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KBGG
KBGG (1700 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Des Moines, Iowa . The station is owned by Cumulus Media and it airs a sports radio, sports radio format, known as "101.3 & 1700 The Champ". KBGG's studios and offices are located in Urbandale, Iowa, Urbandale. The main AM transmitter is located off Fairview Lane in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Pleasant Hill. KBGG is in the "AM expanded band, Expanded Band," one of only a handful of stations at AM 1700. It is powered at 10,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night, using a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna. Programming and Personalities Several sports talk shows are heard on 1700 The Champ KBGG weekdays: Taz & The Moose, The D.A. Show, Jim Rome, The Drive with Wolfgang and Steen, Tiki & Tierney, Bill Reiter and Amy Lawrence. KBGG serves as the Des Moines affiliate for the Kansas City Chiefs and the University of Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball, men's basketball and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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KBGG (1700 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Des Moines, Iowa . The station is owned by Cumulus Media and it airs a sports radio, sports radio format, known as "101.3 & 1700 The Champ". KBGG's studios and offices are located in Urbandale, Iowa, Urbandale. The main AM transmitter is located off Fairview Lane in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Pleasant Hill. KBGG is in the "AM expanded band, Expanded Band," one of only a handful of stations at AM 1700. It is powered at 10,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night, using a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna. Programming and Personalities Several sports talk shows are heard on 1700 The Champ KBGG weekdays: Taz & The Moose, The D.A. Show, Jim Rome, The Drive with Wolfgang and Steen, Tiki & Tierney, Bill Reiter and Amy Lawrence. KBGG serves as the Des Moines affiliate for the Kansas City Chiefs and the University of Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball, men's basketball and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWQW
KWQW (98.3 FM, "The Vibe") is a contemporary hit radio radio station licensed to Boone, Iowa and serving the Des Moines area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media. KWQW's studios are in Urbandale, along with Cumulus' other stations: KGGO, KJJY, KHKI, and KBGG. Its transmitter is located near Big Creek Lake southwest of Sheldahl. History The station began as KWBG-FM in 1975, a local Boone, Iowa radio station. In 1991, the station started to target the Des Moines, Iowa area with a country music format with call letters KIAB "K98" from 1991 to 1993. The station then became KRUU known as "The Rooster" from 1993–1996, also with a country music format before becoming KRKQ in 1996. As KRKQ the station took on the nickname of "98 Rock," featuring a classic rock format that competed with longtime ratings leader KGGO as well as the Bob & Tom Show. In 2000 the station's format was tweaked to classic hits as "Magic 98.3" after owner Barnstable Communications acquired K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KGGO
KGGO (94.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a classic rock radio format. The station's studios and offices are in Urbandale, Iowa, with Cumulus Media's other Des Moines stations: KJJY, KHKI, KWQW, and KBGG. (Before 2001, KGGO's studios were located in Berwick, north of Des Moines.) KGGO carries two nationally syndicated shows on its weekday schedule, ''The Bob & Tom Show'', in morning drive time and ''Nights with Alice Cooper'' in the evening. Middays and afternoons feature local DJs. KGGO has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum output for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is located off 24th Street SE, near 6th Avenue SE, in Altoona. History KNDR and KFMG The first radio station to occupy the 94.9 FM frequency in Des Moines was KNDR (New Directions Radio), which signed on in 1961. It was under the ownership of the Hopkins family, with studios in the Brown Hotel. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKSO
KKSO (1390 hertz, kHz) was a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. The station was owned by Barnstable Broadcasting, and was supplanted by its expanded band successor, KBGG 1700 AM, in 2001. History KKSO sign-on, signed on in 1947 as KCBC. The station was owned by Capital City Broadcasting Company and was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. KCBC broadcast on 1390 kilocycles with a 1,000 watt directional antenna day and night. In 1949, an FM station was launched on 94.1 MHz, as KCBC-FM. That station went off the air in 1953, and the license was deleted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In 1983, KCBC became KMRY, mostly simulcasting the country music of co-owned KJJY. In 1990, it became KKSO (in reference to the heritage KXNO (AM), KSO call sign vacated the year prior). Expanded Band assignment and deletion On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHKI
KHKI (97.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Des Moines, Iowa. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a country music radio format known as "97.3 Nash FM." On weekdays, local DJs are heard during the day, while in the evening, KHKI airs two nationally syndicated Nash FM programs from parent company Cumulus, including "Nash Nights Live" and "The Blair Garner Show." On weekends, " Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" is heard. KHKI's studios are in Urbandale, Iowa, with other Cumulus Des Moines stations: KJJY, KGGO, KWQW, and KBGG. Its transmitter is located on Northwest 100th Street on the border between Grimes and Johnston. While the maximum power for most FM stations in Iowa is 100,000 watts, KHKI's effective radiated power (ERP) is slightly higher, at 105,000 watts; because KHKI dates back to 1961, it is grandfathered at the higher output. History The station first signed on the air in February 1961 as KDMI. It was owned by Richards & Associates, Inc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM). Soon after WNBC launched its program, in 1965 Seton Hall University's radio station, WSOU, started ''Hall Line'', a call-in sports radio talk show focusing on the team's basketball program. Having celebrated its 50th anniversary on air during the 2015–2016 season, ''Hall Line'', which broadcasts to central and northern New Jersey as well as all five boroughs of New York, is the oldest and longest running sports talk call-in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJJY
KJJY (92.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to West Des Moines and serving Central Iowa. Cumulus Media owns two country music outlets in the Des Moines radio market, KJJY and 97.3 KHKI. KHKI plays mostly current and recent country hits, while KJJY's playlist goes from current releases to the 1980s and 90s. The radio studio and offices are located on 109th Street in Urbandale. KJJY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts. The transmitter is on NW 100th Street at White Oak Lane in Grimes, Iowa. History On February 4, 1978, the station signed on the air. The original call sign was KANY at 106.3 MHz, licensed to Ankeny, Iowa. On May 2, 1981, the station was sold by the Ankeny Broadcasting company to Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting, which later changed the call letters to KJJY to match the initials of co-owner J. J. Jeffrey. The format was switched to country music. As KJJY, the station slowly built a following taking on the market's current coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, ''Rivière des Moines,'' meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 214,133 as of the 2020 census. The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 83rd in terms of population in the United States with 699,292 residents according to the 2019 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state. Des Moines is a major center of the US insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city was credited as the "number one spot for U.S. insurance companies" in a ''Business Wire'' arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM). Soon after WNBC launched its program, in 1965 Seton Hall University's radio station, WSOU, started ''Hall Line'', a call-in sports radio talk show focusing on the team's basketball program. Having celebrated its 50th anniversary on air during the 2015–2016 season, ''Hall Line'', which broadcasts to central and northern New Jersey as well as all five boroughs of New York, is the oldest and longest running sports talk call-in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 media markets. It also owns and operates Westwood One. Its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its subsidiaries include Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, Cumulus Licensing LLC and Broadcast Software International Inc. Company history Origins Cumulus Media was established in August 1998 by radio consultant Lewis Dickey Jr. and media and technology entrepreneur Richard Weening. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, among other legislation, relaxed media ownership restrictions, allowing a single owner to possess or control an unprecedented number of radio stations per market and nationwide. Dickey, then a nationally known radio programming consultant, was acting as a consultant to a small radio group in which Weening had a personal invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omnidirectional Antenna
In radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is a class of antenna which radiates equal radio power in all directions perpendicular to an axis (azimuthal directions), with power varying with angle to the axis ( elevation angle), declining to zero on the axis. When graphed in three dimensions ''(see graph)'' this radiation pattern is often described as ''doughnut-shaped''. Note that this is different from an isotropic antenna, which radiates equal power in ''all'' directions, having a ''spherical'' radiation pattern. Omnidirectional antennas oriented vertically are widely used for nondirectional antennas on the surface of the Earth because they radiate equally in all horizontal directions, while the power radiated drops off with elevation angle so little radio energy is aimed into the sky or down toward the earth and wasted. Omnidirectional antennas are widely used for radio broadcasting antennas, and in mobile devices that use radio such as cell phones, FM radios, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Mexican Music
Regional styles of Mexican music vary greatly from state to state. Norteño, banda, duranguense, Son mexicano and other Mexican country music genres are often known as regional Mexican music because each state produces different musical sounds and lyrics. Baja California : Baja California has a characteristic style derived from the huapango norteño, known as calabaceado. Calabaceado is a type dance that was created in the 1940s based in the fact that "norteño music" and typical cowboy cultures were being mixed and this dance shows the mixture of both styles. Other norteño forms are also popular, such as Vals Norteño, Chotis, Mazurka and mariachi. Chiapas : Chiapas has produced many marimba bands and artists, such as Marimbas de Chiapas. Chiapas has its own "son" tradition (son chiapaneco), often played on the marimba. Mexican waltzes are also particularly popular here. Chihuahua : Chihuahua norteño is unique in that it uses the saxophone in addition to the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
