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WUUB
WESP (106.3 FM) is an radio station licensed to Jupiter, Florida. It airs a sports radio radio format, and is owned by Good Karma Brands, The station's studios are in West Palm Beach and the transmitter tower is in Riviera Beach. The station is licensed to HD Radio, but is not currently broadcasting in HD. History Prior to January 2007, 106.3 FM was known as WJBW, and between January 2007 and December 2011, it was known as WNEW-FM. Despite these call letter changes, the station's branding remained "B106.3". The WNEW call letters were formerly the call letters for New York City radio stations WNEW AM (now WBBR) and WNEW-FM, as well as New York City television station WNEW-TV (now WNYW). CBS Radio, who also owns WWFS, "warehoused" the WNEW calls to WJBW in January 2007. On December 1, 2011, WNEW changed their call letters to WHFS, in effect doing the same "warehousing" move for those call letters, which were tied to long-running alternative rock stations in three different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMBX
WMBX (102.3 FM "X 102.3") is a commercial radio station licensed to Jensen Beach, Florida. It serves the West Palm Beach and Treasure Coast areas, broadcasting an urban adult contemporary radio format. WMBX is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. Its studios and offices are in West Palm Beach. On weekday mornings, it carries '' The Steve Harvey Morning Show'' from Premiere Networks. The transmitter is located on the west side of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Florida. The tower is 965 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT), and shares a transmitter tower with WIRK and WKGR. WMBX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. It sometimes can be picked up as far south as Miami, as far north as Cocoa Beach and as far west as Moore Haven. History On December 10, 1980, the station signed on as WHLG. It was a rare radio station in that era, owned and run by a woman. Genevieve Glascock was both the owner and general manager. The station aired a beauti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNEW Logo
WNEW may refer to: Radio stations Current * WNEW-FM, a radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which has carried the WNEW-FM callsign since 2016, having previously held the calls from 1958 to 2007 Former * WDCH-FM, a radio station (99.1 FM) licensed to Bowie, Maryland, United States, which carried the WNEW-FM callsign from 2011 to 2016 * WJFK (AM), a radio station (1580 AM) licensed to Morningside, Maryland, United States, which carried the WNEW callsign from 2011 to 2013 * WUUB, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Jupiter, Florida, United States, which carried the WNEW callsign from 2007 to 2011 * WBBR, a radio station (1130 AM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which carried the WNEW callsign from 1934 to 1992 * WGH (AM), a radio station (1310 AM) licensed to Newport News, Virginia, United States, which briefly carried the WNEW callsign in 1928 Television stations Former * WNYW WNYW (channel 5) is a television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy, boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:host, hosts and caller (telecommunications), callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. History In 1955, WHN New York launched the first regular sports talk program featuring a broadcaster/journalist roundtable that aired before and after Brooklyn Dodgers games. By the early 1960s, sports talk content, ranging from individual commentary to roundtable discussions, began appearing in major US markets, initially tied to play-by-play broadcasts but gradually developing unique styles and characters. Art Rust Jr. launched New York’s first interactive call-in show (WMCA) in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPBB
WPBB (98.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Holmes Beach, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay media market. It is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, and airs a classic rock radio format, branded as "98.7 The Shark". WPBB's studios are on Executive Center Drive in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and the transmitter is off Park Boulevard North in Seminole, Florida, Seminole. History WAYP/WISP/WLLD/WSJT The station sign-on, signed on the air on December 7, 1989, under the call sign WAYP. The call letters changed to WISP on April 2, 1992. As both WAYP and WISP, the station played mostly easy listening and soft adult contemporary music. On May 15, 1998, after stunting (broadcasting), stunting with a loop of "Wild Thing (Tone Loc song), Wild Thing" by Tone Loc, the rhythmic contemporary format of "WiLD 98.7" debuted under new call letters WLLD. On August 19, 2009, at 5 p.m., "WiLD 98.7" and "Smooth Jazz 94.1 WSJT" switched frequencies, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team plays its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a northern suburb of Miami. The team is owned by Stephen M. Ross. The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida. Of the four AFC East teams, the Dolphins are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Dolphins were also one of the first professional football teams in the Southeastern United States, southeast, along with the Atlanta Falcons. The Dolphins were founded by Joe Robbie, an attorney and politician, and Danny Thomas, an actor and comedian. They began play in the AFL in 1966 Miami Dolphins season, 1966. The region had not had a professional football team since the days of the Miami Seah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNEW-FM
WNEW-FM (102.7 FM broadcasting, FM, ''NEW 102.7'') is a hot adult contemporary-Radio format, formatted radio station, City of license, licensed to New York, New York and owned by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a progressive rock (radio format), progressive rock radio format that began in 1967 and lasted into the 1990s. That station became influential in the development of rock music during the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1958 and 1986, the station shared the WNEW call sign with former sister AM broadcasting, AM station WBBR, WNEW (1130 kHz) and television station WNEW-TV (channel 5), with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to News Corporation in 1986 and the AM station was sold to Bloomberg L.P. in 1992, 102.7 FM retained the WNEW-FM call sign unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Karma Brands
Good Karma Brands, LLC (GKB, formerly Good Karma Broadcasting) is an American conglomerate. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it has interests in radio broadcasting, sports marketing, retail, and real estate. GKB was founded in 1997 by Craig Karmazin, the son of former Viacom and Sirius XM executive Mel Karmazin. Craig remains the CEO of Good Karma to this day. The company owns and/or operates radio stations in the states of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The majority of its radio stations are ESPN Radio affiliates, including its New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago stations—which were sold by The Walt Disney Company to GKB in December 2021. In July 2023, GKB also assumed the day-to-day operations and advertising sales for ESPN Radio nationwide. History The company was established in August 1997, and GKB would make its first acquisition of radio stations in December of that year with the purchase of stations in its home base of Beaver Dam ( WB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSFS (FM)
WSFS (104.3 MHz, "104.3 The Shark") is an FM radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts an alternative rock format targeting Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northeast Second Avenue, while the station's transmitter is located in nearby Pembroke Park. History WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach began broadcasting at 104.5 MHz at 6 a.m. on September 29, 1969. The station, sister to WEAT (850 AM), was an automated beautiful music outlet with syndicated programming supplied by Quality Music, Inc. The station broadcast from the tallest tower in the Palm Beaches and cost $175,000 to build. Within a year, WEAT-FM and WOOD-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were among the first two FM stations to claim overall ratings leadership in their markets. WEAT-AM-FM was purchased four years later by Curt Gowdy for $1.5 million. WEAT-FM was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Joyner
Thomas Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio personality, host, philanthropist and former musician. Joyner is the former host of the nationally syndicated '' The Tom Joyner Morning Show'', and also founder of Reach Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, and BlackAmericaWeb.com. Early life Joyner was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Frances and Hercules L. Joyner. Tom came from an educated family: his grandfather Oscar was one of only 3,000 black physicians in the United States, earning a degree in medicine in 1909. Both of his parents were graduates of historically black colleges, and both Tom and his brother Albert attended Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. Tom Joyner graduated with a degree in sociology. While a student at Tuskegee, Joyner joined the fraternity Omega Psi Phi. At first, his goal was to be a musician, and he joined a band, the Commodores, that included his college friend Lionel Richie, but the band did not make any money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on their playlists, and generally include some mix of contemporary R&B and traditional R&B (while urban oldies stations emphasize only the latter). Urban adult contemporary playlists generally consist of many different genres that originated amongst Black Americans including R&B, soul, funk, disco, jazz, pop, hip-hop, electro, quiet storm, gospel, new jack swing, and hip-hop soul. Summary The format usually plays some classic R&B hits, as well as hits that are ten years old or more. Classic dance music also has a great impact in this format. Disc jockeys use a more relaxed sound than their younger counterparts. News and current events have a major impact on the older audience. Around the evening, urban AC stations play smooth jazz d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
