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KVCN
KVCN (106.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Los Alamos, New Mexico, and serving Northern New Mexico, including Santa Fe and Albuquerque. It broadcasts a Conservative Christian radio format featuring programming from its owner's network, VCY America. KVCN has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 44,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on a high peak in Jemez Springs, in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, west of Los Alamos. Programming is also heard on a network of FM translators around New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Station history 106.7 signed on in 1987 as KBOM with a Spanish Contemporary music format. In 1990 it would be home to an Oldies format for northern New Mexico branded as "K-Bomb" with slogans such as ''Oldies Blast From the Past''. The name referenced the city of license Los Alamos as being the birthplace of the atomic bomb. In 2000, it would be purchased by American General Media (AGM) along with Santa Fe area stations 107.5, 94.7, 1260 and 1400 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VCY America
VCY America, is a traditional, evangelical, conservative Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian talk and teaching, as well as traditional Christian music through its broadcast outlets. History Originally known as "Milwaukee Youth For Christ," and later, "Greater Milwaukee Youth For Christ," it left the national YFC organization in 1973 and became known as the ''Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth'' (WVCY) until 1995, when it changed to its present name. Its flagship radio station in Milwaukee, WVCY-FM, uses a call sign that stands for the original name "Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth." Radio Network The ministry operates 33 VCY America-owned radio stations in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It also broadcasts over 25 low-power FM translators. VCY America radio also provides programming such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTRC
KTRC (1260 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a progressive talk radio format. It is licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is owned by Hutton Broadcasting, LLC. Its studios and transmitter are located in Santa Fe. By day, KTRC is powered at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1310 AM at night, KTRC reduces power to 1,000 watts at sunset. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K279CX at 103.7 MHz. Programming Weekdays *This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal (4am-7am) *Stephanie Miller (7am-10am) *Thom Hartmann (10am-1pm) *Richard Eeds (local) (1pm-4pm) *Rick Unger (4pm-6pm) *Randi Rhodes (6pm-8pm) *Thom Hartmann (repeat) (8pm-11pm) *Coast to Coast AM with George Noory (11pm-4am) Weekends *Ring of Fire *Kim Komando *Hometown Project *All Things Real Estate History The station went on the air as KVSF on February 14, 1992. On July 23, 2002, the station changed its call sign to the current KTRC. The station was purchased by Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLBU
KLBU (94.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Santa Fe, New Mexico. KLBU airs a rhythmic hot adult contemporary radio format branded as "Jam'n 94.7", and is owned by Hutton Broadcasting. Its radio studios and offices are in Santa Fe. KLBU has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off New Mexico State Road 68 in Alcalde, New Mexico. A 5,200 watt booster station, known as KLBU-2, also on 94.7 MHz, operates in Santa Fe, to improve reception in the state capital. History The station (formerly KBOM) has had numerous formats in recent years from the long-running "K-Bomb" oldies format that had relocated (along with the KBOM call-sign) from 106.7 FM (now KAGM) after it was sold in late 2000, to Rhythmic Top 40 as "The Bomb" from 2002–2004, smooth jazz in 2004–2005, and simulcasting the news and talk format from sister station KAGM 106.3 in Albuquerque. In September 2006 listeners were as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos is an census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as the development and creation place of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The town is located on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and had a population of about 13,200 as of 2020. It is the county seat and one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is White Rock. History The ruins of permanent Puebloan settlements, such as those located in nearby Bandelier National Monument and Tsankawi, and numerous other sites such as cliff dwellings indicate that the area has been inhabited during various eras since around 1150 AD. The first settlers on the plateau are thought to be Keres speaking Native Americans around the 10th century. Around 1300, Tewa settlers immigrated from the Four Corners Region and built large cities but were driven o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM Translator
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or transponds) the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station. It expands the broadcast range of a television or radio station beyond the primary signal's original coverage or improves service in the original coverage area. The stations may be (but are not usually) used to create a single-frequency network. They may also be used by an AM or FM radio station to establish a presence on the other band. Relay stations are most commonly established and operated by the same organisations responsible for the originating stations they repeat. However, depending on technical and regulatory restrictions, relays may also be set up by unrelated organisations. Types Broadcast translators In its simplest form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KANW
KANW (89.1 FM) is a non-commercial public radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. KANW is owned and operated by the Albuquerque Public Schools. On weekdays it airs New Mexico music and local public radio programming afternoons and nights, with NPR news programming in the morning, including ''Morning Edition'', ''Fresh Air'', ''On Point'' and '' 1A''. Weekends feature New Mexico music, classical music and classic country music, as well as some NPR weekend shows such as ''The New Yorker Radio Hour'', '' Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me'' and ''The Moth Radio Hour''. A second radio service known as KANW-HD2 carries all news and information programming. It is heard on KANW's digital subchannel as well as on three FM translator stations and KANM 90.3 FM in Grants. KANW main channel programming is simulcast on KANR 91.9 in Santa Rosa, KGGA 88.1 in Gallup, KIDS 88.1 in Grants, KEDP 91.1 in Las Vegas, and KXNM 88.7 in Encino. History In October 1950, KANW first signed on the air. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly 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 B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., began to operate as 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 and live events through division iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.) and subsidiary iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.Pareles, Jon (June 18, 1986)"Oldies on Rise in Album-Rock Radio" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 19, 2019. The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading. Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by heritage acts which are still active and producing new music."New York Radio Guide: Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDRF
KDRF (103.3 MHz) is a radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is owned by Cumulus Media and has an adult hits format as "Ed FM" and uses the slogan "playing stuff we like". Its studios are located in Downtown Albuquerque and the transmitter tower is located atop Sandia Crest east of the city. History ;Early history The 103.3 frequency signed on in 1987 as KIDI with a Spanish-language contemporary music format. In January 1992 the Guadalajara Chili Pepper Company sold KIDI to Ramar Communications for $1 million along with a construction permit for TV channel 50 (then identified as KBQE). By September 1992 it switched to a country music format as KASY ("Y-103/Cat Country") to challenge KRST. In March 1996, Ramar Communications sold KASY-FM to Citadel Broadcasting for five million dollars. The following month Citadel also acquired KRST and KRZY AM & FM from Crescent Communications for 23 million dollars and by October of that year Citadel divested both KRZY stations to a Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citadel Communications
Citadel Communications Ltd. is an American private broadcasting company. It is based in Bronxville, New York and owns 1 Low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power television station on which it operates a regional 24-hour news cycle, 24-hour United States cable news, cable news channel. The company was founded in 1982 by former National Association of Broadcasters joint board chairman and current Broadcasters Foundation of America chairman Phil Lombardo. Upon completion of the digital television transition in the United States, Digital TV transition in 2009 in American television, 2009, Citadel's stations at that time returned their digital broadcasts to their former analog channel assignments in the Very high frequency, VHF spectrum. As a result of poor propagation characteristics for digital TV in the VHF bands, these stations now operate low-power digital fill-in Broadcast relay station, translators in the Ultra high frequency, UHF band to improve coverage in their city of li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Rock
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this term to distinguish themselves from classic rock, which is based in 1960s–1980s rock music. Radio format Modern rock (also known as alternative radio) is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre. Generally beginning with Hardcore punk but referring especially to alternative rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used in the US to differentiate the music from classic rock, which focuses on music recorded in the 1960s through to the early 1990s. A few modern rock radio stations existed during the 1980s, such as KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, XETRA-FM in San Diego, WHTG-FM (now WKMK) on the Jersey Shore, WLIR on Long Island, WFNX in Boston, and KQAK The Quake in San Francisco. Modern rock was solidified as a radio format in 1988 with ''Billboard''s creation of the Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KABG
KABG (98.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Alamos, New Mexico, and serving the Santa Fe and Albuquerque radio markets. It is owned by American General Media and airs a classic hits radio format, playing Top 40 hits mostly from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The radio studios and offices are located in Northeast Albuquerque. The transmitter is on Sandia Crest at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000 watts. History This station signed on in 1956 as KRSN-FM. For nearly three decades, the station broadcast at low wattage and only covered Los Alamos. It would enter the Albuquerque radio market in November 1985, when the transmitter moved to the Valles Caldera National Preserve in Jemez Springs, New Mexico at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations where the station would operate until 2022. It launched as KKHJ with an adult contemporary format after upgrading to a 100,000 watt signal. Shortly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
