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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] |
KIOT
KIOT (102.5 FM, "Coyote 102.5") is an American radio station licensed to Los Lunas, New Mexico, and serving the Albuquerque and Santa Fe radio markets broadcasting a classic rock format with music from the late 1960s through the early 2000s. The station is owned by American General Media. Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue) and the transmitter tower is located atop Sandia Crest east of the city. History KIOT first launched in 1991 with an eclectic Triple-A format called "The Coyote". The callsign and format originated in late 1990 on 102.3 in Espanola after the station was purchased by KLSK founder Bill Sims and programmer Jack Kolkmeyer. The name "coyote" and KIOT callsign was selected to associate it as: "The coyote embodies the wild, free spirit that is the very soul and music of the world." KIOT used translators in Albuquerque before 102.5 signed on in 1994. The KIOT callsign moved to the Los Lunas station on August 5, 1994. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKRG-FM
KKRG-FM (105.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, covering the Albuquerque area and northern New Mexico. It is currently owned by American General Media. Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue) and the transmitter tower is located west of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Syndicated programming includes ''Brooke & Jeffrey'' in the morning and ''Liveline with Mason'' at night. History KIVA (1985-1991) 105.1 FM signed on in Fall 1985 as KIVA with a hot adult contemporary format in an effort to challenge KOB-FM. The station was owned by Constant Communications. In November 1986, Constant sold KIVA to the Daytona Group for $1.9 million (at auction). KIVA would then shift to a Top 40 format and rebranded as "Power 105". Daytona would then purchase KXAK for $425,000 in May 1987. KXAK became KIVA, while 105.1 became KIVA-FM, and would simulcast the programming in AM stereo for about a year. On December 1, 1989, the station wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKSS
KKSS (97.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and broadcasting to the Santa Fe and Albuquerque metropolitan area. KKSS airs an urban-leaning rhythmic contemporary radio format branded as "Kiss 97.3". Owned by American General Media, its radio studios and offices are in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue). KKSS has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. History The station first signed on the air in 1969 as KAFE-FM, keeping that call sign until 1985. It was the FM counterpart to KAFE (810 AM, now KSWV) in Santa Fe. On September 16, 1985, after upgrading the signal and acquiring new broadcasting equipment, KAFE-FM switched its call letters to KKSS. The format was initially described as being "a popular, contemporary music format which will be between the hard rock music of Q106-FM and the soft contemporary music of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJFA (AM)
KJFA (840 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station licensed to Belen, New Mexico, United States, which also serves the Albuquerque area. The station is owned by American General Media. KJFA also broadcasts on FM translator K275AO at 102.9 MHz at 99 watts from atop Sandia Crest. KJFA airs a bilingual Hispanic rhythmic format branded as "Fuego 102.9". Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque and the transmitter tower for KJFA is located in South Valley, New Mexico. History This station (originally KARS) used to broadcast at 860 kHz at 1,300 watts during the day and 185 watts at night. The signal in Albuquerque had been a bit weak there during daytime hours and was even harder (but not impossible) to hear at night due to its transmitter being located near Belen, New Mexico, Belen (about 40 miles south of Albuquerque) and using low levels of power. However, the station mostly served the Valencia County area and did not really target Albuquerque. KARS has featured a ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLVO (FM)
KLVO (97.7 MHz) is an FM radio station serving Central New Mexico. It is licensed to Belen, New Mexico, and is owned by American General Media. Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque, and its transmitter is located west of Los Lunas, New Mexico. KLVO broadcasts a New Mexico music and regional Mexican format branded as "Radio Lobo". Station history From 1985 to 1995, 97.7 was KARS-FM, which had a country music format, some of which had remained in existence on KARS long after the FM station dropped the format. In July 1994 KARS AM & FM were sold by Brooks Broadcasting Company to Guardian Communications for $665,000. In early 1995, after having upgraded to a class C1 with increased power to 100,000 watts, the station became KLVO "Radio Lobo", and aired a Regional Mexican format. At the time of its launch, there were no other Spanish language radio stations on the FM band other than the programming on public radio station KANW. "Lobo" faced more competition soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJFA-FM
KJFA-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Pecos, New Mexico, branded as Fuego 102-9, and serving the Santa Fe area. It broadcasts a bilingual Hispanic rhythmic format, simulcasting KJFA 840 AM Belen, New Mexico. History KENC – Enchantment FM 102.9 102.9 FM signed on in August 2002 as KENC, "Enchantment FM 102.9", under Meadows Media, programmed by Jim Duncan, which aired an eclectic music format made up of jazz (without much smooth jazz), classical, world music, blues, folk, and bluegrass, as well as Adult Album Alternative. Jim Duncan's goal was to create a radio station which featured music not heard on most commercial radio stations. The signal was very poor throughout its coverage area; it suffered interference from KRGN in Amarillo, Texas and KAZX in Kirtland, New Mexico. Many adjustments and minor modifications were made to the transmitter site, however the signal never improved satisfactorily. A 2,400 watt booster was added in May 2003 on a cellsite about 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. Frequent variants of the Top 40 are the Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, Top 50, Top 75, Top 100 and Top 200. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s In Music
: ''For music from a year in the 1970s, go to 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1970s. In North America, Europe, and Oceania, the decade saw the rise of disco, which became one of the biggest genres of the decade, especially in the mid-to-late 1970s. In Europe, a variant known as Euro disco rose in popularity towards the end of the 1970s. Aside from disco, funk, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, and soul music remained popular throughout the decade. Rock music played an important part in the Western musical scene, with punk rock thriving throughout the mid to late 1970s. Other subgenres of rock, particularly glam rock, hard rock, progressive, art rock, and heavy metal achieved various amounts of success. Other genres such as reggae were innovative throughout the decade and grew a significant following. Hip hop emerged during this decade, but was slow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s In Music
Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued to be highly successful in the decade, with the continuation of the genre's golden age. Aside from rap, reggae, contemporary R&B, and urban music in general remained extremely popular throughout the decade; urban music in the late-1980s and 1990s often blended with styles such as soul, funk, and jazz, resulting in fusion genres such as new jack swing, neo-soul, hip hop soul, and g-funk which were popular. Similarly to the 1980s, rock music was also very popular in the 1990s, yet, unlike the new wave and glam metal-dominated scene of the time, grunge, Britpop, industrial rock, and other alternative rock music emerged and took over as the most popular of the decade, as well as punk rock, ska punk, and nu metal, amongst others, which attained a high level of success at various points throughout the years. Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound echoes that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typ ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
