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KYFJ
KYFJ is a radio station serving the Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas. The station broadcasts at 93.7 MHz with 100 kW and is licensed to New Iberia, Louisiana. KYFJ is currently under ownership of Bible Broadcasting Network. It was previously held by The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, who picked up this station after its previous owner Citadel Broadcasting swapped the station for KNEK-FM. The station's transmitter is located in the Atchafalaya Basin area in rural St. Martin Parish. History Z-Rock, 1992 KRDJ signed on in June 1992 as KKZN, an affiliate of the Z-Rock satellite network. KKZN was a Cavaness Broadcasting station, co-owned with what was then KVOL and KVOL-FM as the first FM duopoly in the Lafayette market; Z-Rock 93.7 was effectively the replacement of the rock format previously heard on KVOL-FM before that station flipped to Urban AC in July 1992. At the time, KKZN was broadcasting with 34 kilowatts from a tower located off Highway 90 in southern Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bible Broadcasting Network
The Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN) is a listener-supported global Conservative Christian radio network staffed and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was founded in 1971 by Lowell Davey, who was the network's president until his death in 2017. It remains under family control, with Davey's daughter Barbara Redemann and her husband Carl Redemann leading BBN. BBN's mission statement is "to get the Word of God into the hearts and minds of as many people as possible using the most efficient means" and its motto is "Giving the Winds the Bible Voice". Doctrinally, the programming is conservative evangelical in approach. BBN eschews programming geared toward "signs and wonders", " charismatic" theology, and "prosperity theology". Programming content consists of traditional Christian music, including vocalists, choirs, and instrumentalists; Bible teaching and sermons; prayer times; children's and teens' programs; and family guidance programs. Programs Among the notable m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC
The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that temporarily owns 2 radio stations previously owned by Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel absorbed ABC Radio as well as 22 radio stations (not including ESPN Radio and Radio Disney O&O affiliates) on June 12, 2007 from The Walt Disney Company, which made Citadel Broadcasting the 3rd-largest radio company in the United States prior to the 2011 acquisition by Cumulus Media. However, in order to comply with the FCC ownership limitations, Citadel transferred 12 of its radio stations. Stations *KOKY Sherwood, Arkansas *KPZK-FM Cabot, Arkansas Former Last Bastion stations * KARN-FM in Sheridan, Arkansas was originally on the list, but was later swapped back to Citadel for KOKY. KARN and KPZK, both in Little Rock, Arkansas, remained with Citadel even though the FM stations with those call signs were initially transferred to the trust and KPZK-FM remains there. * Last Bastion swapped with Citadel once more in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNEK-FM
KNEK-FM (104.7 FM, "Magic 104.7") is a radio station playing an Urban AC format in the Lafayette area. It broadcasts under ownership of Cumulus Media. Its studios are located on Galbert Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located south of Opelousas, Louisiana. The station used to be owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In 2007, Citadel transferred 11 of its radio stations (including KNEK-FM) to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that temporarily owns 2 radio stations previously owned by Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel absorbed ABC Radio as well as 22 radio stations (not including ESPN Radio and Radio Di ... upon merger of many ABC Radio stations. However, in January 2008, Last Bastion Station Trust transferred KNEK-FM back to Citadel Broadcasting, effectively placing it back into the Lafayette cluster. In exchange for KNEK-FM, the trust received KRDJ. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Iberia, Louisiana
New Iberia (french: La Nouvelle-Ibérie; es, Nueva Iberia) is the largest city in and parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Iberia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The city of New Iberia is located approximately southeast of Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette, and forms part of the Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana, Lafayette metropolitan statistical area in the region of Acadiana. The 2020 United States census tabulated a population of 28,555. New Iberia is served by a major four lane highway, being U.S. 90 (future Interstate 49), and has its own general aviation airfield, Acadiana Regional Airport. Scheduled passenger and cargo airline service is available via the nearby Lafayette Regional Airport located adjacent to U.S. 90 in Lafayette. History New Iberia dates its founding to the spring of 1779, when a group of some 500 colonists (''Province of Málaga, Malagueños'') from Spain, led by Francisco Bouligny, Lt. Col. Francisco Bouligny, came up Bayou Teche and sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. The format is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as aco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSMB (FM)
KSMB (94.5 MHz, "94.5 KSMB") is a CHR FM radio station in Lafayette, Louisiana owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located on Galbert Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located south of Church Point, Louisiana. KSMB began broadcasting in 1964 as Lafayette's first FM station.Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984 Its call letters stand for Southland Music Broadcasting, the station's original owner company. Through the 1960s it featured a strictly Cajun, Swamp Pop and Zydeco Americana format. By the 1970s, the station had established an AOR format as ''"K94 The Stereo Rock!"'' In late 1984, the format was gradually shifted from AOR to the current legendary Top 40/ CHR format, under a new moniker as ''"HitRadio 94½ The All New KSMB"'' occurring by October. This branding lasted until 1994, when the current brand name was adopted and shortened moderately as ''"94.5 KSMB"''. Citadel Broadcasting Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringouin, Louisiana
Maringouin is a town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2010 census, down from 1,262 at the 2000 census. At the 2020 population estimates program, its population was 966. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area. Etymology The name, which is Cajun French in origin and means "mosquito", is pronounced ''mah-ring-gwin''. Geography Maringouin is located in northern Iberville Parish at (30.490911, -91.519023). Its northern border is the Pointe Coupee Parish line, and its eastern border is Bayou Grosse Tete. Louisiana Highway 77 passes through the center of the town, leading north to Livonia and southeast along Bayou Grosse Tete to Rosedale. Louisiana Highway 76 leads south from Maringouin along Bayou Maringuoin to Interstate 10 at Ramah. According to the United States Census Bureau, Maringuoin has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. The town straddes Acadiana and the Florida Parishes. Demographics As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde .... Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the county seat, parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous List of parishes in Louisiana, parish—the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. Since 2020, it has been the List of United States cities by population, 99th-most-populous city in the United States and the List of municipalities in Louisiana, second-largest city in Louisiana, after New Orleans; Baton Rouge is the List of capitals in the United States, 18th-most-populous state capital. According to the 2020 United States census, the city-proper had a population of 227,470; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanerette, Louisiana
Jeanerette () is a city in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. Known as "Sugar City", it had a population of 5,530 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 467 from the 2000 tabulation of 5,997. It is two thirds African American, many of them Creoles of color. Jeanerette is the part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area; its parish is also one of the 22 included in the Acadiana region, which has had a high proportion of Francophones. History Early years In the 18th century, French colonist Pierre Zerangue acquired the land where Jeanerette developed from the Spanish government. Zerangue received an "order of survey and settlement" from Spain for . Under Spanish law, if a person occupied a piece of property for two years, they could apply for title to the land under an "order of survey settlement." Colonist Nicholas Provost acquired property extending from the present-day experimental farm to the St. Mary Parish line. He engaged in sugar cultivation, based on the labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainstream Urban
Mainstream may refer to: Film * ''Mainstream'' (film), a 2020 American film Literature * ''Mainstream'' (fanzine), a science fiction fanzine * Mainstream Publishing, a Scottish publisher * ''Mainstream'', a 1943 book by Hamilton Basso Music * Mainstream jazz, a term coined in the 1950s to describe the form of jazz which was a continuation of the Swing era * ''Mainstream'' (band), a late-1990s British shoegazer band, or their first album * ''Mainstream'' (Fullerton College Jazz Band album), 1994 * ''Mainstream'' (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album), 1987 * ''Mainstream'' (Quiet Sun album), 1975 * '' Mainstream EP'', by Metric, 1998 * Mainstream Records, an American record label * "Mainstream", a song by Thea Gilmore from the 2003 album ''Avalanche'' See also *Mainstreaming (other) *Mainstream media * Mainline Protestant, a group of American denominations *Mainstream Renewable Power, an Irish renewable energy development company *Mainstream Energy Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
