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KTLK-FM
KTLK-FM (104.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Columbia, Illinois, and serving Greater St. Louis. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, the station airs a conservative talk radio format known as "104.9 The Patriot." Studios and offices are on Highlands Plaza Drive in St. Louis just south of Forest Park. KTLK-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 8,400 watts. The transmitter is in the Resurrection Cemetery in Shrewsbury, amid the towers for other St. Louis FM and TV stations. KTLK-FM is licensed by the FCC to broadcast using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries the Urban Adult Contemporary format previously heard on the main channel, known as "Majic 104.9." After a local morning drive time show hosted by Jamie Allman, the rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated programs, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: Glenn Beck, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, Sean Hannity and Jesse Kelly, as well as Dave Ramsey and "Red E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W279AQ
W279AQ (103.7 FM) is a radio station in St. Louis, Missouri, branded as "BIN 103.7". Owned by Educational Media Foundation, the station is operated by iHeartMedia via a leasing agreement. Its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park. It broadcasts an all-news radio format under iHeartMedia's Black Information Network, targeting St. Louis's African American community. History 2013-2015: Rock In early June 2014, W279AQ began testing its signal on the Crestwood FM Tower in Shrewsbury and began simulcasting KLOU's HD2 sub-channel, which dropped its 50s/60s hits format and began stunting with songs featuring the word "man" in the title. On June 16, the stunting shifted to a loop of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". Finally, on June 19, at 1:03 p.m., KLOU-HD2/W279AQ flipped to Active Rock as "Louie 103-7". The move was to attract younger male listeners away from Emmis Communications' KSHE and KPNT, but the attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KATZ (AM)
KATZ (1600 kHz, "Hallelujah 1600") is an urban gospel AM radio station serving the area of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The iHeartMedia, Inc. (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts with power level of 6 kW day/3.5 kW night. Its transmitter is located in East St. Louis, Illinois, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park. KATZ is licensed by the FCC to broadcast a HD digital (hybrid) signal. History KATZ began broadcasting in 1955 as a Rhythm and blues/Soul music Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. Soul music became po ... station. Broadcasters who worked at KATZ in the 1950s and 1960s include Gloria Pritchard, Dave Dixon, Jesse "Spider" Burks, Bernard Hayes, and Willie Mae Gracy. In 1957 KATZ's ownership was transferred from the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KATZ-FM
KATZ-FM (100.3 MHz, "The Beat") is a radio station serving the area of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, with a mainstream urban format. The iHeartMedia (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 17 kW and is licensed to Bridgeton, Missouri. Its transmitter is located in Overland, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park. History Early years/The "Original" 100.3 The Beat 100.3 FM, which signed on in September 1961 as WOKZ-FM in Alton, Illinois, originally inherited the R&B format under the call letters WZEN, "Disco 100" (which began on April 18, 1979), which would later change call letters to KATZ-FM in 1988. But under its original owners, it was never successful and was always behind KMJM in terms of ratings and audience, which dates back to their days as rival disco outlets in the late 1970s. In 1980, the station flipped to CHR, and then flipped to urban AC the following year. After KMJM's owners bought KATZ and beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLOU
KLOU (103.3 FM) is a radio station with a classic hits format in St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in hits from the 1980s and 1990s with some 1970s hits mixed in. Its transmitter is located in Gravois, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park. It is owned by iHeartMedia (previously Clear Channel Communications until September 16, 2014). KLOU also broadcasts in the HD Radio digital format. History The station began broadcasting on February 12, 1962 as KMOX-FM, by playing an easy listening/standards format. The focus then shifted to an adult contemporary style of music by the 1970s. In the summer of 1981, KMOX-FM began gradually evolving its format toward Top 40/ CHR by adding more and more current hits to its rotation; by August 1982, the transition was complete, and the station's call letters were changed to KHTR on December 20, 1982. "Hitradio 103", like sister stations WHTT in Boston and KKHR in Los Angeles, was modeled after programmer Mike Joseph's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSD (FM)
KSD (93.7 MHz, "93.7 The Bull") is a country music radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., with studios on Highlands Plaza Drive in St. Louis, south of Forest Park. KSD carries two nationally syndicated iHeartRadio programs on weekdays, ''The Bobby Bones Show'' in morning drive time and '' After MidNite with Granger Smith'' overnight. KSD is unusual as an FM station with only three letters in its call sign. It inherited its call letters from its former sister station, KSD 550 AM, now KTRS, which originated in the earliest days of broadcasting. KSD has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 74,000 watts. The transmitter is in Resurrection Cemetery in Shrewsbury, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations. KSD broadcasts using HD Radio technology, carrying iHeartRadio's classic country music service on its HD2 digital subchannel. History KCFM On , the station signed on the air. Its original call sign was KCFM. KCFM was owned by the Comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSLZ
KSLZ (107.7 FM "Z107-7") is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The iHeartMedia (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts at 107.7 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury, a suburb of St. Louis, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park. History 1968-1979: Early Years 107.7 FM debuted on the air in 1968 as KACO, which aired an adult contemporary/Middle of the Road format until a fire took the station off the air in January 1970. Two months later, the station returned to the air and changed call letters to KGRV, "Music for Groovy Adults," offering a more upbeat AC format, which lasted until 1972, when it once again changed call letters to KKSS, "Kiss 108", but retained its AC format. By 1974, KKSS switched formats to country. A year later, KKSS switched formats to an R&B format dubbed "Black in Stereo". In February 1979, KKSS altered its R&B format and adopted the monik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves for Communication engineering, communication purposes; or radiolocation, such as radar and navigational transmitters. Generators of radio waves for heatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with Television broadcasting, television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide. A radio format aims to reach a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming, which can be thematic or general, more informative or more musical, among other possibilities. Radio formats are often used as a marketing tool and are subject to frequent changes. Except for talk radio or sports radio formats, most programming formats are based on commercial music. However the term also includes the news, bulletins, DJ talk, jingles, commercials, competitions, traffic news, sports, weather and community an ... [...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 typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Park (St
Forest Park may refer to: * A type of park, see Park#Forest park Towns and villages *Forest Park, Ontario, Canada * Forest Park, Georgia, US *Forest Park, Illinois, US * Forest Park, Indiana, US *Forest Park, Ohio, Hamilton County, US *Forest Park, Ottawa County, Ohio, US *Forest Park, Oklahoma, US *Forest Park, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, UK Parks * Ards Forest Park, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland * Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, Illinois, US *Forest Park (Springfield, Massachusetts), US, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted *Forest Park (St. Louis, Missouri), US * Forest Park (Ballston Lake, New York), US *Forest Park (Queens, New York), US *Forest Park (Portland, Oregon), US *Forest Park, a park in Everett, Washington, US *Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai, China *Lavizan Forest Park, Tehran, Iran *Forest parks of New Zealand *Forest parks of Scotland Neighborhoods *Forest Park, Baltimore, Maryland, US * Forest Park, Columbus, Ohio, US *Forest Park, Springfield, Massachus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effective Radiated Power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter. It is the total power in watts that would have to be radiated by a half-wave dipole antenna to give the same radiation intensity (signal strength or power flux density in watts per square meter) as the actual source antenna at a distant receiver located in the direction of the antenna's strongest beam (main lobe). ERP measures the combination of the power emitted by the transmitter and the ability of the antenna to direct that power in a given direction. It is equal to the input power to the antenna multiplied by the gain of the antenna. It is used in electronics and telecommunications, particularly in broadcasting to quantify the apparent power of a broadcasting station experienced by listeners in its reception area. An alternate parameter that measures the same thing is effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia, Illinois
Columbia is a city mainly in Monroe County with a small portion in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Illinois, about south of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 10,999 at the 2020 census. History Columbia was first incorporated in 1859 as a small farming settlement, but had been occupied by various Native American cultures for 12,000 years. The earliest group encountered by European settlers were members of what became the Illinois Confederation, though they had moved to the area from the Great Lakes region only a few centuries before. Geography Columbia is located at (38.449172, -90.208500). According to the 2010 census, Columbia has a total area of , of which (or 99.37%) is land and (or 0.63%) is water. Columbia is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. Running in a diagonal line just northeast of Columbia is the border of St. Clair County, beyond which lies Dupo to the north and Millstadt to the east. To the south is Waterloo. Waterloo and Columbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
