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Big Eight (other)
Big Eight or Big 8 may refer to: Sports *Big Eight Conference, a former American college athletic association *Big 8 Conference (California), an American college conference in the California Community College Athletic Association *Big 8 Conference (Missouri), an American high school athletic association in Missouri *Big Eight Conference (IHSAA), an American high school athletic association in Indiana *WIAA Big Eight Conference, an American high school athletic association in Wisconsin Other uses *The Big Eight, an Irish showband fronted by Brendan Bowyer *Big 8 (Usenet), a group of Usenet newsgroup hierarchies *Big 8 Beverages, a Canadian soft drink company *Big Eight auditors, a group of accounting firms that have since been reduced to the ''Big Four'' *Big Eight film studios, a group of American film studios *CKLW, a Canadian Radio station formerly known as ''The Big 8'' *"Big Eight", a song by English reggae musician Judge Dread See also * Big One (other) * Big T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA, while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference (now the Big Ten Conference). The conference was dissolved in 1996. Its membership at its dissolution consisted of the University of Nebraska, Iowa State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University. The Big Eight’s headquarters were located in Kansas City, Missouri. In February 1994, the Big Eight and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dread
Alexander Minto Hughes (2 May 1945 – 13 March 1998), better known as Judge Dread, was an English reggae and ska musician. He was the first white recording artist to have a reggae hit in Jamaica, and the BBC has banned more of his songs than those of any other recording artist, because of his frequent use of sexual innuendo and double entendres. Following his death, ''Rolling Stone'' reported, "He sold several million albums throughout his 25-plus year career and was second only to Bob Marley in U.K. reggae sales during the 1970s". Early life Hughes was born on 2 May 1945. He was introduced to Jamaican music when he lodged as a teenager in a West Indian household in Brixton, South West London. Hughes, a heavy set man, met Jamaican artists Derrick Morgan and Prince Buster through his job as a bouncer at London nightclubs such as the Ram Jam in Brixton, and through another job as a bodyguard. After working as a professional wrestler (under the name "The Masked Executioner") an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Eight Conference (other)
The Big Eight Conference was an NCAA Division I-A athletic conference 1907–1996. Big Eight Conference may also refer to: *Big 8 Conference (California), a community-college athletic conference *Big Eight Conference (IHSAA) The Big Eight Conference was an athletic conference of IHSAA Class AAA high schools located in Southwestern Indiana. The conference members were small city-based schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, and Warrick counties ..., Indiana and Illinois, a high-school athletic conference * Big Eight Conference (Iowa), a defunct high-school athletic conference * Big 8 Conference (Missouri), a high-school athletic conference * WIAA Big Eight Conference, Wisconsin, a high-school athletic conference {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Seven (other)
Big Seven or Big 7 may refer to: Sports * Big Seven (1938–1946), an unofficial name of the Skyline Conference, also known as the Mountain States Conference * Big Seven Conference, later the Big Eight Conference, an unofficial name for Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Other uses * Big 7, an earlier name of the Big 8 (Usenet), Big 8, a group of online newsgroup hierarchies * ''Big Seven'', a 1993 release from The Supernaturals * Big Seven (United States), an influential group of US nonprofits for state and local government officials * Big Seven (song), "Big Seven" (song), a 1972 song by Judge Dread * Big Seven Group or The Combined (group), The Combined, a Prohibition-era criminal organization on the East Coast of the United States * Big Seven Lake, Seven Lakes State Park, Oakland County, Michigan, U.S. * Big Seven Ski Trail, a List of trails of Meagher County, Montana, trail of Meagher County, Montana, U.S. * A mine in Neihart, Montana, U.S. * Big Seven - :jp: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Six (other)
Big Six or Big 6 may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * Big six in the romantic literature of England, authors of romantic literature of England * Big 6 Brass Band, a brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana * "Big Six" (song), by Judge Dread, 1972 * Big Six wheel, a casino game * ''The Big Six'', a children's novel by Arthur Ransome * ''The Big Six'', former name for major film studios until Disney acquisition of Fox * ''The Big 6'', a compilation of video games from the '' Dizzy'' series for the Amiga CD32 * ''Big 6'' (album), an album by Blue Mitchell Business and industry * Big Six auditors, a group of accounting firms, so called from 1989 to 1998, that has since been reduced to the ''Big Four'' * Big Six energy suppliers, the six largest electricity and gas suppliers in the United Kingdom * Big Six (law firms), in Australia prior to 2012 * Big 6, New York Local #6 of the International Typographical Union Organizations and movements * Big Six (activists), leaders o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Five (other)
Big Five may refer to: Animals * the Big Five, large African wild animals said to be most difficult to hunt: lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo * Big Five animals of the Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: Indian rhinoceros, Indian elephant, Bengal tiger, swamp deer and wild water buffalo * Big Five animals of Alaska, United States: bears, moose, reindeer, Dall sheep and wolves * the Big Five fish UK consumers overwhelmingly eat: Atlantic cod, haddock, Atlantic salmon, tuna and prawns. Arts and entertainment * Big Five (Eurovision), the five main sponsoring countries of the Eurovision Song Contest: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK * Big Five Academy Awards, the five main award categories * Big Five (orchestras), the traditional top five orchestras of the United States * Big Five (Yu-Gi-Oh!), a group of fictional characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe * The "Big Five" largest UK ITV companies: * Big Five (publishers) in English-language book p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Four (other)
Big Four or Big 4 may refer to: Groups of companies * Big Four accounting firms: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC * Big Four (airlines) in the U.S. in the 20th century: American, Eastern, TWA, United * Big Four (banking), several groupings of banks in different countries * Big Four (British railway companies) in the period 1923–1947: GWR, LMS, LNER, SR * Big Four (radio networks) in the U.S.: CBS, NBC, ABC, Mutual * Big Four Railroad, a nickname of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway in the U.S. * Big Four American tech companies: Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta Platforms * Big Four television networks in the U.S.: CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox * The "Big Four" largest UK ITV companies 1955–1968: * Big Four state-owned car manufacturers of China, namely: SAIC Motor, FAW Group, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, and Changan Automobile * Japanese Big Four motorcycle manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha * Big Four supermarkets chains in the United Kingdom: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Three (other)
The "Big Three" usually describes the three most prominent entities in any given grouping or subject. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Big Three (American television), the three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States (ABC, CBS, and NBC) * The Big Three (English band) * The Big 3 (folk group) ,a folk trio comprising Cass Elliot, Tim Rose, and James Hendricks * The Big Three, an R&B ensemble led by Willie Dixon * The Big 3 (Milt Jackson album), ''The Big 3'' (Milt Jackson album), 1975 Sports Association football * Big Three (Belgium), the three most successful association football clubs in Belgium * Big Three (Costa Rica), the three most successful association football clubs in Costa Rica * Big Three (Greece), the three most successful association football clubs in Greece * Big Three (Netherlands), the three most successful association football clubs in the Netherlands * Big Three (Peru), the three most successful association footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Two (other)
Big two is a card game of Chinese origin. Big Two may also refer to: *Big Two derby, the Northern Irish football derby between Linfield and Glentoran *Big two of North Region Junior football: Sunnybank F.C. and Banks O' Dee F.C. See also * * Big One (other) * Big Three (other) * Big Four (other) * Big Five (other) * Big Six (other) * Big Seven (other) * Big Eight (other) * Big Ten (other) * Big 12 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big One (other)
Big One, or The Big One may refer to: Disasters * The Big One (earthquake), describing an anticipated megathrust earthquake along Western North America or Japan Films, stories and popular culture * The Big One (film), ''The Big One'' (film), a 1998 film by Michael Moore * ''The Big One'', a 2005 film starring Yangzom Brauen * ''The Big One: the Story of TGR's 16 Years in Jackson Hole'', a 2006 ski documentary by Teton Gravity Research * The Big One (TV series), ''The Big One'' (TV series), an early-1990s comedy series starring Sandi Toksvig and Mike McShane * The Big One (Gilmore Girls), "The Big One" (''Gilmore Girls''), a third-season episode of the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' * The Big One (Dexter), "The Big One" (''Dexter''), a 2010 episode of the television series ''Dexter'' * ''The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'', a 1990 made-for-television movie starring Joanna Kerns, depicting a massive earthquake that destroys Los Angeles, California * Sōkichi Bamba/B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CKLW
CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. CKLW has a news/ talk format. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 ''CTV Windsor''. CKLW is a 50,000- watt Class B station, using a five- tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline. History Overview CKLW was an internationally known Top 40 station in the 1960s and 1970s. During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as ''Boss Radio'', devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big 8 Conference (California)
The Big 8 Conference is an all-sport conference within the California Community College Athletic Association The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) is a sports association of community colleges in the U.S. state of California. It oversees 108 athletic programs throughout the state. The organization was formed in 1929 as the Cali .... {{context, date=May 2016 College sports in California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
