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WFIR
WFIR (960 kHz "WFIR 960 AM - 107.3 FM") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the Roanoke Valley. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. and airs a News/Talk radio format. WFIR broadcasts at 10,000 watts non-directional by day. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 960, it reduces power to 5000 watts and uses a directional antenna. WFIR's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. The AM transmitter is off Brandon Avenue SW. The transmitter for FM translator W297BC 107.3 is off Catawba Valley Drive. Local news and talk programs air in weekday morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated shows heard the rest of day, including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, religion, law, computers, guns, home repair and gardening. Syndicated weekend hosts include Kim Komando, Leo Laporte and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM 960
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 960 kHz: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) classifies 960 AM as a regional frequency. CFAC is the only station in Canada and the United States on 960 AM which broadcasts with more than 10,000 watts. In Argentina * LRA6 in Mendoza In Canada * CFAC in Calgary, Alberta - 50 kW, transmitter located at * CKNT in Mississauga, Ontario. Branded as “Sauga 960 AM”. Broadcasts 700W daytime / 104W nighttime In Mexico * XEHK-AM in Guadalajara, Jalisco * XEK-AM in Nuevo Laredo, Tamualipas * XETPH-AM in Santa María Ocotán, Durango * XEOZ-AM XHOZ-FM is a radio station on 91.7 FM in Xalapa, Veracruz. History The concession for XEOZ-AM 960 was awarded to Luis Ignacio Santibañez Patiño on January 16, 1946, with the current concessionaire being created in 1983. In 1994, the station ga ... in Xalapa, Veracruz In the United States References {{DEFAULTSORT:960 Am Lists of radio stations by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
960 AM
The following radio broadcasting, radio stations broadcast on AM broadcasting, AM frequency 960 kHz: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) classifies 960 AM as a regional frequency. CFAC is the only station in Canada and the United States on 960 AM which broadcasts with more than 10,000 watts. In Argentina * LRA6 in Mendoza In Canada * CFAC in Calgary, Alberta - 50 kW, transmitter located at * CKNT in Mississauga, Ontario. Branded as “Sauga 960 AM”. Broadcasts 700W daytime / 104W nighttime In Mexico * XEHK-AM in Guadalajara, Jalisco * XEK-AM in Nuevo Laredo, Tamualipas * XETPH-AM in Santa María Ocotán, Durango * XEOZ-AM in Xalapa, Veracruz In the United States References {{DEFAULTSORT:960 Am Lists of radio stations by frequency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSLC-FM
WSLC-FM (94.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the New River Valley. WSLC-FM is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. It airs a country music radio format, using the moniker "94.9 Star Country." WSLC-FM's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. The transmitter is off Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain. The station is powered at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) on a tower 1962 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C signal can be heard over much of Southwest Virginia and into North Carolina and West Virginia. On occasion, WSLC-FM can be picked up more than 200 miles away. History WDBJ-FM On July 11, 1948, the station signed on as WDBJ-FM. It was owned by the Times World Corporation, publisher of '' The Roanoke Times-World'', which in 1955 started Channel 7 WDBJ-TV. At first, WDBJ-FM simulcast its AM counterpart, AM 960 WDBJ (now WFIR). In the early 1960s, WDBJ-FM was separately progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. Roanoke is the largest municipality in Southwest Virginia, and is the principal municipality of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a 2020 population of 315,251. It is composed of the independent cities of Roanoke and Salem, and Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, and Roanoke counties. Bisected by the Roanoke River, Roanoke is the commercial and cultural hub of much of Southwest Virginia and portions of Southern West Virginia. History Timeline * 1835 - Town of Gainesborough incorporated. * 1838 - Roanoke County created. * 1852 - Big Lick Depot built near Gainesborough; Virginia & Tennessee Railroad begins operating. * 1865 - April: Big Lick settlement sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLNI
WLNI (105.9 FM) is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving Metro Lynchburg. WLNI is owned by James River Media, LLC. Programming WLNI programming consists mostly of network programming such as Coast to Coast AM, Glenn Beck, Dan Bongino and Sean Hannity. WLNI also airs Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ... football and basketball. References External links * * LNI Talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVBB
WVBB (97.7 FM) is an Urban Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, serving the Roanoke/ Blacksburg area. WVBB is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. Station swap All Access reported on September 20, 2007 that Todd P. Robinson, Inc.'s WKCJ would be swapped to Radio Greenbrier, Inc. for WRON-FM (now on 103.1), which took place on August 1, 2008. WKCJ applied to move south to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia (which is between Roanoke and Christiansburg). The swap ensured that when Todd P. Robinson, Inc. moved the 97.7 frequency, WRON-FM would continue to have an FM station serving Greenbrier County, West Virginia Greenbrier County () is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in Virginia. History .... Station sale On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Roanoke, Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXLK
WXLK (92.3 MHz "K92") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. WXLK airs a Top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. WXLK's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. Its transmitter is on Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain. WXLK broadcasts in the HD Radio format. The station runs at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) on a tower 1,985 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C station can be heard into North Carolina and West Virginia. At times it can be picked up more than 200 miles away. History On December 17, 1960, the station first signed on as WLRJ. It was owned by Lee Hartman & Sons, a company headquartered in Roanoke that still provides audio and video services, although it no longer owns a radio station. WLRJ ran at only 2,800 watts, a fraction of its current power. The station specialized in what it called "fine music" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVBE-FM
WVBE-FM (100.1 MHz) is an Urban Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving Metro Lynchburg. WVBE-FM is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.. and is simulcast on WVBB 97.7 FM in Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia. A simulcast was offered on 610 AM in Roanoke, Virginia until 2016 when it flipped to sports. History WVBE-FM 100.1 began its history in 1948 as WWOD-FM, originally at 940 watts. It had a sister station on 1390, WWOD, now WPLI. WWOD was the second station to go on in Lynchburg after WLVA. WWOD-FM was religious until it became WKZZ on May 12, 1979 and carried a country format until April 1, 1984, when it became a locally programmed CHR format until 1991. On November 21, 1991, the station was purchased by Aylett Coleman of Roanoke and began a simulcast with CHR formatted WXLK WXLK (92.3 MHz "K92") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. WX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPLY (AM)
WPLY (610 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, and serving Southwest Virginia and the New River Valley. WPLY simulcasts a sports radio format with WPLI 1390 AM in Lynchburg. Both stations are owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. Most programming is supplied by Fox Sports Radio. By day, WPLY is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, when radio waves travel farther, it reduces power to 1,000 watts to protect other stations on 610 AM. WPLY has a directional antenna, using a five-tower array. The transmitter is at the end of Newman Drive in Salem. Programming is also heard on 175 watt FM translator W266CY at 101.1 MHz in Roanoke. History WSLC Country Just before noon on , the station signed on. The original call sign was WSLS. During the "Golden Age of Radio," the station carried programs from the NBC Blue Network, dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts. (The Blue Network later became ABC.) A partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSLQ
WSLQ (99.1 FM "Q99") is a commercial radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format and is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. The studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. WSLQ's transmitter is off Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain. WSLQ has one of the largest coverage areas of all FM radio stations in the United States. Its effective radiated power (ERP) is 200,000 watts, broadcasting from a tower at 1962 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C signal can be heard into West Virginia and North Carolina, and at times is picked up more than 200 miles away. The station was established in 1947, grandfathered at unusually high wattage before current Federal Communications Commission rules on FM power were set. Today, the top allowable power for FM stations is 100,000 watts. History On November 1, 1947, the station first signed on as WSLS-FM. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of License
In American, Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator. In North American broadcast law, the concept of ''community of license'' dates to the early days of AM radio broadcasting. The requirement that a broadcasting station operate a ''main studio'' within a prescribed distance of the community which the station is licensed to serve appears in United States federal law, U.S. law as early as 1939. Various specific obligations have been applied to broadcasters by governments to fulfill public policy objectives of broadcast localism (politics), localism, both in radio and later also in television, based on the legislative presumption that a broadcaster fills a similar role to that held by community newspaper publishers. United States In the United States, the Communications Act of 1934 requires that "the Commission s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM Broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM). Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of higher fidelity—that is, more accurate reproduction of the original program sound—than other broadcasting technologies, such as AM broadcasting. It is also less susceptible to common forms of interference, reducing static and popping sounds often heard on AM. Therefore, FM is used for most broadcasts of music or general audio (in the audio spectrum). FM radio stations use the very high frequency range of radio frequencies. Broadcast bands Throughout the world, the FM broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually 87.5 to 108.0 MHz is used, or some portion thereof, with few exceptions: * In the former Soviet republics, and some former Eastern Bloc countries, the older 65.8–74 MHz band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
