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WWHK
WWHK (1450 kHz) is a classic country AM radio station licensed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, serving the Myrtle Beach area. The station is owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. Its studios and transmitter are co-located in Myrtle Beach. The station's programming is also heard on FM translator station W288DK (105.5 FM). History Ham radio operators started WTGR, a 250-watt station at 1520 AM, in 1965. Tiger Radio became "the hallmark radio station" for Myrtle Beach, playing Top 40 and beach music. DJs included Billy Smith, Bill Hennecy, Big Al Irvin, Bill Connell, Bruce Miller, Steve Mims and J. Patrick Milan. WTGR began a simulcast of WKZQ-FM in the early 1980s and eventually became WKZQ. Banana Jack Murphy and Bob Scarborough of Waccamaw Media started TigerRadioOnline.com, an Internet radio station, in 2000, with jingles and music from the former WTGR. This station stayed on the air until 2005, operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKZQ-FM
WKZQ-FM (96.1 MHz, "96.1 KZQ") is an alternative rock radio station licensed to Forestbrook, South Carolina and serves the Grand Strand area. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 8,500 watts. Its studios are located in Myrtle Beach and its transmitter is located in Murrells Inlet. The format and call sign WKZQ-FM had been on 101.7 MHz since the late 1970s before a frequency swap on September 23, 2008. History WKZQ-FM signed on July 3, 1969.David Wren and Toby Eddings, "WJYR Owner Buys 2 WKZQs," ''The Sun News'', March 12, 1997. Originally on 101.7 MHz, WKZQ was established as a " beautiful music"Taylor, Chuck, "10 Musical Stations with Bold Directors and Bold Teams--Shaking Up the Airwaves," ''Billboard'', 8/6/2011, Vol. 123, Issue 27. automated station, operating out of the back room of its big sister AM rocker, WTGR. At one point WKZQ played middle of the road music during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRNN-FM
WRNN-FM (99.5 MHz) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Socastee, South Carolina, and serves the Grand Strand area. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 21.5 kW. The station goes by the name Hot Talk WRNN and its current slogan is "The Grand Strand's News Talk Network". Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Myrtle Beach. The station airs Mike Gallagher, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Rich Valdes. A local morning talk show hosted by Dave Priest & Leanne Graham also airs. History of 94.5 FM In early 1991, 94.1 became WKOA-FM, "Coast 94.5". The station was all oldies from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. They played many oldies songs that were not being heard on WSYN (Sunny 106.5). WKOA aired commercials stating that they had run a poll ad in the Myrtle Beach '' Sun News'' asking readers what kind of new radio station that they would li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the East Coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as the "Grand Strand” in the northeastern part of the state. Its year-round population was 35,682 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in South Carolina, 13th-most populous city in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in South Carolina and the United States. The city's warm Subtropics, subtropical climate, miles of beaches, 86 golf courses, and 1,800 restaurants attract over 20 million visitors each year, making Myrtle Beach one of the most visited destinations in the country. Located along the historic King's Highway (Charleston to Boston), King's Highway (modern day U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina, U.S. Route 17), the region was once home to the Waccamaw people. During the colonial period, the Whither family settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMYB (FM)
WMYB (92.1 MHz) is a top 40 (CHR) FM radio station licensed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It serves the Florence and Myrtle Beach areas. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 94 kW. The station goes by the name Energy 92.1. Its studios are located in Myrtle Beach, and its transmitter is located in Murrells Inlet. History WMYB-FM signed on January 11, 1965, with 3,000 watts simulcasting sister station 1450/WMYB'sDavid Wren and Toby Eddings, "WJYR Owner Buys 2 WKZQs," ''The Sun News'', March 12, 1997. "Good Music" (American Songbook) format in mono. WMYB-FM played Country music for a while. Later, the station switched to disco with the callsign WXTL. For nearly two decades the station was WJYR "Joy 92", playing beautiful music, which added more and more vocals during the 1990s. As of 1997, WJYR was the #3 station in the market. By 1999, WJYR had added Delilah. When NextMedia Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCSE (AM)
WCSE was a radio station on 1450 kHz in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that began broadcasting in 1948. It was deleted, as WKEL, in 1996, following a long period when it was off the air. History WMRA went on the air on June 10, 1948. It was owned by the Myrtle Beach Broadcasting Company and broadcast with 250 watts from studios in the Ocean Front Hotel. Not long after going on the air, Joe C. Ivey sold control of the company to P. T. Watson and L. B. Hyman. A year later, they sold the station to Elizabeth Evans. In 1954, the Coastal Carolina Broadcasting Corporation, a group of three former CBS announcers, acquired WMRA for $28,000 and changed its call letters to WMYB on July 29, 1954. Coastal Carolina also attempted to move the station to a higher-power frequency twice, in 1955 and 1959, attempts that ultimately went nowhere. In 1961, WMYB was sold to the Golden Strand Broadcasting Company for $150,000; that year, the station was approved for a daytime power increase to 1,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYAV
WYAV (104.1 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and serves the Grand Strand area. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. The station goes by the name Wave 104.1 and its current slogan is "Classic Rock Wave 104.1." Its studios are located in Myrtle Beach and its transmitter is located in Murrells Inlet. History WLAT-FM in Conway, South Carolina played beautiful music at one time. The station then changed its call sign to WYAV and changed the format to a CHR/Top 40 format, under their new name as ''"The New Wave 104 FM"''. In the mid-1980s WYAV became the market's first 100,000-watt station and made another format change to AC. At the height of the station's popularity, WYAV bought an ad in the ''Myrtle Beach Sun-News'' to congratulate the listeners on making it the number-one station in the market. The format later changed to Adult Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Carolina University
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with schools of medicine, dentistry and engineering. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its original to almost today. The university's academic facilities are located on six properties: Main Campus; Health Sciences Campus; West Research Campus; the Field Station for Coastal Studies in Lake Mattamuskeet, New Holland, North Carolina; the Millennial Research Innovation Campus in Greenville's warehouse district; and an overseas campus in Certaldo Alto, Italy. ECU also operates the University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute, Coastal Studies Institute. The research university has East Carolina University#Colleges and schools, nine undergraduate colleges, East Carolina Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westwood One (1976–2011)
Westwood One was an radio in the United States, American radio network that was based in New York City. By 1997, it was managed by CBS Radio, which had acquired Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, which had acquired control of Westwood One in 1993, and was later purchased by the private equity firm, The Gores Group. Due to purchases, mergers and other forms of consolidation in the 1980s and 1990s, at one time or another, it had ownership stakes in or syndication rights to some of the most famous brands in network radio, including CBS, NBC, Mutual Broadcasting System, Mutual, CNN, Fox, and Unistar. The company was one of the largest producers and distributors of radio programming in the United States. It broadcast entertainment, news, weather, sports, talk, and traffic programming to about 7,700 radio stations across the United States. The company was the top provider of local traffic reports in the U.S. through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks, Shadow Traffic, Shadow Broadcast Serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Music Park
Freestyle Music Park, formerly called Hard Rock Park, was a music-themed amusement park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Built on , the park was located at the intersection of US 501 and the Intracoastal Waterway. It included part of the former Waccamaw Factory Shoppes in Fantasy Harbour, and its headquarters was located in Mall 3. The park opened to the public on April 15, 2008, but following financial issues, it closed later that year on September 24. It reopened under the Freestyle brand on May 23, 2009, but it closed permanently at the end of the season due to mounting financial problems and lawsuits. History Development of Hard Rock Park Jon Binkowski, a businessman from Florida who had worked in the amusement-park industry, bought a small theater in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 1999 or 2000. The theater, known as the Ice Castle, did not attract as many guests as Binkowski had expected. Binkowski and Rank Group executive Steven Goodwin began developing plans for an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday Night Football
''Monday Night Football'' (often abbreviated as ''MNF'') is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from 1970 NFL season, 1970 to 2005 NFL season, 2005, before moving exclusively to sister network ESPN from 2006 NFL season, 2006 to 2019 NFL season, 2019. While still airing on ESPN, ''MNF'' returned to ABC in 2020 NFL season, 2020 beginning with select simulcasts, later expanding to select exclusive telecasts in 2022 NFL season, 2022, and the bulk of games in simulcast with ESPN since 2023 NFL season, 2023. In addition, ESPN2 features the ''Manningcast'' ESPN Megacast, alternate telecast of select games, which was established in 2020, and since 2021 NFL season, 2021, ESPN+ has served as the United States, American streaming home of ''MNF''. During its initial run on ABC, ''MNF'' became one of the List of longest-running American television series, longest-running Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins annually with a NFL preseason, three-week preseason in August, followed by the NFL regular season, 18-week regular season, which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one Bye (sports), bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference, including the four division winners and three Wild card (sports), wild card teams, advance to the NFL playoffs, playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which culminates in the Super Bowl, played in early February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fabulous Sports Babe
''The Fabulous Sports Babe'' was a semi-fictional character who hosted various American sports radio broadcasts. The program, hosted by Tampa Bay area resident Nanci Donnellan, was syndicated across the United States on both ESPN Radio and ESPN2, from 1994 until 2001. She is noteworthy for being one of the few female broadcasters in sports radio, and was one of the first female sports radio call-in hosts in America. Broadcast history She first appeared on the radio on WEEI Boston and WLOM Cape Cod. In 1983, she joined Tampa Bay radio station WNSI (1380) and later on at WPLP (570) hosting her own sports show at night, The Nanci Donnellan Show. From 1991 to 1994, she was the weekday afternoon sports talk show host on KJR 950 AM in Seattle before joining ESPN Radio. In 1994, ESPN Radio picked up Donnellan's show, and made ''The Fabulous Sports Babe'' the network's first nationally syndicated weekday programs (prior to this, ESPN Radio only operated on weekends). She also help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
