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KGEO (1230 AM, "ESPN Bakersfield") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States. It is the flagship station of American General Media, it serves inland central California. The station's studios are located at Easton Business Complex in southwest Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located southwest of Highway 58 and Union Avenue in southeast Bakersfield. The station was assigned the KGEO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 18, 1981. KWAC (AM) operates from KGEO's transmitter site and uses its tower. History The station signed on in 1945 as KERO. At that time, it broadcast from the El Tejon hotel in Downtown Bakersfield. In 1953, it spawned Bakersfield's second television station, which still bears the KERO-TV calls. Original local owner Kern County Broadcasters sold off the radio station in 1955, and the call letters were changed to KGEE. It supported a mix of talk and popular music. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American General Media
American General Media is a media company specializing in radio. It was founded by Lawrence Brandon and is operated by sons Anthony and Rogers. American General Media is headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Lawrence Brandon owned and operated over 75 radio stations during his tenure; today the company operates stations throughout the Southwest. Markets and stations Albuquerque/Santa Fe *KABG in Los Alamos, New Mexico * KHFM in Santa Fe, New Mexico *KIOT in Los Lunas, New Mexico * KJFA in Belen, New Mexico *KJFA-FM in Pecos, New Mexico * KKRG in Santa Fe, New Mexico *KKSS in Santa Fe, New Mexico *KLVO in Belen, New Mexico Bakersfield, California *KEBT in Lost Hills, California *KERN in Wasco-Greenacres, California *KISV in Bakersfield, California *KGEO in Bakersfield, California *KGFM in Bakersfield, California * KKXX in Shafter, California *K241CI in Bakersfield, California *K266CG in Bakersfield, California Cortez, Colorado *KRTZ in Cortez, Colorado *KVFC in Cortez, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the 2020 census was 403,455, making it the 48th-most populous city in the United States of America and the 9th-most populous city in California. The Bakersfield–Delano Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kern County, had a 2020 census population of 909,235, making it the 62nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The more built-up portion of the metro area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield, Oildale, and Rosedale, has a population of 523,994. Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production. Kern County is the most productive oil-producing county in California and the fourth-most productive agricultural county (by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWAC (AM)
KWAC (1490 AM) is a Spanish language sports radio station serving the Bakersfield, California, area as a TUDN Radio affiliate. This station is under ownership of Lotus Communications. Its studios are located in southwest Bakersfield, while its transmitter is located south of downtown Bakersfield. History KWAC went on the air in 1956 as KMAP, owned by Morris Mindel. The station was sold in 1958 and became KWAC in 1961 when its owner, KMAP, Inc., was sold. The station was previously an affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio ESPN Deportes Radio was an American Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming included call-in talk shows and commentary from hosts about a full range of sporting events, including soccer, Ameri .... After ESPN Deportes Radio was discontinued on September 8, 2019, the station became an affiliate of TUDN Radio. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Street Journal Radio
The ''Wall Street Journal'' Radio Network was the radio arm of ''The Wall Street Journal'', owned by Dow Jones. The radio news service served over 400 radio stations across North America and provided various programming. On November 12, 2014, Dow Jones announced that the ''Wall Street Journal'' Radio Network would cease operations at the close of the year. The move came after News Corporation had been split, with Dow Jones and other print publications moving to the new News Corp and broadcasting assets being spun off to 21st Century Fox (and, after that, Fox Corporation in 2019). It later became known that the network had been blacklisted because most of its affiliates carried conservative talk radio shows that were the subject of advertiser boycotts, and advertisers were unwilling to advertise on the network because of the chance that their barter commercials might air during one of the blacklisted shows. Programs * ''The Wall Street Journal Report'' * ''The Dow Jones Money Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Howard
Clark Brian Howard (born June 20, 1955) is a popular consumer expert and podcast host of ''The Clark Howard Show''. Life and career Howard grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents, Bernard and Joy Garson Howard, were prominent members of Atlanta's Jewish community. Howard has three children, born in 1988, 1999 and 2005. He had been a nationally syndicated radio host since 1989, teaching consumers ways to "save more, spend less, and avoid rip-offs." The Clark Howard Show was heard every day on more than 200 radio stations throughout North America, and aired from News/Talk WSB, WSB AM/ WSBB FM in Atlanta. He is a frequent consumer expert guest on other talk, variety, and news programs. Howard's first career was in the travel agency business. Howard attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta before graduating from the American University in 1976 with a BA in Urban Government. He went on to receive his Master of Business Administration degree from Central Michigan University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Ramsey
David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American personal finance personality, radio show host, author, and businessman. An evangelical Christian, he hosts the nationally syndicated radio program ''The Ramsey Show''. Ramsey has written several books, including ''The New York Times'' bestseller ''The Total Money Makeover'', and hosted a television show on Fox Business from 2007 to 2010. Early life Ramsey was born in Antioch, Tennessee, to real estate developers. He attended Antioch High School where he played ice hockey. At age 18, Ramsey took the real estate exam and began selling property, working through college at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Real Estate. By 1986, Ramsey had amassed a significant portfolio worth over $4million. However, when the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987 took effect, several banks changed ownership and recalled his $1.2million in loans and lines of credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Miller
Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American talk show host, political commentator, sports commentator, actor, and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1991, and he subsequently hosted a string of his own talk shows on HBO, CNBC, and also in syndication. From 2007 to 2015, Miller hosted a daily, three-hour, self-titled talk radio program, nationally syndicated by Westwood One. On March 9, 2020, ''Dennis Miller + One'' show, launched on RT America. It ran twice-weekly and featured celebrity interviews. Miller is listed as 21st on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time, and was ranked as the best host of ''SNL''s ''Weekend Update'' by Vulture.com. Early life Miller was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in the suburb of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania, Castle Shannon. He is of Scottish people, Scottish descent. Miller's parents separated and he was raised by his mother, Norma who was a dietitian at a Baptist nurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imus In The Morning
''Imus in the Morning'' was a long-running radio show hosted by Don Imus. The show originated on June 2, 1968, on various stations in the Western United States and Cleveland, Ohio before settling on WNBC radio in New York City in 1971. In October 1988, the show moved to WFAN when that station took over WNBC's dial position following an ownership change. It was later syndicated to 60 other stations across the country by Westwood One, a division of CBS Radio, airing weekdays from 5:30 to 10 am Eastern time. Beginning September 3, 1996, the 6 to 9 am portion was simulcast on the cable television network MSNBC. The show had been broadcast almost every weekday morning for 36 years on radio and 11 years on MSNBC until it was canceled on April 12, 2007, due to controversial comments made on the April 4, 2007 broadcast. ''Imus in the Morning'' program returned to the morning drive on New York radio station WABC on December 3, 2007. WABC is the flagship station of ABC Radio Networks ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association, meaning any player signed to an entry-level NHL contract and designated for assignment must report to a club in either the ECHL or the AHL. Additionally, the league's players are represented by the Professional Hockey Players' Association in negotiations with the ECHL itself. Some 662 players have played at least one game in the NHL after appearing in the ECHL. For the 2022–23 season, 28 of the 32 NHL teams have affiliations with an ECHL team with only the Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets having no official ECHL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015)
The Bakersfield Condors were a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors played home games at Rabobank Arena. History Originally known as the "Bakersfield Fog", the team was founded in 1995 as a charter member of the West Coast Hockey League. They replaced the Bakersfield Oilers of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League when that league folded in 1994. The team became the "Condors" in 1998 when it moved into the new Centennial Garden. The Condors, and other West Coast Hockey League teams, joined the ECHL in 2003. For the 2008–09 ECHL season, 2008–09 season, the Condors announced an affiliation with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League on May 21, 2008. They became the Ducks' secondary affiliate, after the Iowa Chops of the American Hockey League. In the 2009–10 ECHL season, following season, the Condors became the Ducks' primary affiliate after the Chops were suspended from ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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