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WEBY (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Milton, Florida, United States, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is currently owned by David Hoxeng, through licensee ADX Communications of Milton, LLC, and features programming from ESPN Radio. WEBY was initially established in 1954. Its license was revoked in 1972 after the station was challenged for violations of the Fairness Doctrine. Several applicants fought for the frequency; a new station began operating in the early 1980s as WSWL and WAVX and was then bought by the son of the owner of the previous WEBY license, which restored the WEBY call letters. First WEBY license Early years WEBY began broadcasting on September 1, 1954. The independent outlet was owned by Clayton W. Mapoles, a former newspaper publisher in Milton and Crestview, and initially broadcast with 1,000 watts. In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission approved an increase in the station's power to 5,000 watts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton, Florida
Milton is a city in and the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida, located in the Pensacola– Ferry Pass– Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. Milton is located in the geographic center of Santa Rosa County, it is bordered by Pace to the west, and Navarre to the South. As of April 1, 2020, the population of Milton was 10,197. The town was incorporated in 1844 and is home to Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Milton is part of the Pensacola– Ferry Pass– Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology Milton was known by various names during its development. Most notable were "Hell-Town" (muggy, inhospitable land covered with briars, mosquitoes, thorns, snakes) "Jernigan's Landing", "Scratch Ankle" (due to the briars that grew along the riverbank), and "Hard Scrabble." According to Florida historian Allen Morris, "Just which Milton was honored by the final name is a dispute. Some say it is a contraction of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTKE (AM)
WTKE (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Milton, Florida Milton is a city in and the county seat of Santa Rosa County, Florida, located in the Pensacola– Ferry Pass– Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. Milton is located in the geographic center ..., United States. The station serves the Pensacola area. References External links TKE 1989 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1957 Sports radio stations in the United States {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations Established In 1982
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Florida
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Florida, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAGE * WAXA * WBFT-LP * WCFI * WCFQ-LP * WCNU * WDDV * WEAG * WEKJ-LP * WFAB * WFHA-LP * WFLA (Boca Raton, Florida) * WFBO-LP * WFJV-LP * WFLP-LP * WFLU-LP * WFSH * WFSX * WFTI-FM * WGAG-FM * WGRV-LP * WHBT * WHTR-LP * WINV * WKGC * WKIZ * WKJO-LP * WLAS-LP * WLMS * WLVF (AM) * WMJX * WNOG * WNPL * WNRG-LP * WORZ-LP * WPCU-LP * WPLP * WRAP * WREH * WSBR * WSUN * WSVE * WTHA-LP * WVFP-LP * WVOI * WVST * WWSD * WYFR * WZRO-LP See also * WRMI, a shortwave radio station that broadcasts from Okeechobee, Florida * Florida media ** List of newspapers in Florida ** List of television stations in Florida ** Media of cities in Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of West Florida
The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida. Established in 1963 as part of the State University System of Florida, the university sits on the third largest campus in the State University System, at . The university's mascot is Argie the Argonaut and its logo is the chambered nautilus. History In 1962, the Florida Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to locate a state university in Escambia County. Harold Crosby was appointed the first president in July 1964. UWF became the sixth institution of the State University System of Florida, which today consists of twelve public universities. Ground was broken on April 16, 1965, and in the same year the chambered nautilus was adopted as the official UWF emblem. UWF was originally an upper-level institution, enrolling juniors, seniors and graduate students. The first students began classes in the fall of 1967, and in June 1968, 58 students received degrees in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pensacola Blue Wahoos
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are a Minor League Baseball team of the Southern League and the Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. They are based in Pensacola, Florida, and play their home games at Admiral Fetterman Field. In 2012, the team relocated to Pensacola from Zebulon, North Carolina, where they were known as the Carolina Mudcats. History The franchise began in 1959 as the Charleston White Sox of the South Atlantic League (now the Southern League); it subsequently moved several times, playing in Charleston, South Carolina, (1959–1961); Savannah, Georgia, (1962); Lynchburg, Virginia, (1963–1965); and Evansville, Indiana, (1966–1968), before moving to Columbus, Georgia, in 1969 to play in Golden Park. The team was known as the Columbus Astros from 1970 to 1988, when it became an affiliate of the Houston Astros. Following the 1988 season, new owner Steve Bryant held a contest among season ticket holders to rename the team, and as a result, in 1989 the team became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Stephenson
George Kay Stephenson (born December 17, 1944) is an American former college and professional football player and retired coach, whose latter career has seen him work in four different professional leagues. Stephenson played quarterback for the American Football League's San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills. He finished his playing career in 1974 in the World Football League with the Jacksonville Sharks before entering the coaching ranks. Early life Stephenson was born in DeFuniak Springs, Florida in 1944, and grew up in nearby Pensacola. He attended Pensacola High School, and he earned All-State accolades as a quarterback. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Ray Graves from 1964 to 1966. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 185 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011. His arrival on the Florida campus coincided with that of another standout recruit, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Finebaum
Paul Finebaum is an American sports author, former columnist, and television-radio personality. His primary focus is sports, particularly those in the Southeast. After many years as a reporter, columnist, and sports-talk radio host in the Birmingham area, Finebaum was hired by ESPN in 2013 for its new SEC Network. He produces a radio show out of the network's regional base in Charlotte, North Carolina. Career News reporter Finebaum arrived in Birmingham in 1980 and became a columnist and reporter for the ''Birmingham Post-Herald.'' Finebaum's work has earned him more than 250 national, regional, and area sports writing awards, including his stories on the recruitment of Alabama basketball player Buck Johnson. In 1993, he broke the story of Antonio Langham, a University of Alabama football player who signed a contract with a sports agent while playing for the school, which led to an NCAA probation for the school. Finebaum joined the '' Mobile Press Register'' in 2001 where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hamblin
Ken Loronzo Hamblin II (born October 22, 1940), the self-titled ''Black Avenger'', was host of the ''Ken Hamblin Show'', which was syndicated nationally on Entertainment Radio Networks. His show peaked in the 1990s, but he left the air, without warning, in July 2003 due to a contractual dispute with his syndicator, the American Views Radio Network. Hamblin, based in Denver, Colorado, is the author of the books ''Pick a Better Country: An Unassuming Colored Guy Speaks His Mind about America'' and ''Plain Talk and Common Sense from the Black Avenger''. Early career The child of immigrant parents from Barbados, Hamblin is a policeman's son. He served in the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division before becoming a photographer for the ''Detroit Free Press''. In the late 1960s Hamblin was a producer and film cameraman with the public television channel in Detroit, WTVS, Channel 56. An event Hamblin captured exclusively was the release of poet John Sinclair from prison after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Howard
Clark Brian Howard (born June 20, 1955) is a popular consumer expert and podcast host of ''The Clark Howard Show''. Life and career Howard grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents, Bernard and Joy Garson Howard, were prominent members of Atlanta's Jewish community. Howard has three children, born in 1988, 1999 and 2005. He had been a nationally syndicated radio host since 1989, teaching consumers ways to "save more, spend less, and avoid rip-offs." The Clark Howard Show was heard every day on more than 200 radio stations throughout North America, and aired from News/Talk WSB, WSB AM/ WSBB FM in Atlanta. He is a frequent consumer expert guest on other talk, variety, and news programs. Howard's first career was in the travel agency business. Howard attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta before graduating from the American University in 1976 with a BA in Urban Government. He went on to receive his Master of Business Administration degree from Central Michigan University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Boortz
Neal A Boortz Jr. (born April 6, 1945) is an American author, former attorney, and former conservative radio host. His nationally syndicated talk show, ''The Neal Boortz Show'', which ended in 2013, was carried throughout the United States. The content of the show included politics, current events, social issues, and topics of interest, which Boortz discussed with callers, correspondents, and guests. Boortz touched on many controversial topics. Boortz's first involvement with radio was in the 1960s, while he was a student at Texas A&M University, working as a local on-air personality at WTAW. After moving to Georgia, he became an avid listener of Atlanta's first talk radio station. Boortz became a regular caller to the morning talk show. When the show's host died, it created a job opening, which Boortz actively pursued. He was initially hired on a two-week "trial run", and later offered the permanent position. Boortz attended law school, earning a law degree in 1977. For some ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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