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WAIO
WAIO (95.1 FM, "Radio 95.1") is a commercial radio station licensed to Honeoye Falls, New York, and serving the Rochester metropolitan area. The station airs a hot talk, sports, and classic rock radio format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its studios and offices are located at the Five Star Bank Plaza building in downtown Rochester. The station features one of the longest running morning comedy shows in the region, hosted by Brother Wease. WAIO has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for this part of the U.S. The transmitter is on Baker Road in Victor, New York, amid the towers for other FM radio stations in the area. WAIO broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. Its HD2 subchannel carries an adult contemporary format known as "Lite Rock". History :''This article describes the history of the 95.1 frequency in the Rochester area. For the history of stations broadcasting from the Honeoye Falls site prior to 2004, see WNBL (FM).'' Rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Radio Network
The Rural Radio Network (RRN) was an interconnected group of six commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio stations spread across upstate New York and operated from Ithaca, New York -- the first all-radio, no-wireline network in the world. It began operation in 1948 as an innovative Broadcasting, broadcast service to the farm, agricultural community, but competition from television—and a lack of affordable, well-performing FM receivers—caused the founders' original business plan to fail. The stations changed ownership, as well as Radio formats, several times in futile attempts to achieve profitability. Perhaps the group's most notable owner was the Christian Broadcasting Network, headed by televangelist Pat Robertson, which acquired the stations through a corporate donation in 1969. A decade later, Robertson decided to sell the stations and the licenses were gradually transferred to individual owners in 1981 and 1982, thus dissolving one of the nation's earliest FM networks. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBL (FM)
WNBL (107.3 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial FM broadcasting, FM Radio broadcasting, radio station city of license, licensed to South Bristol, New York, and serving the Rochester metropolitan area, New York, Rochester metropolitan area. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs an 1980s in music, 80's hits radio format, known as ''Big 107.3''. WNBL is a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A station, operating at 650 watts. WNBL's transmitter is in South Bristol, New York, near the Bristol Mountain Ski Resort. The studios and offices are on Chestnut Street in Rochester, at Five Star Bank Plaza. History :''This article describes the history of the 107.3 frequency in the Rochester area. For the history of radio stations broadcasting from the Bristol Mountain site prior to 2004, see WAIO.'' Early years as Smooth Jazz and Rhythmic CHR The station now known as WNBL was granted a construction permit in 1991 as WFUD. On January 26, 1996, it signed on as WRCD, licensed to Honeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDVI
WDVI (100.5 FM) is a country music station in Rochester, New York. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located at the Five Star Bank Plaza building in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter site is in Victor, New York. Monday through Saturday mornings, WDVI runs ''The Bobby Bones Show'', based in Nashville, from Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. History 100.5 was previously known as WVOR-FM, a hot adult contemporary music station for many years. The station was owned by the Lincoln Group before being sold to American Radio Systems (ARS), a forerunner of CBS Radio. ARS was forced to sell the station to Jacor to meet Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership restrictions. Jacor would later be absorbed by Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia). WVOR-FM rebranded from "Mix 100.5" to "The Drive" in 2006, leaning its direction towards Adult album alternative, and changed its callsign to WDVI; the WVOR calls would be placed on sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVOR
WVOR (102.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Canandaigua, New York, and serving the Finger Lakes region and part of the Rochester metropolitan area. It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. In much of November and December, WVOR switches to all-Christmas music. The studios and offices are located at the Five Star Bank Plaza building in downtown Rochester WVOR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,400 watts. The transmitter site is on Bliss Road at Hickox Road in Canandaigua. WVOR broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel plays Oldies music. The HD3 subchannel carries the iHeartRadio Soft AC music service known as "The Breeze." History On July 16, 1974 the station signed on the air as WCGR-FM, a simulcast of middle-of-the-road station WCGR 1550 AM. It became WFLC in 1975 and dropped the WCGR simulcast in favor of country music; the call letters stood for " Wayne Finger Lakes Country." The call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKGS
WKGS (106.7 FM) – branded "KISS 106-7" – is a Top 40 (CHR) station licensed to Irondequoit, New York, and serves the Rochester area. The iHeartMedia outlet broadcasts with 4,600 watts effective radiated power. Its studios are located at the Five Star Bank Plaza building in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter site is in Brighton. History Early years The 106.7 frequency was one of the first "Docket 80-90" drop-in FM channels to sign on in the Rochester market. A construction permit for the channel was granted to Auburn Cablevision of Auburn, New York in 1990, initially under the calls WQHJ and then WOSB. New calls WMAX-FM were granted on March 5, 1992, and the station signed on shortly thereafter from studios at 412 State Street in Rochester and a transmitter atop the Seneca Towers apartment building on Seth Green Drive in Rochester. WMAX-FM was the first Adult album alternative station in the market, quickly developing a cult following despite limited signal reach in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHTK (AM)
WHTK (1280 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Rochester, New York, United States, the station serves the Rochester area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. The studios are located at the Five Star Bank Plaza building in downtown Rochester while its transmitter located in Brighton. It features programming from Fox Sports Radio. WHTK carries New York Yankees broadcasts, shares rights to the Rochester Red Wings with WYSL (with WYSL carrying afternoon games and WHTK carrying night games), among other local and national sports. The station's weekday lineup includes ''The Dan Patrick Show'', ''The Herd with Colin Cowherd'', and ''The Doug Gottlieb Show''. On weekends, the station carries a variety of sports programming including the ''Canandaigua National Bank High School Sports Show'' (section V athletics), ''The Pain Clinic'' (pro wrestling), ''Kick This!'' (soccer), ''What's Going On'' (current events and issues) and more. History In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHAM (AM)
WHAM (1180 kHz) is a commercial clear channel AM radio station in Rochester, New York, United States. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a news/talk radio format. The studios and offices are at Five Star Bank Plaza in downtown Rochester. Its 50,000-watt non-directional transmitter, located in Chili, New York, operates the maximum power for commercial AM stations in the United States and Canada. During the day, it provides at least secondary coverage to all of Western New York, including Buffalo. It can also be heard in much of Southern Ontario, including Toronto, Peterborough, and Kingston. At night, WHAM can be received across much of the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada with a good radio. It is the Emergency Alert System's primary entry point station for Western New York. Programming WHAM carries two local newsblocks on weekdays: ''The WHAM Morning News'' and ''The WHAM 5 O'Clock Hour News''. Local talk shows are Bob Lonsberry and ''Talking Back with Shannon Joy' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Star Bank Plaza
Five Star Bank Plaza is a high-rise building located in Rochester, New York, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It is the sixth tallest building in Rochester and was originally built as Marine Midland Plaza. Site preparation work started December 1967, with groundbreaking on February 5, 1968. Standing at with 21 floors, the building was topped out on July 10, 1969 and opening day was April 15, 1970. Tishman Realty & Construction, who built the Original World Trade Center Complex, were the builders. The building was renovated in 1999. It has 560 parking spaces and of gross building area; 351,400 of it being usable. The iHeartMedia radio stations 95.1 WAIO, 100.5 WDVI, 1180 WHAM, 1280 WHTK, 107.3 WNBL, 106.7 WKGS and 102.3 WVOR broadcast from studios located on the 16th floor of the tower. Five Star Bank moved its regional headquarters to Rochester in 2016. Five Star Bank will lease three floors for ten years. Marine Midland was re-branded as HSBC in 1999 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Wease
Brother Wease is the on-air name of Alan Levin (born November 1, 1946 in Rochester, New York), a radio personality from Rochester, New York. He is currently heard on WAIO "Radio 95.1" a classic rock station in Rochester, as well as WHTK AM 1280, a sports radio station. Both of these stations serve the Rochester metropolitan area and are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.) Radio career Levin began his on-air career as a late evening host on 96.5 WCMF-FM in 1985. He soon moved to the morning show using the name "Brother Wease." His show, called "The Brother Wease Morning Circus," was among the highest rated shows in the Rochester market. He also hosted a Saturday music show entitled "Radio Free Wease." He was forced out of that show and the station in January 2008 when his contract ran out as the station was being sold from the CBS radio group to Entercom Communications. Levin and officials from station owner Entercom Communications tried but failed to negotiate a new contract. His co-h ... [...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 show i ... [...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] |
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] |
