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WAZY
WAZY-FM (96.5 MHz "Z96-5") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, and sister radio stations WBPE, WSHY and WYCM. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 96.5 MHz, FM channel 243. The studios are located at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette. Station broadcasting information WAZY-FM broadcasts from a 499-foot tower near Greenhill, Indiana. Originally the radio station broadcast at 96.7 MHz. By 1978, WAZY-FM had moved to 96.5 mHz, with an increase in power from 3,000 watts to 50,000 watts. WAZY is the flagship station for Purdue University Football. History Owned by WAZY Radio Inc., WAZY-FM signed on the air October 1, 1964. It joined sister AM radio station WAZY, today known as WSHY. Owner J.Edward "Ed" Willis served as president and general manager for WAZY Radio Inc. Both ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSHY
WSHY (1410 AM) is a commercial radio station in Lafayette, Indiana. It broadcasts a conservative talk radio format. WSHY is owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, and sister radio stations WBPE, WYCM and WAZY-FM. All six stations share studios and offices at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette, with WSHY's transmitter also located at the site. WSHY broadcasts at a power of 1,000 watts during daytime hours and 60 watts at night. The station uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array Programming is also heard on 99 watt FM translator W282CJ at 104.3 MHz. On weekdays, WSHY carries mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk programs: Hugh Hewitt, Clay Travis & Buck Sexton, Sean Hannity, Jesse Kelly, Dave Ramsey, Dennis Prager and Mike Gallagher. Hourly news updates are provided by Townhall Radio News. History On , the stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYCM
WYCM (95.7 FM "Y95") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, and sister radio stations WBPE, WSHY and WAZY-FM. The studios are located at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette with the tower facility located in rural eastern Warren County, IN near Greenhill, Indiana. History WYCM signed on in late 1988 as WBQR. At the time, the station broadcast from Attica featuring an eclectic mix of folk, progressive rock, and Celtic sounds. In 1994, the station was sold to Artistic Media Partners, which moved the station to the Lafayette market. Upon acquisition, WBQR flipped format to New Country as “Big Dog 95-7.” Calls were also changed to WGBD, reflecting the station name. The station went head-to-head against the market's long-established country leader, K105. K105's loyal listeners, however, did not emb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artistic Media Partners
{{Infobox company , name = Artistic Media Partners , logo = , industry = Entertainment , location = Indianapolis, IN, key_people = Arthur A. Angotti, CEO & President, products = radio , homepage www.artisticradio.com Artistic Media Partners (formerly University Broadcasting Company) owns three radio stations in three markets in Indiana. It was formed on June 23, 1987. History Founded in 1986 as Broadcast Management Inc. the company owned radio station WXCX-AM/WXCX-FM in Columbus Indiana along with WMDH-AM/WMDH-FM in New Castle Indiana. For a very short time in the 90's the company also owned WWKI-FM in Kokomo which sold the group to Wilks Broadcasting. The company changed names in 1987 as University Broadcasting Company when purchasing WAZY-AM/WAZY-FM. In 1993 University Broadcasting retained the company name in Lafayette and its new market of Bloomington Indiana where they purchased WGCT-FM and WBWB-FM from Oasis Radio while the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBPE (FM)
WBPE (95.3 FM broadcasting, FM, "95.3 BOB FM") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications (New York), Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, and sister radio stations WSHY, WYCM and WAZY-FM. The station's studios are located at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette. History The station signed on the air on January 1, 1985 as WLZR "LAZER 95 - Lafayette's Only New Rock". When the station signed on, it became the highest rated station in the market. The new owner was a banker and former lawyer in Lafayette who realized the potential of a rock format. However, just a year later, the new station was sold to Karson Jacobs Media who also owned an AM radio station in Bloomington, Illinois and another FM in Decatur, Illinois. The radio station had high ratings, but not making e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which contributes significantly to both communities. Together, Lafayette and West Lafayette form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area, which had a population of 224,709 in th2021 US Census Bureau estimates According to the 2020 United States Census, the population of Lafayette was 70,783, a 25% increase from 56,397 in 2000. Meanwhile, the 2020 Census listed the neighboring city of West Lafayette at 44,595 and the Tippecanoe County population at 186,291. Lafayette was founded in 1825 on the southeast bank of the Wabash River near where the river becomes impassable for riverboats upstream, though a French fort and trading post had existed since 1717 on the opposite bank and three miles downstream. It was named for the French general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPBI-LD
WPBI-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, affiliated with Fox and NBC. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC alongside ABC affiliate WPBY-LD (channel 35). Both stations share studios on South 18th Street in Lafayette, while WPBI-LD's transmitter is located on McCarty Lane on the city's east side; the signal is oriented to the northwest. History The station's construction permit was issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 22, 2011, under the call sign of W16DB-D. The station's call sign was changed back and forth between WPBH-LD and WPBI-LD in August and October 2016 until October 18, 2016, when WPBI was settled upon. WPBI-LD started airing on October 25, 2016. The station signed on from the start as the Lafayette area's Fox affiliate, with NBC being launched on the second subchannel. Prior to the launch of WPBI-LD its owner, Lafayette TV LLC purchased four Lafayette market radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, ''CHR'' most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term ''contemporary hit radio'' was coined in the early 1980s by ''Radio & Records'' magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary, Urban contemporary, Contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40" is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modified to describe top 50; top 30; top 20; top 10; hot 100 (each with its number of songs) and hot hits radio formats, but carrying more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purdue Boilermakers Football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The head coach of Purdue is Ryan Walters, the 37th head coach in Purdue history. The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference as a member of the West Division. Purdue had most recently been a part of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten, but moved to the West Division in 2014 due to conference expansion. With a 629–583–48 record at the conclusion of the 2021 season, Purdue has the 55th-most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972. Purdue received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waypoint Media
Waypoint Media is a confederation of holding companies that own and operate radio and television stations mostly in small cities in the United States. Primary owners of the various companies include Mike Reed, William Christian and Paige Christian (William's wife). History Vision Communications and Sound Communications Waypoint Media was originally owned by Reed. The Christians had previously operated as Vision Communications and Sound Communications (which operate television and radio stations respectively in Western New York and the Southern Tier). In February 2014, the station announced the acquisition of the remains of Pembrook Pines Media Group, which includes the Cattaraugus County-based cluster of WMXO/WOEN in Olean and WQRS/WGGO in Salamanca. A sister company, Great Radio LLC, was to own Pembrook Pines' remaining assets in order to comply with ownership caps (such an arrangement would have left the Christians with control of most of Elmira's radio stations). Days before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vision Communications (New York)
Waypoint Media is a confederation of holding companies that own and operate radio and television stations mostly in small cities in the United States. Primary owners of the various companies include Mike Reed, William Christian and Paige Christian (William's wife). History Vision Communications and Sound Communications Waypoint Media was originally owned by Reed. The Christians had previously operated as Vision Communications and Sound Communications (which operate television and radio stations respectively in Western New York and the Southern Tier). In February 2014, the station announced the acquisition of the remains of Pembrook Pines Media Group, which includes the Cattaraugus County-based cluster of WMXO/WOEN in Olean and WQRS/WGGO in Salamanca. A sister company, Great Radio LLC, was to own Pembrook Pines' remaining assets in order to comply with ownership caps (such an arrangement would have left the Christians with control of most of Elmira's radio stations). Days before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPBY-LD
WPBY-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC alongside dual Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD (channel 16). Both stations share studios on South 18th Street in Lafayette, while WPBY-LD's transmitter is located on McCarty Lane on the city's east side. History The station's construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 22, 2011, under the call sign of W35CY-D. The calls were changed to WECY-LD on December 7, 2015. Originally licensed to Indianapolis and still a silent station, the station was under ownership of DTV America Corporation of Sunrise, Florida until it was sold to Woodland Communications, an upstate New York-based broadcaster, in a station trade with DTV America in early 2017 (in the trade, DTV America got WWHC-LP in Olean, New York). The new owners then entered into a local marketing agreement with Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
