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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] |
Belen, New Mexico
Belén (; es, Belén) is the second most populous city in Valencia County, New Mexico, Valencia County, New Mexico, United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 at the 2020 Census. Belén is Spanish language, Spanish for Bethlehem but gained the nickname "The Hub City". The city is geographically near the center of New Mexico and has been a significant transportation hub for central New Mexico that includes access to rail, the interstate highway and air at Valencia County's only public airport. Belén is at the southern end of the Albuquerque metropolitan area, Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located 35 miles south of Albuquerque. History Belén was founded in 1740 as Nuestra Señora de Belén (Our Lady of Bethlehem) by a group of colonists led by Diego Torres and Antonio Salazar, who had received permission to settle the tract of land known as the Belén Grant. The early settlers in the Belén grant included several genízaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia County, New Mexico
Valencia County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 76,569. The county seat is Los Lunas. Valencia County is included in the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was a significant bellwether region that held the longest record for predicting presidential election winners until 2020. History The county, which was formerly much larger in area, lost almost 81 percent of its territory on 19 June 1981, upon the creation of Cibola County, which occupies the westernmost portion of Valencia County's former area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in New Mexico by area. Adjacent counties * Bernalillo County - north * Torrance County - east * Socorro County - south * Cibola County - west National protected areas * Cibola National Forest (part) * El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Univision Radio
Uforia Audio Network () is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA. Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio, it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and the largest specifically catering to Hispanic and Latino Americans. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. History Univision, previously known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. (between 2000 and September 22, 2003) and Heftel Broadcasting Corp, was the result of a February 14, 1997 merger of Tichenor Media System, Inc., a private company based in Dallas, Texas, and Heftel Broadcasting, a public company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tichenor had been in broadcasting since the 1940s. McHenry Tichenor operated a station (KGBS on 1240, later KGBT on 1530) in Harlingen, Texas. In 1950, they added KUNO Corpus Christi, Texas. Later station purchases were KIFN in Phoenix, Arizona; WGMA in Hollywood, Florida; & WACO-AM-FM and TV (construction p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KYLZ (FM)
KYLZ (101.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is owned by Vanguard Media and airs an urban contemporary radio format mixed with some recent hits, branded as "The Hustle 101.3". The radio studios are in Northeast Albuquerque (a mile north of Central Avenue). KYLZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,700 watts. The transmitter is on 140th Street SW at Central Avenue SW (U.S. Route 66) near Interstate 40 in Albuequerque. Programming KYLZ features hip-hop hits mostly from the 1990s and 2000s with a few recent hits. It often promotes itself as "hip-hop without the pop", emphasizing the absence of dance-pop or R&B hits often heard on other rhythmic contemporary stations. Mornings feature the "Rise and Grind" show. Afternoons (12pm-3pm) feature the "Midday Mayhem" with local comedians Robert "Buck D" Gipson and Tyler “Intern Ty” Lovely. From 4-7pm is the "Shut up and Talk Radio/TV" program. The station also hosts a local rap battle called "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Active Rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge of mainstream rock and album-oriented rock. Format background There is no concrete definition of the active rock format. Sean Ross, editor of '' Airplay Monitor'', described active rock in the late 1990s as album-oriented rock (AOR) "with a greater emphasis on the harder end of the spectrum".Toby Eddings, "Active rock finds an Asylum at 93.5", ''The Sun News'', February 7, 1999 ''Radio & Records'' defined the format as based on current rock hits in frequent rotation and targeted to males ages 18–34, akin to the approach of contemporary hit radio (CHR) stations. An active rock station may include songs by classic hard rock artists whereas a modern rock or alternative station would not; such acts include AC/DC, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIVA (AM)
KIVA (1600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is owned by the Rock of Talk LLC and airs a talk radio format. Studios and offices are located at 2309 Renard Place Southeast, near the Albuquerque International Sunport. KIVA broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day. To protect other stations on 1600 AM at night, it reduces power to 175 watts. The transmitter tower is on Arno Street, near Interstate 25, about a mile from the studios. Programming On weekdays, KIVA carries mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows. They include Glenn Beck, Brian Kilmeade, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro, Buck Sexton and "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory." KIVA also features a local afternoon show called "The Rock of Talk" with Eddy Aragon from 4:00 to 6:45 pm. Aragon has been named the Albuquerque Journal Readers Choice Winner for Radio Personality for the last four years from 2017 to 2020. Weekend hosts include Bill Handel ... [...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] |
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] |
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an Everyman, everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO. ''Close Encounters'' was a long-cherished project for Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science-fiction film. Though Spielberg received sole credit for the script, he was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill (screenwriter), John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins (screenwriter), Matthew Robbins, and Jerry Belson, all of whom contributed to the screenplay in varying degrees. The title is derived from Ufology, Ufologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with extraterrestrials, in which the third kind denotes human observations of extraterrestrials or "anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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