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WXXM
WXXM (92.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and serving the Madison, Wisconsin, metropolitan statistical area, Madison metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts a classic hits radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. The station is noted for its runs as an alternative rock station during the 1980s and 1990s and as a progressive talk station in the 2000s and 2010s. WXXM's studios and offices are located on Fish Hatchery Road in the Madison suburb of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, Fitchburg, and has a transmitter located off Brooks Drive in Sun Prairie. Station history Top 40 (1972-197?) The station first sign-on, signed on the air on April 12, 1972, as WYXE. It was a stand-alone operation, initially airing Top 40 contemporary music along with some oldies music from the late 1950s and early 1960s on weekends and hourly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of the 2008 buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc. Overview iHeartMedia, Inc. specializes in radio broadcasting, podcasting, Digital media, digital and live events through Division (business), division iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.) and subsidiary iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Clear Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMAD
WMAD (96.3 FM broadcasting, FM "96-3 Star Country") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Cross Plains, Wisconsin, and serving the Madison metropolitan area. It broadcasts a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WMAD carries two radio syndication, nationally syndicated radio shows from co-owned Premiere Networks: ''The Bobby Bones Show'' on weekday mornings and ''Country Music Television, CMT Nights with Cody Alan'' heard overnight. The radio studios and offices are on South Fish Hatchery Road in Madison. WMAD has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,100 watts. The transmitter is on Simpson Road at U.S. Route 12 in Wisconsin, U.S. Route 12 in Dane, Wisconsin. In addition to the analog signal, WMAD also broadcasts an HD Radio signal. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries an acoustic rock format, known as "Coffee Shop Radio." History WMAD call sign history The call sign, call letters WMAD originally were on AM 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIBA-FM
WIBA-FM (101.5 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Sauk City, Wisconsin, United States, serving Madison and south central Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications) and broadcasts a classic rock music format on its primary HD radio, while its HD2 channel carries an oldies format that is simulcast to analog translator station W265CV (100.9 FM). Station History Originally licensed to the city of Madison, Wisconsin (the station's city of license would be moved to Sauk City in the 2010s), WIBA-FM commenced broadcasting on October 31, 1969, with an automated easy listening format during the daytime, and at night a live-hosted free-form mix of primarily rock, folk, and blues. The nickname “Radio Free Madison” or “RFM” was coined to distinguish the evening programming from the daytime content. During the 1970s, WIBA-FM transitioned to a full time freeform format, dropping the AM simulcast, and featuring local art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIBA (AM)
WIBA (1310 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station airs a news/talk format, under the slogan "Madison's News/Talk Station". WIBA operates at 5,000 watts around the clock. By day, the station is non-directional, at night it uses a directional antenna to protect other stations on 1310 AM. The station's studios, offices and transmitter are located off South Fish Hatchery Road at Lacy Road in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. Programming Talk shows Weekdays begin with a local news and interview show, ''Madison in the Morning'' with Robin Colbert and Shawn Prebil. In 2023, veteran sportscaster Doug Russell was added to handle sports reports at :15 and :45 past the hour. In middays, local host Vicki McKenna is heard, with one hour of her show shared with sister station WISN 1130 AM in Milwaukee. In afternoons, WISN's Dan O'Donnell Show is also simulcast on WIBA. The rest of the weekday schedule is syndicated programs, mostly f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZEE
WZEE (104.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin, and serving South Central Wisconsin. Known on-air as "Z104", the station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a top 40 (CHR) music format. History The station was first licensed on November 1, 1949, as WFOW, owned by Earl W. Fessler. The call sign was changed to WMFM on July 15, 1952. In 1974, the station converted from classical music to its current Top 40 (CHR) format, adopting the WZEE call sign and "Z104" on-air brand as well. During its early years, "Z104" ran an automated Top 40 format XT40 from Drake-Chenault programming, but live-and-local content would be added to the station over the years. In June 1987, Z104 was one of several Top 40 stations in the United States to ban George Michael's top-charting song ''I Want Your Sex'' entirely by the station's music director Matt Hudson. Hudson replied to ''The Capital Times'' that the station's huge teenage audience made the recording to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTSO
WTSO (1070 AM broadcasting, AM, "1070 The Game") is a commercial radio station in Madison, Wisconsin, known as "1070 The Game." The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a sports radio radio format, format. The offices and studios are on South Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, Fitchburg (but using Madison as its mailing address). By day, WTSO is powered at 10,000 watts. Because 1070 AM is a clear-channel frequency reserved for List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A station KNX (AM), KNX Los Angeles, at night, to avoid interference, WTSO must reduce its power to 5,000 watts and use a directional antenna with a six-tower array. (WTSO must also protect a former Class A station on 1070 AM in Moncton, New Brunswick, even though it switched to the FM band.) WTSO's transmitter is off East Tower Road in McFarland, Wisconsin, McFarland. Programming On weekdays, WTSO mostly simulcast the Wisconsin-based sports shows airing on co-own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 29,609 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb south of Madison and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Fitchburg consists of a mix of suburban neighborhoods closer to the border with Madison, commercial and industrial properties, and rural properties in the south. History Fitchburg was a town until its incorporation as a city on April 26, 1983. Immigrant brothers Vroman from the Netherlands are claimed to be the first permanent settlers of Greenfield, then changed to Fitchburg to avoid confusion with Greenfield, Milwaukee County. The name Fitchburg was chosen by Ebenezer Brigham, after Fitchburg, Massachusetts. A significant number of Irish families settled in Fitchburg as well. As the city of Madison began to encroach upon the town of Fitchburg via annexation, the town pursued incorporation as a city to halt Madison's expansion into the town. The fight to allow incorporation ultimately went t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign-on
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub-channels may sign-on and sign-off at significantly different times than its main channels. Like other television programming, sign-on and sign-off sequences can be initiated by a broadcast automation system, and automatic transmission systems can turn the carrier signal and transmitter on/off by remote control. Sign-on and sign-off sequences have become less common due to the increasing prevalence of 24/7 broadcasting. However, some national broadcasters continue the pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Sun Prairie is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 35,967 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the most populous suburb of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. History President Martin Van Buren commissioned a party of 45 men, including Augustus A. Bird, to build a capital for the Territory of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison. The group left Milwaukee on May 26, 1837, and traveled for days in the rain. On June 9, the group emerged at the edge of the prairie and with the sun shining for the first time in days, carved the words "Sun Prairie" into a tree. Charles Bird returned to the area two years later and became the first settler. The Town of Sun Prairie was created on February 2, 1846. The village of Sun Prairie, which grew from that town, was Municipal corporation, incorporated in an act of the Wisconsin Legislature, Wisconsin legislature on March 6, 1868. On March 17, 1958, the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of Music genre, genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas and holiday season, Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of Christmas carol, carols, may employ lyrics about Nativity of Jesus, the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus, or other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. Traditional List of Christmas carols, Christmas carols include pieces such as "Silent Night", "Gabriel's Message", "O Holy Night", "Down in Yon Forest" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". While most Christmas songs before the 20th century were of a gospel music, traditional religious character and reflected the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity story of Christmas, the Great Depression brought a stream of U.S. songs that did not explicitly mention the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
