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WWBX
WWBX (104.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston with a hot adult contemporary format. The format started at 98.5 FM on February 9, 1991, and moved to 104.1 FM, replacing WBCN on August 12, 2009, to allow for the launch of WBZ-FM at 98.5 the next day. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is on the upper FM mast of the Prudential Tower in Downtown Boston. From February 26, 1991, to December 3, 2017, the "Mix" format in Boston used the callsign WBMX. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago. The 104.1 MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. WBCN was a modern rock/ active rock statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudential Tower
The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially, the Pru,subscription required The Pru' everyone calls it: a resigned shrug of a name, as flat and uninflected as the wan moue its pronunciation requires." is an International Style (architecture), international style skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, a part of the Prudential Center (Boston), Prudential Center complex, currently stands as the List of tallest buildings in Boston, 2nd-tallest building in Boston in surface/roof height, behind John Hancock Tower, the John Hancock Tower. The Prudential Tower was designed by Charles Luckman, Charles Luckman and Associates for Prudential Insurance. Completed in 1964, the building is tall, with 52 floors (surface/roof height), and as of January 2021, is tied with others as the List of tallest buildings in the United States, 114th-tallest in the United States. It contains of commercial and retail space. Including its Radio masts and towers, radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBGB (FM)
WBGB (103.3 MHz) – branded as Big 103 – is a commercial adult hits FM radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Greater Boston. The WBGB studios are located in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton, while the station's transmitter resides in nearby Newton. Besides a standard analog transmission, WBGB broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via Audacy. History WEEI-FM (103.3) The station signed on the air in July 1948 as WEEI-FM, under the ownership of CBS. In its early years, it mainly simulcast co-owned WEEI (590 AM). Beginning in 1965, WEEI-FM began carrying "The Young Sound", an easy listening format focusing on instrumental versions of recent pop tunes, which aired on many of CBS's FM owned-and-operated stations. By 1969, "The Young Sound" had evolved to an automated Top 40/ AOR hybrid format, with voice tracked announcements by Dick Provost. In late 1972, WEEI-FM flipped to adult contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEI-FM
WEEI-FM (93.7 Hertz, MHz) – branded SportsRadio 93.7 WEEI-FM – is a commercial Sports radio, sports Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI-FM is the Boston Network affiliate, affiliate for Infinity Sports Network, the NFL on Westwood One Sports, the flagship station for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network; and the radio home of Greg Hill (radio), Greg Hill, Lou Merloni, Christian Fauria and Jermaine Wiggins. The WEEI-FM studios are located in Boston's Brighton, Boston, Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the nearby suburb of Peabody, Massachusetts, Peabody. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI-FM broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via Audacy. WEEI-FM's weekday programming lineup is also regionally Broadcast syndication, syndicated to a network of stations throughout New England, most of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMJX
WMJX (106.7 FM) – branded Magic 106.7 – is a commercial adult contemporary radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. The WMJX studios are located in Boston's Allston–Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides on the Prudential Tower in Downtown Boston. Besides a standard analog transmission, WMJX broadcasts using HD Radio technology, and is available online via Audacy. History Previous FM installation The first WBZ-FM had its origins in a construction permit held by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company to operate at 42.6 MHz; this facility signed on as W1XK on November 7, 1940, from the Hull transmitter site of sister station WBZ. Westinghouse soon sought a commercial FM license, and on February 19, 1941, was granted a construction permit for W67B on 46.7, W1XK left the air for good on December 28, 1941, and W67B signed on March 29, 1942. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVEI (AM)
WVEI (1440 kHz) is an AM sports radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts, operating with 5,000 watts. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Most programming is provided by Boston sister station WEEI-FM. The station originated in Boston as the ''Boston Evening Transcript''s WBET, which was licensed in 1926 and signed on in 1927. After the newspaper sold the station, it moved to Lexington as WLEX in 1929; two years later, John Shepard III bought the station and moved it back to Boston as WAAB, a sister station to the Yankee Network's WNAC. Anti-duopoly rules led Shepard to move WAAB to Worcester in 1942, shortly before his sale of the Yankee Network and its stations to General Tire & Rubber. After a series of ownership changes in the 1950s, WAAB became a top 40 station, shifting to news/talk in the 1970s before relaunching in 1976 as WNCR, a news and beautiful music station. From 1977 until 1991, the station was WFTQ, a full-service station playing adult contemporary mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (850 kHz) is a commercial sports gambling AM radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the .... Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI is the Boston affiliate for the Audacy-owned BetQL Network and Infinity Sports Network, serving as a gambling-focused brand extension of its main sports radio station in the market, WEEI-FM. The WEEI studios are located in Boston's Brighton, Boston, Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, Needham. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI is available online via Audacy. Historically, the station is perhaps best known by its former WHDH call letters, under which it operated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZLX
WZLX (100.7 FM) is a classic rock radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. This station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. WZLX was one of America's first classic rock FM stations. Its studios are in Medford, and its transmitter is atop the Prudential Tower. History WZLX originally known as WCOP-FM is notable for being one of the first FM stations to break simulcasting with its AM partner. WCOP-FM's separate programming was initially classical music and was one of the first FM stations in the region to (briefly) broadcast in FM stereo (the station would resume stereo programming in the early 1970s). In 1965, WCOP (AM) had become Boston's affiliate for the NBC Radio Network, and WCOP-FM would often simulcast the hourly NBC Radio newscasts. By 1969, NBC Radio's weekend series ''Monitor'' had moved from WCOP to WCOP-FM, to allow the former to broadcast more hours of country music on the weekends. WCOP-FM went through a number of format and callsign changes, including beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM (98.5 FM) is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, WBZ-FM is the Boston affiliate for Fox Sports Radio; the flagship station for the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, and New England Revolution radio networks; and the radio home of Fred Toettcher, Scott Zolak, Mike Felger, Tony Massarotti, and Bob Socci. The WBZ-FM studios are located in Waltham, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Newton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WBZ-FM broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online. Despite the call sign, WBZ-FM has no connection to either WBZ-TV or WBZ: WBZ-TV owner Paramount Global holds the trademark for "WBZ" and has licensed the rights to the WBZ call letters to Beasley under a long-term agreement that followed CBS Corporation's divestiture of CBS Radio, WBZ-F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBMX (FM)
WBMX (104.3 FM, "104.3 Jams") is a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a classic hip hop radio format. WBMX's studios and offices are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Chicago Loop. The station has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 4,100 watts, with its transmitter atop the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower). WBMX broadcasts in the HD Radio format, with its HD2 signal simulcasting the sports radio format on co-owned WSCR. From 1974 to 1988, the call letters WBMX were held by 102.7 FM, licensed to Oak Park, Illinois (now urban AC station WVAZ). On December 4, 2017, the call letters were transferred from Boston to 104.3 FM in Chicago. History WSEL The station began broadcasting in September 1953, holding the call sign WSEL. It aired beautiful music, light classical music, recorded music and show tunes along with news reports. The station had an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" can also be applied to List of classical and art music traditions, non-Western art musics. Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and Harmony, harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since at least the ninth century, it has been primarily a written tradition, spawning a sophisticated music notation, notational system, as well as accompanying literature in music analysis, analytical, music criticism, critical, Music history, historiographical, musicology, musicological and Philosophy of music, philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Boston, 83 Leo Birmingham Parkway, Brighton, Boston 2011-04-17 (2)
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV. Founded in 1927, headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City and being part of the " Big Three" television networks, CBS has major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Center and the headquarters of owner Paramount at One Astor Plaza (both also in that city) and Television City and the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. It is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network, after the company's trademark symbol of an eye (which has been in use since October 20, 1951), and also the Tiffany Network, which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenure of W ... [...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] |
