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WHUG
WHUG (101.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Jamestown, New York, United States, the station is currently owned by Media One Radio Group. Local disc jockeys heard on this station include Dan Warren (''The My Country Morning Show''; 6-10 am Monday - Friday) Matt Warren (''Middays with Matt Warren'';- 12-3 pm Monday - Friday) and Chris Sprague (3-7 pm Monday - Friday). Syndicated/national programming on WHUG includes ''The Lia Show'', '' ZMax Racing Country'', '' Rise Up Country'', '' NASCAR USA'' and ''Country Countdown USA''. History The station went on the air in 1965 at the 101.7 frequency as WXYJ-FM under the ownership of Bud Paxson; it signed on at roughly the same time as what was then its sister station, WNYP-TV. It later changed to WHUG, "Huggin' Country", and ultimately moved to 101.9 MHz; this was part of an agreement between WHUG and WXOX in Attica so that both could increase their power. It has long been Jamestown's count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKSN
WKSN (1340 AM broadcasting, AM) – branded ''Kissin' Oldies 1340'' – is a commercial oldies radio station licensed to Jamestown, New York. Owned by Media One Radio Group, the station serves as a local affiliate for the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. History AM 1340 signed on in 1948 as ''WJOC''. It used the call sign ''WXYJ'' in the mid-1960s before adopting the WKSN call sign and "Kissin'" slogan by no later than 1968. For most of its early history, WKSN played a Top 40 format using the "Good Guys" slogan. A television sister station, WNYB, WNYP (channel 26), signed on in 1966, when both stations were owned by Bud Paxson; channel 26 shut down after three years and its license is now being used by a religious station. During the 1990s and early 2000s, WKSN (''Kissin' Oldies'') was an oldies outlet carrying a local morning show and a midday show by Paul Hoefler (now performing commercial jingles in the area), as well the satellite ''Good Time Oldies'' from Jones Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest population center in the county. Nearby Chautauqua Lake is a freshwater resource used by fishermen, boaters, and naturalists. Notable people from Jamestown include legendary comedienne Lucille Ball, U.S. Supreme Court justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, musician Natalie Merchant, musician Dennis Drew, musician John Lombardo, naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In the 20th century, Jamestown was a thriving industrial area, noted for producing several well-known products. They include the crescent wrench, produced by Karl Peterson's the Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown beginning in 1907. and the automatic lever voting machine, manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Company, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLOF
WLOF (101.7 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Elma, New York and serving the Buffalo metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Catholic talk and teaching radio format. Referred to as ''The Station of the Cross'', WLOF is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications. The call sign represent Our Lady Of Fatima, to whom this station is dedicated. WLOF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,800 watts. Programming is simulcast on WHIC 1460 AM in Rochester, New York, and WLGU 90.7 FM in Lancaster, New York. WLGU is powered at 1,000 watts. The stations rely on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network for much of their programming. History The station signed on the air on . The original call letters were WBTF and it called itself "BT Country," airing a country music format. It was the sister station to WBTA 1490 AM in Batavia, New York. WBTF was originally licensed to Attica. Beginning on February 13, 1998, 101.7 FM was acquired by Broben Communicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJTN
WJTN (1240 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station licensed to Jamestown, New York. The station is owned by Media One Radio Group. On December 31, 1924, the station signed on, making the station the oldest in southwestern New York and third-longest lived in all of Western New York—behind only WGR and WDCZ. As of spring 2018, WJTN broadcasts a 1970s and 1980s-centered classic hits and adult contemporary music format with local news and sports. Programming Local personalities include Dennis Webster, Dan Warren and Lee John. The station airs ABC News Radio every hour and Local News throughout the day with Webster and Terry Frank. Syndicated programming heard on WJTN include John Tesh from 5:00pm until 10:00pm weekdays, Jim Bohannon, and ''Coast to Coast AM''. On weekends, the station features Connie Selleca Saturday mornings and Tesh. Weekend programming includes "The Times of Your Life", which is hosted by Andrew Hill and Russ Diethrick. WJTN's "High School Bowl" quizbowl a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKZA
WKZA (106.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Lakewood, New York, United States, the station serves the Jamestown, New York area. The station is currently owned by MediaOne Radio Group. History The station originally intended to sign on as WKSQ-FM, as FCC records dated September 5, 2000 indicate. On October 9, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current WKZA, the call sign made popular by a now-defunct AM station in nearby Kane, Pennsylvania. However, the station did not sign on until late November 2000. The station's first format was a stunt, airing continuous Christmas music. Soon after, the station "officially" signed on with its format of KISS-FM hit radio, which it has maintained ever since. As an independently owned station, WKZA sometimes leaned toward hot adult contemporary, thus overlapping and competing against WWSE, the established adult-contemporary station in Jamestown. MediaOne Group, owners of WWSE, purchased WKZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQFX-FM
WQFX-FM (103.1 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Russell, Pennsylvania, the station serves the Jamestown, NY and Warren, PA areas. Owned by Media One Radio Group. The station plays a classic rock format as well as newer cuts from the 2000s. The Rock 103 airstaff includes Brian Papalia in the Morning, Kyle Lewis midday, Lee John (former morning man in the 1990s) as well as other syndicated programming such as Nights with Alice Cooper, Live in Concert, Alice Cooper Saturday, House of Hair and Floydian Slip. The station also plays local musical talent on the Homegrown show each Sunday Night. The station serves as the area's affiliate for the Cleveland Browns Radio Network and the Sabres Hockey Network. On August 1, 2019 WQFX returned to its 1990s-era branding of "Rock 103" (having been branded as "103.1 The Fox" for most of the 21st century to that point) and repositioned itself as a mainstream/active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWSE
WWSE (93.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Jamestown, New York. It is owned by the Media One Radio Group. WWSE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 26,500 watts. Programming The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format, featuring hits from the 1990s through today. Local personalities heard on the station include Lee John, the longest running FM Morning Show in the region (beginning on April 1, 2001) and Andrew Hill, who has been with the station since 2000. Syndicated personalities John Tesh and Mario Lopez are heard each weekday. Weekend programming includes the iHeartRadio Countdown, Roula, RetroMix, RetroPop Reunion and Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's. Weather forecasts are provided by WGRZ. WWSE is also a longtime affiliate of Buffalo Bills Radio Network, broadcasting all the team's NFL games during the season. History In , the station first signed on the air. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performance Racing Network
The Performance Racing Network (PRN) is a radio syndication network controlled by Speedway Motorsports (SMI) founded in 1981. PRN airs NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series events held at Speedway Motorsports and Penske Corporation-owned and managed tracks. PRN first began airing the NASCAR events at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Coca-Cola 600, the fall race, but not the NASCAR All-Star Race). After SMI acquired additional tracks, the network began airing the events at Atlanta, Austin (managed by SMI for the NASCAR event), Bristol, Dover, Kentucky, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Hampshire, Sonoma and Texas tracks as well. Since 2004, PRN also airs the NASCAR weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, through a joint production with the IMS Radio Network. Other NASCAR events (those operated by International Speedway Corporation (ISC), Curtis Francois and the Mattioli family), are broadcast by ISC-owned Motor Racing Network (MRN). On most occasions, PRN and MRN share the same radio af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNYB
WNYB (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Jamestown, New York, United States, serving the Buffalo area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). Its transmitter is located on Center Road in Arkwright. WNYB maintained studios on Big Tree Road in Orchard Park until TCT ended local operations in June 2018. WNYB operates two low-power translators: WBNF-CD (channel 15) in Buffalo and WNIB-LD (channel 42) in Rochester. History CTV invades America The Channel 26 license was first granted to WNYP-TV in 1966. The station's majority shareholder was Lowell W. "Bud" Paxson, who at the time owned Jamestown's WXYJ radio and later co-founded the Home Shopping Network (HSN). It was the first American television station to affiliate with a Canadian network, signing a deal with CTV. Since the station could not afford a direct feed, station engineers switched to and from the signal of CTV's flagship CFTO-TV (channel 9) in Toronto whenever network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Paxson
Lowell White "Bud" Paxson (April 17, 1935 – January 9, 2015) was an American media executive. In 1982, Paxson and his business partner, Roy Speer, co-founded the Home Shopping Club (now called the Home Shopping Network). He later established Pax TV in 1998, a television network focusing on family-friendly content. Life and career A native of Rochester, New York, Paxson began his career as an owner of WACK radio, a little 500-watt radio station in the village of Newark, New York. His next attempt at media ownership was radio station WXYJ (AM 1340) and TV station WNYP (channel 26) in Jamestown, New York. Paxson, who bought the stations in 1966, attempted to affiliate WNYP with the CTV Television Network out of Canada (a first for an American television station); by 1969, the TV station had failed. Paxson later emerged as the owner of a small AM radio station, WWQT (1470 AM), in Clearwater, Florida. There, in 1977, an advertiser had plenty of product to sell—avocado-green-colored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Countdown USA
''Country Countdown USA'' is a nationally syndicated weekly country music top-30 chart countdown program hosted by Lon Helton. Debut The show premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System in April 1992. The program began as the brainchild of Westwood One Chairman Norman J. Pattiz who assigned the project to his Programming VP, Gary Landis. Although Westwood One had several country programs mainly broadcast on its co-owned Mutual network, the company didn't have a weekly country countdown show. At the time, the leader was ''American Country Countdown'' with Bob Kingsley (now hosted by Kix Brooks). It was a traditional countdown show modeled after Casey Kasem’s ''American Top 40''. Other shows on the air at the time included Unistar’s ''Weekly Country Music Countdown with Chris Charles'' (no longer on the air) and TNN’s ''Crook & Chase Top 40'' (still on the air). The latter two included pre-recorded interview clips with artists, while ''ACC'' was strictly a scripted sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motor Racing Network
Motor Racing Network (MRN) is a U.S. radio network that syndicates broadcasts of auto racing events, particularly NASCAR. MRN was founded in 1970 by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. and broadcaster Ken Squier, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NASCAR. Its first broadcast was the 1970 Daytona 500. MRN is one of the two main radio broadcasters of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series, covering events held at tracks owned by NASCAR, along with Pocono Raceway. It also broadcasts the NASCAR All-Star Race, and the entire Truck Series season (although clearance of Xfinity and Truck Series events may vary by station). Almost all of the remaining Cup and Xfinity races are broadcast by the Speedway Motorsports-owned Performance Racing Network (PRN), besides the Brickyard 400 (which is broadcast by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network in association with PRN); many stations have affiliations with both MRN and PRN in order to air a full NASCAR schedule. All races are also carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
