community-based adult contemporary format as "The Light at the end of the dial". In the late 1990s, as ownership of the station changed frequently the station changed formats several times, including simulcasting the sports of WSKW (1996–1999), top 40 as "The Party 108" (1999–2000), talk both simulcasting WVOM-FM from Bangor and solo before flipping to the current "Mix 107.9" in February 2005. In 1999 an effort was made to donate the station to Maine Public Radio; the donation was never completed, as it was contingent on a never-completed sale of Mountain Wireless' stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skowhegan, Maine
Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States. Skowhegan was originally inhabited by the indigenous Abenaki people who named the area Skowhegan, meaning "watching place or fish" and were mostly dispersed by the end of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War. History Original inhabitants For thousands of years prior to European settlement, this region of Maine was the territory of the Kinipekw (later known as Kennebec) Norridgewock tribe of Abenaki. The Norridgewock village was located on the land now known as Madison. The Abenaki relied on agriculture (corn, beans, and squash) for a large part of their diet, supplemented by hunting, fishing, and the gathering of wild foods. The Skowhegan Falls (which have since been replaced by the Weston Dam) descended 28 feet over a half-mile on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album Rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM broadcasting, FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of Rock music, rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. US radio stations dedicated to playing album tracks by rock artists from the hard rock and progressive rock genres initially established album-oriented radio. In the mid-1970s, AOR was characterized by a layered, mellifluous sound and sophisticated production with considerable dependence on melodic hooks. The AOR format achieved tremendous popularity in the late 1960s to the early 1980s through research and formal programming to create an album rock format with great commercial appeal. From the early 1980s onward, the abbreviation AOR transitioned from "album-oriented radio" to "album-oriented rock", meaning radio stations specialized in classic rock recorded during the late 1960s and 1970s. The term is also commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously). For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio. Likewise, the BBC's Prom concerts were formerly simulcast on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Television. Another application is the transmission of the original-language soundtrack of movies or TV series over local or Internet radio, with the television broadcast having been dubbed into a local language. Yet another is when a sports game, such as Super Bowl LVIII, is simulcast on multiple television networks at the same time. In the case of Super Bowl LVIII, the game's main broadcast channel was CBS, but viewers could watch it on other CBS-owned television channels or streaming services as well; Nickelodeon and Paramount+ showed the English-language broadcast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radio format, appeared in 1960. The Top 40, whether surveyed by a radio station or a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daytimer
A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classification 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 the 1983 adoption of the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2 (Rio Agreement), 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 a transmitter power output ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations on board ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM 1150
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1150 kHz: 1150 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. In Argentina * LRA2 in Viedma, Chubut * LRA51 Nacional in San José de Jáchal * LRH202 Tupá Mbaé in Posadas, Misiones * LT9 Brigadier Lopez in Santa Fe * Sagrada Familia in San Justo In Canada In Mexico * XEAD-AM in Tonala, Jalisco * XECSAK-AM in Matehuala, San Luis Potosi * XEJP-AM XEJP-AM (1150 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Mexico City. It is owned by Grupo Acustik and it airs a Regional Mexican radio format. By day, XEJP is powered at 20,000 watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on 1150 AM, ... in San Miguel Teotongo, CDMX * XERM-AM in Mexicali, Baja California * XEUAS-AM in Culiacan, Sinaloa In the United States References {{DEFAULTSORT:1150 Am Lists of radio stations by fre ... [...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 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 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 than 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 broadcasting. However, some national broadcasters continue the pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
