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WDAE
WDAE (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida and serving the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a sports radio format. WDAE is one of the oldest radio stations in Florida still broadcasting today, going on the air in 1922. The studios and offices are on West Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa. The transmitter is located near the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg. WDAE is licensed to broadcast with 5,600 watts by day and 5,500 watts at night. AM 620 is a regional broadcast frequency; because AM 620 is subject to interference from high-powered Cuban stations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given WDAE special temporary authority (STA) for higher power: 11,280 watts daytime and 11,000 watts nighttime. It uses a directional antenna at night. WDAE broadcasts using the iBiquity HD radio system during daytime hours. Programming is also heard on FM translator W237CW at 95.3 MHz and on the third digital subchannel of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHNZ
WHNZ (1250 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tampa, Florida. The station's broadcast license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. The station airs a Spanish news/talk format. WHNZ is one of the eight stations in the Tampa Bay radio market owned by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located on West Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa. The transmitter site is off Memorial Highway in Town 'n' Country, Florida, co-located with sister station 970 AM WFLA. By day, WHNZ broadcasts at 25,000 watts. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 1250, WHNZ reduces power to 5,900 watts. The station uses a directional antenna at all times. History WHNZ is the successor of two radio stations, co-owned WDAE, one of Florida's oldest radio stations, going on the air May 15, 1922 and spending most of its history at AM 1250. And it also has history on AM 570 in Pinellas Park, which was WHNZ's original dial position and carried some of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMTX
WMTX (100.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida, known as "Mix 100.7". It has an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., with its studios and offices on Gandy Boulevard in Tampa. WMTX serves as the primary Emergency Alert System station for the Tampa Bay area. WMTX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter site is off Rhodine Road in Riverview. WMTX broadcasts using HD Radio technology; its HD-2 digital subchannel airs a simulcast of WHNZ's Spanish-language news/talk format, while their HD-3 subchannel carries "Up! Tampa Bay," a Contemporary Christian format. Station history CBS programming and Beautiful music In November 1947, the station signed on the air as WDAE-FM. It originally broadcast at 105.7 MHz and was powered at only 1,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It simulcast co-owned WDAE (1250 AM) and the two stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFLA (AM)
WFLA (970 AM) is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay media market. The station airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located on Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa. WFLA broadcasts by day at 25,000 watts, reducing power to 11,000 watts at night. (For most of its history, from the 1940s to the early 2000s, it ran at 5,000 watts.) It uses a directional antenna at all times. The main transmitter site is off Montague Street in Town 'n' Country, Florida. Programming is also heard on two FM translators, 94.5 MHz in Gulfport and 99.1 in Bayonet Point. Programming Weekdays on WFLA begin with a local morning show, ''AM Tampa Bay'', hosted by Jack Harris, Aaron Jacobson, Katie Butchino and Natalie Aquilia. From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., ''The Ryan Gorman Show'' airs, hosted by Ryan Gorman, who used to host ''PM Tampa Bay''. The station used to also be the flagship for nationally sy ... [...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] |
WBTP
WBTP (95.7 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station that serves the Tampa Bay area that plays hip-hop, R&B, and soul music that aims towards the African American community. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its target audience is African Americans between the ages of 18–34, but its main competitor is WLLD, which has a very similar target audience as well. It was the home of former Russ Parr Morning Show co-host, Olivia Fox, who was host of the station's morning drive show from 2004 to mid-2006. Licensed to Clearwater, the station's studios are located in South Tampa and the transmitter site is in Gandy. History 95.7 signed on in 1963 as WTAN-FM with an easy listening format, operating as an adjunct to its then-sister station, WTAN AM 1340. In the mid-1970s, the station became WOKF with a disco/dance format as "OK96", and later with the "Supermix 96" and "96 Fever" brandings. In 1980, after the death of disco, the station flipped to adult contemporary as WCKX, "96KX ... [...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] |
AM 620
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 620 kHz: 620 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency. In Antigua and Barbuda * V2C-AM in Saint John's In Argentina * LRA18 in El Turbio * LRA26 in Resistencia, Chaco * LRA28 La Rioja, La Rioja * LT17 in Posadas, Misiones * LV4 in San Rafael, Mendoza In Brazil * ZYH-270 in Pelotas * ZYH-293 in Lábrea * ZYH-590 in Fortaleza * ZYH-777 in Pires do Rio * ZYJ-332 in Jandaia do Sul * ZYJ-779 in Rio do Sul * ZYK-315 in Tenente Portela * ZYK-521 in São Paulo * ZYL240 in Ibiá * ZYL320 in Porteirinha * ZYL357 in Manhuaçu In Canada In Chile * CA-062 in Ovalle * CC-062 in Concepción In Colombia * HJEL in Santiago de Cali * HJVP in Cartagena * HJR26 in Cúcuta In Cuba * CMDA in Colón * CMKF in Moa In the Dominican Republic * HIB28 (formerly HISD) in Santo Domingo In Ecuador * HCXY1 in Loja In Guatemala * TGTQ in Coatepeque / La Reforma / Santa Clara In Honduras * HRDP 5 in La E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFLZ-FM
WFLZ-FM (93.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida. It airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR/Top 40) radio format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station's studios and offices are located on Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa. Local DJs are heard on weekdays, with syndicated shows, including ''American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest'', the ''iHeartRadio Countdown'', the '' Remix Top 30 with Hollywood Hamilton'' and ''On The Move with Enrique Santos'', heard on weekends. WFLZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is off Rhodine Road in Riverview, Florida, amid other towers for Tampa-area TV and FM stations. WFLZ-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format; the HD2 subchannel carries Pride Radio, an iHeart service for LGBTQ listeners, while the HD3 subchannel carries Evolution, iHeartMedia's dance music/EDM service. History Early years In 1948, the station signed on as WFLA-FM, one of Tampa Bay's and Florida's earliest FM station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXTB
WXTB (97.9 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to Clearwater, Florida, serving the Tampa Bay Area. The WXTB studios are located in South Tampa, while the station transmitter resides in Holiday. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WXTB broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio. In addition to covering the Tampa Bay market as a whole, the station also covers areas of Levy County and Marion County, which are part of the Gainesville-Ocala radio market. History The station signed on the air in December 1967 as WQXM with a beautiful music format with owners John T. Rutledge and Joseph S. Field, with Jerry Reeves as music director and station manager until the sale of the station to Plough Broadcasting in 1975, switching to an AOR format under the name ''98 Rock, Your Album Station'' in 1977. In 1983, the station changed their call letters to WZNE and rebranded as ''Z98, Tampa Bay's Hottest H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFUS
WFUS (103.5 FM) is a country music radio station in Tampa, Florida. Licensed to Gulfport, Florida, the station's studios are located in South Tampa and the transmitter site is in Riverview. WFUS is one of the eight stations in the Tampa Bay market owned by iHeartMedia. The station formerly went by "Thunder 103.5" as a classic rock station that started on March 14, 1995, on 105.5 FM. Ron Diaz worked as the morning drive host at that time. On April 5, 1999, WTBT swapped frequencies with then-sister station WDUV, moving to 103.5 FM. Towards the end of the station's days, it was the Tampa affiliate for The Bob and Tom Show. On April 13, 2005, WTBT flipped to its current country format as WFUS, "US 103.5", leaving Cox Radio's WHPT as the market's only classic rock station at that time. iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) later relaunched the classic rock format as "Thunder Across The Bay", operating on FM translators at 94.5 FM (Gulfport), 99.1 FM (Holiday), 10 ... [...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] |
