WXFL
WXFL (96.1 FM, "KIX 96") is a country music-formatted radio station based in Florence, Alabama, United States and owned by Big River Broadcasting, a company established by legendary rock and roll music producer Sam Phillips. WXFL serves Florence and the Tennessee Valley with an ERP of 20,500 watts. This station has held the WXFL call sign since 1990. Television station WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida held this call sign from 1983 to 1989. WXFL has a simulcast partner, WLVS-FM, in Clifton, Tennessee, which broadcasts on 106.5 FM. WXFL can also be heard globally through its online audio stream. Programming WXFL is the home for the "Mountain Dew NASCAR Update," which covers NASCAR news and talk. Special programming includes "6 O'Clock Street Party" with David Havens, "Rockin' Country Saturday night" with Havens, and "Sunday Night Country Classics." Regular programming includes "Big Farley in the Morning," Sherry St. John, M. Fletcher Brown, and David Havens. WXFL and its sister s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WSBM
WSBM (1340 AM) is a Fox Sports Radio–affiliated radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States, the station serves the Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Big River Broadcasting Corporation as part of a quadropoly with Florence–licensed country music station WXFL (96.1 FM); Clifton, Tennessee–licensed adult contemporary station WLVS-FM (106.5 FM), and Florence–licensed adult hits station WQLT-FM (107.3 FM). History WSBM went on-the-air on March 26, 1946 as WJOI. The station was initially owned by Clyde Anderson and Joe Van Sandlt under the banner Florence Broadcasting Company. At the time, it was an ABC affiliate. In 1965, an FM sister station was purchased: the former WOWL-FM (107.3 FM; now WQLT-FM). The following year, the pair were sold to WXOR, Inc., a predecessor of its current owner. In 1973, the station changed its callsign to WXOR, having sold the WJOI calls to NBC for use o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WFLA-TV
WFLA-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside St. Petersburg–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WTTA (channel 38). WFLA-TV and WTTA share studios on South Parker Street in downtown Tampa; through a channel sharing agreement, the stations transmit using WFLA-TV's spectrum from an antenna in Riverview, Florida. History Channel 8 first signed on the air on February 14, 1955, with a live broadcast of the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. It is the longest serving television outlet in the Tampa Bay region still in operation, as it signed on less than two years behind UHF outlet WSUN-TV (channel 38), which ceased operations in 1970. It was originally owned by ''The Tampa Tribune'', along with WFLA radio ( 970 AM and 93.3 FM, now WFLZ). WFLA-TV has been an NBC affiliate since the station's inception. Largely because of its newspaper background, it ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WLVS-FM
WLVS-FM (106.5 FM, "Sunny 106.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Clifton, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Gold Coast Broadcasting Company. Programming Until August 3, 2017 it broadcast a country music format as a simulcast partner to WXFL ("Kix 96") in Florence, Alabama. WLVS-FM can be heard in Clifton, Decaturville, Savannah, Parsons, and Waynesboro, Tennessee. WLVS-FM is also available in more areas of Wayne County, Tennessee, Hardin County, Tennessee, Decatur County, Tennessee, and Perry County, Tennessee. History This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 18, 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin .... The new station was assigned the call letters WLVS-FM by the FCC on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner. It is situated along the Tennessee River and is home to the University of North Alabama, the oldest college in the state. Florence is the largest and principal city of the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area commonly known as " The Shoals" (which also includes the cities of Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia in Colbert County). Florence is considered northwestern Alabama's primary economic hub. Annual tourism events include the W. C. Handy Music Festival in the summer and the Renaissance Faire in the fall. Landmarks in Florence include the 20th-century Rosenbaum House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home located in Alabama. The Florence Indian Mound, constructed by indigenous people between 100 BCE and 400 BCE in the Woodland period, is the largest surviving earthen mound in the state and is 43 feet high. It is li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radio Stations In Alabama
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Alabama, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAAO-AM * WACD * WACM-LP * WAQG * WARI * WBRC-FM * WBYE * WCMA * WCOC * WCOX * WDLK * WERH * WERH-FM * WFBH-LP * WGEA * WGYJ * WGYN * WHMZ-LP * WIQR * WIZD-LP * WJDB * WJHX * WJLQ-LP * WJSD-LP * WJSR * WJWC * WKDG * WKIJ * WKOC-LP * WKXM * WKYD * WLHQ * WLVN * WMFC * WPPT * WPRN * WQHC * WQLS * WQXD-LP * WREN * WRJX * WRMZ-LP * WSMX-LP * WTID * WTOH * WTQX * WTXQ * WUAC-LP * WULA * WVPL * WWFC-LP * WWWH * WYDK * WYJD * WYVC * WZCT * WZNN * WZTN * WZTQ * WZZX See also * Alabama media ** List of newspapers in Alabama ** List of television stations in Alabama ** Media in cities in Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa * Alabama Broadcasters Association References Bibliog ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WQLT-FM
WQLT-FM (107.3 MHz, "Q107") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States. The station airs an adult hits radio format, with a heavy emphasis on oldies. It is owned by the Big River Broadcasting Corporation and is operated by the family of noted record producer Sam Phillips, a native of Florence. The studios and offices are located on Sam Phillips Street in Florence. WQLT's transmitter is located off New Cut Road in Tuscumbia, Alabama. With an effective radiated power (ERP) of 93,000 watts and a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 1,017 feet, WQLT's signal can be heard throughout Northwest Alabama, Northeast Mississippi, and South-Central Tennessee. Programming WQLT-FM broadcasts a wide range of classic hits, mixing both current and classic adult contemporary and adult hits music. In addition to its usual music programming, WQLT-FM is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans football radio network. It also carries news updates from Fox New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clifton, Tennessee
Clifton is a city in Wayne County, Tennessee, Wayne County, Tennessee, on the state's south central border with Alabama. It developed as a river port along the Tennessee River in the 19th century. Its historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places are associated with this period. The population was 2,694 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Overview The city operates the T. S. Stribling Museum in honor of its most famous resident, T. S. Stribling. Highly popular in the 1920s and 1930s, this author won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933 for The Store (novel), The Store, his second work of the Vaiden trilogy. The house is located in the Water Street Historic District (Clifton, Tennessee), Water Street Historic District, associated with the port past, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's South Central Correctional Facility is located in Clifton. A privately run medium-security prison, it has capacity for 1700 ad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Phillips
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips played a major role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, launching the career of Presley. In 1969, he sold Sun to Shelby Singleton. Phillips was the owner and operator of radio stations in Memphis; Florence, Alabama; and Lake Worth Beach, Florida. He was also an early investor in the Holiday Inn chain of hotels and an advocate for racial equality, helping to break down racial barriers in the music industry. Early life Phillips was the youngest of eight children, born on a 200-acre farm near Florence, Alabama to Madge Ella ( Lovelace) and Charles Tucker Phillips. Sam's parents owned their farm, though it was mortgaged. As a child, he picked cotton in the fields with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Country Radio Stations In The United States
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the country of Wales is a component of a multi-part sovereign state, the United Kingdom. A country may be a historically sovereign area (such as Korea), a currently sovereign territory with a unified government (such as Senegal), or a non-sovereign geographic region associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics (such as the Basque Country). The definition and usage of the word "country" is flexible and has changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. The largest country by area is Russia, while the smallest i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Florence–Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area
The Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area, commonly known as The Shoals, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Alabama including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, and the counties of Lauderdale and Colbert. The 2020 Census population for the Shoals is 148,779 and an additional 410,000 commute to the Shoals daily as the economic, social, and educational center of northwest Alabama. The Shoals has also been known as the Tri-Cities and the Quad-Cities by locals. The area is home to the University of North Alabama, located in Florence, and the birthplace of Helen Keller (Tuscumbia) and W.C. Handy (Florence). It is also home to a community college, Northwest Shoals Community College located in Muscle Shoals. Every summer the play " The Miracle Worker" is produced for the public to view on the original Keller homesite. The water pump at which Helen rediscovered language is used as a prop in the play. Other area attractions inc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and his son, Jim France, has been the CEO since August 2018. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Each year, NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 48 US states as well as in Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Europe. History Early stock car racing In the 1920s and 1930s, Daytona Beach supplanted France and Belgium as the preferred location for world land speed records. After a historic race between Ransom Olds and Alexander Winton in 1903, 15 records were set on what became the Daytona Beach Road Course between 1905 and 1935. Daytona Beach had become synonymous with fast cars in 1936. Drivers raced on a course, consisting of a stretch of beach as one straightaway, and a narrow blacktop beachfront highway, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew, is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, and the distribution expanded across the United States and Canada. Between the 1940s and 1980s there was only one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and discontinued in 1988. In 2001, a cherry-flavored variant called Code Red debuted. Expansions of the product line have ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |