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Ron O'Brien (DJ)
"Big" Ron O'Brien (real name: Richard Walls; October 24, 1951 – April 27, 2008) was a disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ... who worked at many top radio stations during his lifetime. O'Brien grew up in Des Moines, IA, and worked at KBAB in Indianola and KYNA in Des Moines. He started in 1969 at KUDL (now KMBZ-FM) in Kansas City. During the ensuing years, he worked for many stations, including KTLK in Denver, WCAR in Detroit, WQXI (AM), WQXI in Atlanta, WCFL (now WMVP) in Chicago, WOKY in Milwaukee, WFIL in Philadelphia, KFI and KIIS-FM, KIIS in Los Angeles, KWK (now WARH) in St. Louis (where he stayed for nine years), KKSE-FM, KZDG in Denver, WYXR (which became WLCE during his tenure and is now WRFF) in Philadelphia, WNBC (now WFAN (AM), WFAN) and WX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFAN (AM)
WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a sports radio format known as "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the New York metropolitan area while its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. WFAN's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WFAN is simulcast over WFAN-FM (101.9 FM), and is available online via Audacy. Originally at , WFAN was launched on July 1, 1987, as the world’s first radio station to adopt the sports radio format around-the-clock. The format moved to this frequency on October 7, 1988, taking over a facility which signed on in 1922 as WEAF under the auspices of Western Electric. Purchased by RCA in 1926, it became the flagship of the NBC Radio Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Radio DJs
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2008 Deaths
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOGL
WOGL (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and broadcasts a classic hits radio format. The broadcast tower used by the station is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, at (). The station's studios and offices are co-located within Audacy's corporate headquarters in Center City, Philadelphia. The Station is featuring mostly hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s along with some 2000s hits. WOGL uses HD Radio, and broadcasts a classic dance format on its HD2 subchannel. The talk radio programming of sister station WPHT is simulcast on its HD3 subchannel, while the programming on its HD4 subchannel is all related to Philadelphia Phillies baseball. Prior to 2018, the station played Christmas music during the holiday season; this practice was discontinued after WBEB, which also broadcasts Christmas music during the season, was acquired by Entercom (forerunner of Audacy). History Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRKO
WRKO (680 AM) is a commercial news/talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ... Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by iHeartMedia, WRKO is a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class B AM station that provides secondary coverage to portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, but is highly directional antenna, directional at night to protect a number of clear-channel stations on adjacent frequencies. WRKO serves as the Boston affiliate for ABC News Radio, ''Coast to Coast AM'' and ''This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal''; syndicated personalities Joe Pags, John Batchelor and Bill Cunning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPGC-FM
WPGC-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morningside, Maryland and serving the Washington metropolitan area. It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and airs an urban contemporary format. WPGC-FM has studios in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C., with its transmitter located off Walker Mill Road at Tanow Place in Capitol Heights, Maryland. In 2005, WPGC began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries a simulcast of WJFK-FM. History WBUZ The station signed on the air on January 18, 1948, on the 96.7 frequency with the WBUZ call letters. WBUZ was owned by Arthur Baldwin Curtis, president of Chesapeake Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, and was located in Bradbury Heights. WBUZ-FM broadcasting at 420 watts effective radiated power. The call letters were a play on the word "bus," as WBUZ broadcast background music for a Prince George's County, Maryland based bus company. In May 1953, WBU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEPN-FM
WEPN-FM (98.7 Hertz, MHz) branded as ''ESPN New York'', is an sports radio, all-sports radio station city of license, licensed to New York City. The station is owned by Emmis Communications and its operations are controlled by Good Karma Brands, under a local marketing agreement. The station's transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. Programming WEPN-FM broadcast a mix of local and ESPN Radio national programming. The station's locally based hosts include Michael Kay (sports broadcaster), Michael Kay, who has been with the station since its inception and currently hosts ''The Michael Kay Show'' in afternoon drive. Don La Greca, Kay's co-host since the beginning, fills in for Kay during most vacations and when Kay is broadcasting New York Yankees games on the YES Network. LaGreca is also featured in the station's coverage of the National Football League, NFL's New York Jets and the National Hockey League, NHL's New York Rangers. Peter Rosenberg, a veteran perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRFF
WRFF (104.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "ALT 104.5") is a commercial radio, commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts an alternative rock radio format. The studios are in Bala Cynwyd. WRFF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,500 watts. The transmitter radio masts and towers, tower is in the Roxborough, Philadelphia, Roxborough section of Philadelphia at (), WRFF broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries the sports radio format of sister station WDAS (AM), WDAS 1480 AM "The Gambler". History WRCP-FM The station first sign-on, signed on in . The original call sign was WRCP-FM, simulcasting co-owned WNWR, WRCP (AM) 1540 and its middle of the road (music), middle of the road (MOR) format. The stations were owned by Associated Communications, a subsidiary of the Rust Craft Greeting Card Company. In 1967, the stations switched to a country music format. Because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMBZ-FM
KMBZ-FM (98.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Kansas City, Kansas. Owned by Audacy, Inc., KMBZ-FM airs a news/talk radio format. Its studios and offices are located on Squibb Road in Mission, Kansas. KMBZ-FM broadcasts at 98,500 watts (100,000 with beam tilt), covering the Kansas City metropolitan area including much of Northwest Missouri and Eastern Kansas. The transmitter is located near East 56th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Programming KMBZ-FM's schedule is mostly local talk shows, while its sister station, AM 980 KMBZ, carries mostly nationally syndicated hosts. Weekdays on KMBZ-FM begin with "Kansas City's Morning News", followed by "Jayme & Grayson," "Dana & Parks" and "Armstrong & Getty." Nights feature syndicated shows including "Beyond Reality Radio," "Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis," "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" and " This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal." On weekends, shows on money, health, law and technology are h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKSE-FM
KKSE-FM (92.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Broomfield, Colorado, and serving the Denver metropolitan area and Northern Colorado. KKSE-FM airs a sports talk format branded as "Altitude Sports 92.5 FM." KKSE-FM has studios on South Colorado Boulevard in Glendale, with its transmitter located off Wheatland Road near Fort Lupton in Weld County. It is owned by Stan Kroenke's KSE Radio Ventures, which also owns sister stations KIMN, KKSE and KXKL-FM. History KGRE (1967-1982) On June 19, 1967, the station first signed on as KGRE in Greeley. It originally broadcast on 92.3 MHz, and was the FM counterpart of KYOU (1450 AM, now KGRE). In 1982, it moved to 92.5 FM. KYOU (1984-1989) In 1984, the station switched its call sign to KYOU. It took over the country music format of KYOU-AM when that station switched to oldies as KATR. In 1989, KYOU got a boost in power to 57,000 watts from a taller tower, so it could better cover the Denver radio market, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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