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CKMX (AM)
CKMX is a radio station broadcasting at 1060 AM in Calgary, Alberta, and owned by Bell Media. Its comedy format is branded on-air as ''Funny 1060''. CKMX's studios are located on Centre Street in Eau Claire, and its transmitter site is near Southeast Calgary. At night, CKMX can be heard as far west as Battle Ground and Snohomish, Washington. It can also be heard on shortwave on 6.03 MHz via its repeater CFVP, reaching western North America. As of Winter 2020, CKMX is the 18th-most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris. History CKMX was first licensed as a broadcasting station, with the original call sign CFCN, to W. W. Grant Radio, Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta in May 1922. However, the station's founder, William Walter Westover Grant, already had extensive experience with radio development, and a 1923 company advertisement credited him with 13 years of work designing and building radio apparatus, as well as "The con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 In Radio
1922 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1922. __TOC__ Events *6 February – Official inauguration of ''Radio Tour Eiffel'' from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, transmitting meteorological bulletins. *8 February – President of the United States, Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. *14 February – The world's first regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment, made by Peter Eckersley (engineer), Peter Eckersley, begin transmission on radio station 2MT from a hut at the Marconi Company laboratories at Writtle near Chelmsford in England. Initially they are for half an hour on Tuesday evenings. *19 February – Ed Wynn becomes the first big vaudeville star to join radio. The first broadcast is Wynn's ''The Perfect Fool'' and the station is WABC (AM), WJZ, New York (state), New York. This is also the first time in the world that a radio show is broadcast before a studio audience.''The She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snohomish, Washington
Snohomish is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,098 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Snohomish River, southeast of Everett and northwest of Monroe. Snohomish lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 2 and State Route 9. The city's airport, Harvey Airfield, is located south of downtown and used primarily for general aviation. The city was founded in 1859 and named Cadyville for pioneer settler E. F. Cady and renamed to Snohomish in 1871. It served as county seat of Snohomish County from 1861 to 1897, when the county government was relocated to Everett. Snohomish has a downtown district that is renowned for its collection of antique shops and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History The Snohomish River Valley was originally inhabited by the Snohomish people, a Coast Salish tribe who lived between Port Gardner Bay and modern-day Monroe. An archaeological site near the confluence of the Snohomish and Pilchuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFCN-TV
CFCN-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside cable-exclusive CTV 2 Alberta (based in Edmonton with sister station CFRN-DT). CFCN-DT's studios are located on Patina Rise Southwest, near Calgary's Coach Hill neighbourhood, and its transmitter is located near Old Banff Coach Road/ Highway 563. History CFCN first signed on the air on September 9, 1960; owned by the Love family, along with CFCN-AM (1060 kHz, now CKMX). It was the first independent television station in Canada. It became a charter member of the Canadian Television Network, now CTV, on October 8, 1961. Canadian General Electric built a antenna for CFCN-TV, the largest of its type built at the time by the company. The antenna was shipped to Calgary in four sections and was erected in stages atop the station's tower, for a total height of making it the tallest structure in the city of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Broadcasting
Standard may refer to: Symbols * Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Heraldic flag, Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification Norms, conventions or requirements * Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure used for calibration of measuring devices * Standard (timber unit), an obsolete measure of timber used in trade * Breed standard (also called bench standard), in animal fancy and animal husbandry * BioCompute Object, BioCompute Standard, a standard for next generation sequencing * De facto standard, ''De facto'' standard, product or system with market dominance * Gold standard, a monetary system based on gold; also used metaphorically for the best of several options, against which the others are measured * Internet Standard, a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force * Learning standards, standards applied to education content * Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclean-Hunter
Maclean-Hunter (M-H) was a Canadian communications company, which had diversification (finance), diversified holdings in radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television distribution. History The company began in 1887, when brothers John Bayne Maclean and Hugh Cameron Maclean launched their first trade publication, ''Canadian Grocer & General Storekeeper''. Hugh left the company in 1899 and later return to Toronto to establish his own publication firm. John subsequently expanded his company into other areas of publishing, launching the general interest magazine ''Maclean's'' in 1905, the business newspaper ''Financial Post'' in 1907, the lifestyle magazine ''Canadian Homes and Gardens'' in 1925, the women's magazine ''Chatelaine (magazine), Chatelaine'' in 1928, and its French-language counterpart, ''Châtelaine'' in 1960. Horace Talmadge Hunter joined Maclean Publishing in 1903, moving up the management ranks from general manager in 1911 to succeed John Bayne Maclean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Radio
The year 1994 in radio involved some significant events. Events *January – WHTZ Z 100 Newark, NJ/New York City modifies their CHR format by mixing large amounts of Modern Rock into the format. They would continue this for over two years. *January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. *February – WHYT Detroit evolves from Rhythmic CHR to CHR. **US radio station KVRE— Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, begins broadcasting. *February 1 – Radio station at HM Prison Feltham in London begins broadcasting, origin of National Prison Radio in the United Kingdom. *March – KFMH (99.7 FM) of Muscatine, Iowa, ceases its longtime progressive and alternative rock format on March 1. Two weeks later, the station's sale to New York-based Connoisseur Communications is completed; days later, the station's new country format debuts with call letters KBOB (to compete with the Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively. Although some local stations in Canada predate the CBC's founding, CBC is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Canada. The CBC was established on November 2, 1936. The CBC operates four terrestrial radio networks: The English-language CBC Radio One and CBC Music, and the French-language Ici Radio-Canada Première and Ici Musique. (International radio service Radio Canada International historically transmitted via shortwave radio, but since 2012 its content is only available as podcasts on its website.) The CBC also operates two terrestrial television networks, the English-language CBC Television and the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National Railway Radio Network
CNR Radio or CN Radio (officially the Canadian National Railways Radio Department)Radio Drama, English Language ''Canadian Encyclopedia'', accessed January 23, 2008 was the first national in .CNR Company Fonds Provincial Archives of Alberta, accessed January 22, 2008 It was developed, owned and operated by the |
Phantom Station
A phantom radio station was a station which did not operate their own radio transmitter, rather leasing unused airtime from a station which owned the transmitter. In the early days of radio, non-phantom stations (or "physical" stations) only broadcast for a few hours per day. The remaining unused time could then be rented to other stations, who would broadcast through the physical station's hardware. The relatively constant programming also would result in more public interest, who would be encouraged to buy receivers. In Canada, the Canadian National Railway radio network, based in Toronto provided live national programs also some local programs during their broadcasts leased time on CFCA, CFRB and CKGW. While leasing most of their airtime on other channels, the CNR also owned three stations; CNRA Moncton, CRNO Ottawa and CNRV Vancouver. The network was disbanded in 1932. The rival Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Herald
The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser'' started publication on 31 August 1883 in a tent at the junction of the Bow and Elbow by Thomas Braden, a school teacher, and his friend, Andrew Armour, a printer, and financed by "a five-hundred- dollar interest-free loan from a Toronto milliner, Miss Frances Ann Chandler." It started as a weekly paper with 150 copies of only four pages created on a handpress that arrived 11 days earlier on the first train to Calgary. A year's subscription cost $3. When Hugh St. Quentin Cayley became editor 26 November 1884 the Herald moved out of the tent and into a shack. Cayley quickly became partner and editor. Eventually, the publisher's name was changed to Herald Publishing Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFAC
:''CFAC also stands for Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae'' CFAC is an AM radio station serving Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a sports format branded as ''Sportsnet 960 The Fan'', co-branded with the Sportsnet television channel also owned by Rogers. Its studios are located on 7th Avenue Southwest in downtown Calgary, in the same building as Rogers' other Calgary stations, CFFR, CHFM-FM and CJAQ-FM. CFAC broadcasts with a power of 50,000 watts 24 hours a day on the regional frequency of 960 AM. The daytime signal is non-directional, and the nighttime signal is directional using a three-tower array located on Rainbow Road just east of the Calgary city limits. History Organized radio broadcasting began to gain prominence in Canada in early 1922. Initially there wasn't a formal licence category for stations providing entertainment broadcasts intended for the general public, so the earliest stations operated under a mixture of Experimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W W Grant Ltd Advertisement (1923)
W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowel. Its name in English is ''double-u'',Pronounced in formal situations, but colloquially often , , or , with a silent ''l''. plural ''double-ues''. History The classical Latin alphabet, from which the modern European alphabets derived, did not have the "W' character. The "W" sounds were represented by the Latin letter " V" (at the time, not yet distinct from " U"). The sounds (spelled ) and (spelled ) of Classical Latin developed into a bilabial fricative between vowels in Early Medieval Latin. Therefore, no longer adequately represented the labial-velar approximant sound of Germanic phonology. The Germanic phoneme was therefore written as or ( and becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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