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Kevin Metheny
Kevin Metheny (June 6, 1954 – October 3, 2014) was an American radio and cable network executive who began his career as on-air talent and went on to direct programming and audience research at many radio stations and in a number of broadcast conglomerates. During the 1980s, Metheny helped develop cable entertainment networks MTV and VH1 as vice-president in charge of Music Programming and Production; he later served as vice-president of VH1 before returning to broadcast radio. Metheny received fame for his reputation as the nemesis of Howard Stern; earning him the nickname “Pig Virus.” Career Metheny became weekend air talent at album rock KWHP-FM in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1970. The next year, he moved to WKY in Oklahoma City, serving as weekend and fill-in talent during his senior year at John Marshall High School (Oklahoma), John Marshall High School. Pat O'Day, General Manager of KJR (AM), KJR/KISW-FM, hired Metheny as evening talent at KJR. Following O'Day's 1975 departu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. The population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States Census, making it the fifth largest city in Oklahoma. The city borders the northern boundary of Oklahoma City. Public transportation is provided by Citylink Edmond bus service. History 19th century The Santa Fe rail line in Oklahoma Territory established a water and coaling station for steam engines at this location when the Santa Fe Railroad built into Indian Territory in 1887.Oklahoma Municipal Government ''Oklahoma Almanac'', 2005, p. 535. (accessed October 1, 2013) The site for the station was chosen because it was the highest point on the line in Oklahoma County; train could more easily accelerat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, which later became TBS. As a philanthropist, he gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden U.S. support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors. Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative with US Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZAZ
WZAZ (1400 AM) is a silent radio station in Jacksonville, Florida which carries a Gospel music format. History The station was first licensed in 1950 as WRHC in Jacksonville, Florida. The call letters were changed to WERD on April 2, 1972, after this call sign was transferred from an earlier WERD WERD was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949, broadcasting on 860 AM (now used by WAEC). The National Black Radio Hall of Fame Atlanta Chapter is ... in Atlanta, Georgia. On January 18, 1984 the call letters were changed to WZAZ. (Facility ID# 68761) (Federal Communications Commission) References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJBT
WJBT (93.3 FM "93.3 The Beat") is a commercial radio station licensed to Callahan, Florida, and serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Central Parkway in the Southside neighborhood. WJBT has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, the highest permitted for non- grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington neighborhood. WJBT broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel carries iHeart's Black Information Network, which feeds FM translator W281AM at 104.1 in Macclenny. The HD3 subchannel airs a simulcast of WSOS-FM, which airs a classic country format. History of the 93.3 frequency In 1995, WAIA switched from Triple-A to modern rock, becoming "Planet Radio 93.3". Station history WJBT has been in its current format since 1992 (when it was at 92.7), playing Hip Hop and R&B music. It was home to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSOL-FM
WSOL-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station known as V101.5. It is licensed to Yulee, Florida, and serves the Jacksonville metropolitan area and Southeast Georgia. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., it broadcasts an Urban Adult Contemporary radio format. WSOL-FM's studios are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside district. The transmitter is off McKendree Road in Kingsland, Georgia, a couple of miles from the Georgia-Florida border. Weekday mornings on V101.5 begin with ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', syndicated by co-owned Premiere Networks. Overnights feature ''The Sweat Hotel'', a syndicated show hosted by R&B singer Keith Sweat. Local DJs are heard the rest of the day. Urban gospel music is heard on Sunday mornings. History On September 1, 1966, the station signed on as WYNR-FM. It was the FM counterpart to AM 790 WYNR (now WSFN), and was licensed to Brunswick, Georgia. It was owned by Dixie Radio, Inc., and simulcast the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJNJ
WJNJ (1320 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned by New Covenant Ministries, Inc., and airs an urban gospel radio format. Its schedule is a mix of contemporary gospel hits and preaching shows aimed at the African-American community. Weekday mornings, it carries the Erica Campbell (musician), Erica Campbell Show, radio syndication, syndicated from Urban One, Radio One. WJNJ broadcasts with 50,000 watts by day, the highest power permitted for commercial AM radio stations, using a omni-directional antenna, non-directional antenna. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 1320, it drops its power to 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna. Listeners can also hear WJNJ’s programming on 103.7 Hertz, MHz via FM radio, FM broadcast relay station, translator station W279AG in Atlantic Beach, Florida. History The station was first licensed on July 23, 1940 as WJHP on 1290 kHz. It was owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQIK-FM
WQIK-FM (99.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a country music radio format. Overnight, WQIK carries the syndicated '' CMA After Midnite Show with Cody Alan'' and the '' Bobby Bones Show'' on Sunday evenings. WQIK-FM is unusual in the radio industry as a station that has kept its original call sign and format for more than half a century. The station's studios and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside section. The transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington district. WQIK-FM is powered at 100,000 watts with a Class C signal. It broadcasts in the HD format, with the HD-2 subchannel carrying the iHeartRadio Spanish Contemporary format, also heard on translator station W295AZ, in Jacksonville Beach, called "Rumba 106.9." History Early years In September 1964, WQIK-FM first signed on. It was owned by Rowland Broadcasting Company, which also owned AM 1280 WQIK. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the county seat, seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the city government Jacksonville Consolidation, consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2020 United States census, 2020, Jacksonville's population is 949,611, making it the List of United States cities by population, 12th most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the most populous city in the Southern United States, South outside of the state of Texas. With a population of 1,733,937, the Jacksonville metropolitan area ranks as Florida's fourth-largest metropolitan region. Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQQL
KQQL (107.9 MHz, KOOL 108) is a commercial FM radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market and is licensed to suburban Anoka. It plays classic hits and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park. KQQL's effective radiated power is 100,000 watts. The transmitter is off St. Francis Boulevard NW in Nowthen, Minnesota. It broadcasts digital radio using iBiquity's HD Radio format, with the HD2 subchannel airing the African-American-oriented Black Information Network service, and the HD3 subchannel carries a sports radio service known as "KFAN Plus." FM translator W227BF (93.3 FM) is fed by the HD2 subchannel, while K244FE (96.7 FM) is fed by the HD3 subchannel. Programming KQQL broadcasts a classic hits radio format known as "Kool 108." KQQL mainly plays 1980s and 1990s music with a few 1970s and 2000s songs heard each day. KQQL uses the slogan "Minnesota's Best Variety of the 80s and 90s." KQQL s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFRC (defunct)
610 KFRC was a radio station in San Francisco, California in the United States, which made its first broadcast on Wednesday, September 24, 1924, from studios in the Hotel Whitcomb, at 1231 Market Street. KFRC originally broadcast with 50 watts on the 270 meter wavelength (equal to about 1110 kHz), then moved to 660 kHz in April 1927. As part of nationwide frequency reallocations on November 11, 1928, KFRC was moved to 610 kHz, where the call letters remained until 2005. In addition, KFRC had a co-owned FM sister station, known as KFRC-FM, which operated on 106.1 MHz in the 1970s, and later began simulcasting on 99.7 MHz in 1991, and its format continued on 99.7 FM for a time even after the AM station was sold. The KFRC call sign was moved to KFRC-FM 106.9 on May 17, 2007. The famous callsign letters were sequentially issued, as was common when KFRC signed on the air in 1924. They did not stand for "Francisco" or "Frisco," nor did they stand for "Known Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAEV-FM
WAEV (97.3 FM, "97.3 Kiss FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to Savannah, Georgia. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. WAEV's transmitter is located near Bloomingdale, Georgia, and shares studios with its sister stations in Garden City. History During the early- and mid-1970s, WXLM was an easy listening station. In September 1977, the station flipped to Album Rock in response to WTOC starting a highly successful overnight album rock program in 1976. Before this, Savannah had been without a rock station since WEAS-FM flipped in the early 1970s. 97.3 went by the name 97 Rock with the call sign WXLM. In 1980, the station flipped to Adult Contemporary known as WAEV ("Wave 97"). When WXLM left the air, Savannah did not have a rock station until WIXV picked up the format in 1986. The station evolved into a Hot AC station as Mix 97.3 in 1993. After several years of falling numbers and revenue in the early 2000s, the station rebranded to Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSOK
WSOK (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a gospel format licensed to Savannah, Georgia, United States, The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are located in Garden City (with a Savannah address) and utilizes a transmitter located east of historic downtown Savannah. The station is also heard on translator W259DE at 99.7 FM. History WFRP After applying in 1944, Frank R. Pidcock and James M. Wilder were granted a construction permit for 1230 AM in Savannah in 1946, which took the call letters WFRP. The station opened on October 30, 1946. It was Savannah's only independent (non-network) station, though in the early 1950s it was the local outlet for the short-lived Liberty Broadcasting System, and in 1952 it picked up the ABC affiliation. WSOK In 1958, Albert Fisher, who had previously owned stations in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, bought WFRP from the Georgia Broadcasting Company for $87,500. Fisher changed the station's call letters to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
