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WVBB
WVBB (97.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc., with radio studio, studios and offices on Electric Road in Roanoke. WVBB and sister station WVBE-FM 100.1 Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg simulcast an urban adult contemporary radio format. In weekday AM drive time, the stations carry ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show''. WVBB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 260 watts as a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A station. The transmitter is off Mountain Park Drive in Salem, Virginia, on Fort Lewis Mountain. History Station swap The station sign-on, signed on the air in . Its original call sign was WRON-FM. All Access reported on September 20, 2007 that Todd P. Robinson, Inc.'s WKCJ would be swapped to Radio Greenbrier, Inc. for WRON-FM (now on 103.1). The swap took place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVBE-FM
WVBE-FM (100.1 Hertz, MHz "The Vibe") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, and serving Lynchburg metropolitan area, Metro Lynchburg. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc., with radio studio, studios and offices on Electric Road in Roanoke. WVBE-FM 100.1 and WVBB 97.7 in Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, simulcast an urban adult contemporary radio format, with WVBB serving the Roanoke metropolitan area. Each weekday in AM drive time, The Vibe carries ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show''. WVBE-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts as a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class C3 station. The transmitter is on Country Living Lane in Madison Heights, Virginia, Madison Heights, near U.S. Route 29 in Virginia, U.S. Route 29 (Monacan Parkway). WVBE-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries an active rock format, simulcasting sister station WZZU. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSLC-FM
WSLC-FM (94.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the Roanoke Valley and New River Valley. WSLC-FM is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. It airs a country music radio format, using the moniker "94.9 Star Country." WSLC-FM's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. The transmitter is off Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain. The station is powered at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) on a tower 1962 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C signal can be heard over much of Southwest Virginia and into North Carolina and West Virginia. On occasion, WSLC-FM can be picked up more than 200 miles away. History WDBJ-FM On July 11, 1948, the station signed on as WDBJ-FM. It was owned by the Times World Corporation, publisher of '' The Roanoke Times-World'', which in 1955 started Channel 7 WDBJ-TV. At first, WDBJ-FM simulcast its AM counterpart, AM 960 WDBJ (now WFIR). In the early 1960s, WDBJ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZZU
WZZU (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia. It broadcasts an active rock format and is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. The studios and offices are on Electric Road SW in Roanoke, Virginia. WZZU has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 570 watts. The transmitter is on Mistover Drive in Monroe, Virginia. Programming is also heard in the Roanoke metropolitan area on FM translator W247AD at 97.3 MHz. History The station signed on the air on September 1, 1970. Its original call sign was WLLL-FM, broadcasting at 98.3 MHz. It was the FM sister station to WLLL 930 AM. The two stations were owned by the Griffith Broadcasting Corporation. At first, WLLL-FM simulcast WLLL. Later, it had an automated oldies format, with its WGOL call letters standing for GOLden Oldies. In 1997, the call sign switched to WRVX. In 2000, it changed its call sign to WZZU, airing a classic rock format. On April 19, 2021, WZZU segued from class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXLK
WXLK (92.3 FM "K92") is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. WXLK airs a contemporary hit radio format and is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. WXLK's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. Its transmitter is on Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain. WXLK broadcasts in the HD Radio format. The station runs at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) on a tower 1,985 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C station can be heard into North Carolina and West Virginia. At times it can be picked up more than 200 miles away. History On December 17, 1960, the station first signed on as WLRJ. It was owned by Lee Hartman & Sons, a company headquartered in Roanoke that still provides audio and video services, although it no longer owns a radio station. WLRJ ran at only 2,800 watts, a fraction of its current power. The station specialized in what it called "fine music" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPLY (AM)
WPLY (610 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station city of license, licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, and serving Southwest Virginia and the New River Valley. WPLY simulcasts a sports radio radio format, format with WPLI 1390 AM in Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg. Both stations are owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. Most programming is supplied by Fox Sports Radio. By day, WPLY transmits 5,000 watts, but at night (when radio waves travel farther) it reduces power to 1,000 watts to protect other stations on 610 AM. WPLY has a directional antenna, using a five-tower array. The transmitter is at the end of Newman Drive in Salem, Virginia, Salem. Programming is also heard on 175-watt FM translator W266CY at 101.1 Hertz, MHz in Roanoke. History WSLC Country Just before noon on , the station sign-on, signed on. The original call sign was WSLS. During the "Golden Age of Radio," the station carried programs from the NBC Blue Network, dramas, come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPLI
WPLI (1390 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia. WPLI simulcasts a sports radio format with WPLY 610 AM in Roanoke. Both stations are owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. Most programming is supplied by Fox Sports Radio Fox Sports Radio is an Radio in the United States, American Sports radio, sports radio network. Based in Los Angeles, California, the network is operated and managed by Premiere Networks in a content partnership with Fox Corporation's Fox Sports .... References External linksSports Radio Virginia Online* * * {{Sports Radio Stations in Virginia 1988 establishments in Virginia Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1988 PLI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSLQ
WSLQ (99.1 FM broadcasting, FM "Q99") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc., with radio studio, studios and offices on Electric Road in Roanoke. WSLQ's transmitter is off Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain, Virginia, Bent Mountain. WSLQ has one of the largest coverage areas of all FM radio stations in the United States. Its effective radiated power (ERP) is 200,000 watts, broadcasting from a tower at 1962 feet (598 meters) in height above average terrain (HAAT). The List of North American broadcast station classes, Class C signal can be heard into West Virginia and North Carolina, and at times is picked up more than 200 miles away. The station was established in 1947, grandfather clause, grandfathered at unus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFIR
WFIR (960 AM, "WFIR 960 AM 94.5 FM 107.3 FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke Valley. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. WFIR's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: W297BC 107.3 MHz, off Catawba Valley Drive in Roanoke, and W233CK 94.5 MHz in Troutville. The WFIR transmitter site is off Brandon Avenue SW. The station broadcasts with 10,000 watts non-directional by day. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 960, it reduces power to 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna. Programming Local news and talk programs air in weekday morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated shows heard the rest of day, including '' The Glenn Beck Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, The Mark Levin Show, Ground Zero with ... [...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 broadcasting, radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with Television broadcasting, 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, including temporary changes called "Stunting (broadcasting), stunting." 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, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for recording and mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound reverberation that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, Foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical recording stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive Time
Drive time is the daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the most people who listen to car radios while driving, usually to and from work, or on public transportation. Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this class is at its peak and, thus, commercial radio can generate the most revenue from advertising. Drive time usually coincides with rush hour. Content Mainstream stations employ high-status presenters for drive time shows. In the United States, popular national hosts who are associated with morning drive include Howard Stern, Ryan Seacrest and Steve Inskeep, while Sean Hannity is associated with afternoon drive on the East Coast. Drive time often includes a heavier run of traffic reports, for which many stations employ their own helicopters or hire a third-party traffic reporting service. For popular music-oriented stations, morning drive-time is typically dominated by the " morning zoo" genre of radio program, with the afternoon port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steve Harvey Morning Show
''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'' is a national radio program which is currently broadcast from Los Angeles. The nationally syndicated show features host Steve Harvey and a team of comedians and commentators. The show runs approximately four hours each weekday, with a "best of" show airing on some affiliates on Saturdays. Harvey focuses on comedy and current events. The music includes current and past urban adult contemporary and some gospel hits. Most affiliated stations are programmed for African-American listeners. An abbreviated version of the show (usually cut down to under 90 minutes, without the music) is also uploaded daily on the show's YouTube channel as well as a podcast. Broadcast history The show was originally syndicated under Radio One, Inc., a minority-owned broadcasting company, now called Urban One. It ran from September 2000 until May 2005. Despite efforts to syndicate the show nationally, ultimately, it aired only in L.A., on 100.3 KKBT, and in Dall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
