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WJFX
WJFX (107.9 FM) is a Top 40 radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Adams Radio Group, LLC. WJFX broadcasts three channels in the HD digital format. History The station was an urban contemporary formatted radio station, known as FOXY 107.9 from sign-on until 1998, when they changed their direction to rhythmic contemporary as HOT 1079 and finally to contemporary hit radio in 2008. In 2012, the station was moved to the Mediabase contemporary hit radio panel. As of October 2018, Hot 107.9 is the most listened to station in the Fort Wayne market. In March 2014, Adams Radio Group entered an agreement to purchase WJFX and Country 93.3 WBTU from Oasis Radio Group and crosstown Rhythmic CHR 96.3 WNHT, Oldies 1250 WGL and Classic Rock 103.9 WXKE from Summit City Radio. When WXKE moved frequencies to 96.3, Adams pledged to merge WNHT's format into the station, although it has since continued with Top 40. As a result, two former WNHT disc jocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJFX HOT107
WJFX (107.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Contemporary hit radio, Top 40 radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Adams Radio Group, LLC. WJFX broadcasts three channels in the HD Radio, HD digital format. History The station was an urban contemporary formatted radio station, known as FOXY 107.9 from sign-on until 1998, when they changed their direction to rhythmic contemporary as HOT 1079 and finally to contemporary hit radio in 2008. In 2012 in radio, 2012, the station was moved to the Mediabase contemporary hit radio panel. As of October 2018, Hot 107.9 is the most listened to station in the Fort Wayne market. In March 2014, Adams Radio Group entered an agreement to purchase WJFX and Country 93.3 WBTU from Oasis Radio Group and crosstown Rhythmic CHR 96.3 WXKE, WNHT, Oldies 1250 WGL (AM), WGL and Classic Rock 103.9 WWFW, WXKE from Summit City Radio. When WXKE moved frequencies to 96.3, Adams pledged to merge WNHT's format into the station, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBTU
WBTU (93.3 FM) is an 18,500-watt radio station licensed to Kendallville, Indiana, serving Fort Wayne, Indiana. WBTU is owned by Adams Radio Group, LLC, through licensee Adams Radio of Fort Wayne, LLC. WBTU originally operated as WAWK-FM, a sister station to WAWK AM in Kendallville, from 1964 to 1984. In June 1984, WAWK-FM was sold, renamed to WBTU-FM, and relocated to Fort Wayne. WBTU is the oldest country station in the Fort Wayne market. Counting the station's WAWK lineage makes the station even older. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, WBTU used the moniker, ''Hot Country''. In the mid-1990s, the moniker was changed to ''B93''. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the station was known as ''Hoosier Country''. In 2005, the station simply went by its call letters and frequency (93.3 FM). On May 25, 2007, WBTU changed its branding, becoming ''U.S. 93.3''. A few weeks later, U.S. 93.3 went "commercial-free" but only continued to operate without playing commercials until December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXKE
WXKE (96.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Churubusco, Indiana and serving the nearby Fort Wayne, Indiana area. The station airs a classic rock format. History 96.3 FM began operations as WKQM in April 1994, featuring an easy listening/ adult standards music format. In September 1995, WKQM changed its format to modern rock and adopted the moniker "The Edge," with new calls WEJE. "The Edge" was consulted by noted rock radio consultant Fred Jacobs, but after Jacobs Media and WEJE parted ways in January 1998, WEJE rebranded as "Extreme 96.3." In March 2001, the "Extreme" format and WEJE calls moved to new sign-on 102.3 FM in Auburn, Indiana (now WGBJ), and on March 12, 2001, 96.3 debuted a new country music format as WWWD, originally tagged "Big Red Country" but then changed to "Red Hot Country" after Artistic Media Partners notified 96.3's then-owner, Frank Kovas, that the name "Big Red Country" was already service-marked for their station in Ellettsville. On March 1, 2002, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWFW
WWFW (103.9 FM) is an adult hits radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In March 2014, Adams Radio Group entered an agreement to purchase Summit City's cluster (which includes WXKE). Days later, Adams announced they would purchase Oasis Radio Group's stations. To meet ownership limits, Adams would retain WNHT, WGL and the then-WXKE, as well as acquiring Oasis Radio Group's WJFX and WBTU, while selling off WHPP to Fort Wayne Catholic Radio, and selling WGL-FM to Calvary Radio Network. WLYV and two translators (on 96.9 FM and 103.3 FM) would also be acquired by Adams. The transaction, at a price of $6.4 million, was consummated on June 2, 2014. As a result, Adams planned on massive format restructuring. On June 2, Adams announced that WXKE would move to the stronger 96.3 signal, displacing WNHT's Rhythmic Contemporary format. The two stations would simulcast for ten days. The station changed to the current WWFW call sign on June 2, 2014. On June 20, 2014, at 10:39 pm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGL (AM)
WGL (1250 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and owned by Brian R. Walsh. The station broadcasts an All-news radio, All-news format, branded as "WGL Newsradio 1250 and 105.5". The station is one of the oldest in the Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, Fort Wayne metropolitan area. Studios are located on Cass Street and the transmitter site is located in Fort Wayne's East Central neighborhood in a facility also used by WIOE. WGL simulcasts over Fort Wayne translator W288EI (105.5 FM), which was added on March 5, 2021. High school football and basketball, primarily Bishop Luers and Bishop Dwenger, began on August 15, 2021. University of Saint Francis football and basketball will be added in the fall of 2022. History WGL was first licensed, with the sequentially issued call letters WHBJ, on March 3, 1925 to the Lauer Auto Company at 2109 South Calhoun Street. It was Fort Wayne's third broadcasting station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams Radio Group
Adams Radio Group is a radio broadcasting company focused on medium to small markets in the United States. Adams began in the early 1980s with radio stations in several markets across the country. The original market stations were all sold by 1996. The radio station groups in this article were formed in 1996. Markets and radio stations Fort Wayne *WBTU in Kendallville, Indiana *WJFX in New Haven, Indiana *WWFW in Fort Wayne, Indiana *WXKE in Churubusco, Indiana * W245CA in Fort Wayne, Indiana * W277AK in Fort Wayne, Indiana Northwest Indiana * WLJE in Valparaiso, Indiana * WXRD in Crown Point, Indiana * WZVN in Lowell, Indiana Las Cruces * KGRT in Las Cruces, New Mexico * KHQT in Las Cruces, New Mexico * KSNM in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico * KWML in Las Cruces, New Mexico Tallahassee *WHTF in Havana, Florida *WQTL in Tallahassee, Florida *WWOF in Tallahassee, Florida *WXTY WXTY (99.9 FM) is an adult hits radio station in the Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Contemporary
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of Black genres such as R&B, pop-rap, quiet storm, urban adult contemporary, hip hop, Latin music such as Latin pop, Chicano R&B and Chicano rap, and Caribbean music such as reggae and soca. Urban contemporary was developed through the characteristics of genres such as R&B and soul. Because urban music is a largely US phenomenon, virtually all urban contemporary formatted radio stations in the United States are located in cities that have sizeable African-American populations, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Memphis, St. Louis, Newark, Charleston, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Oakland, Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translator (radio)
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or transponds) the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station. It expands the broadcast range of a television or radio station beyond the primary signal's original coverage or improves service in the original coverage area. The stations may be (but are not usually) used to create a single-frequency network. They may also be used by an AM or FM radio station to establish a presence on the other band. Relay stations are most commonly established and operated by the same organisations responsible for the originating stations they repeat. However, depending on technical and regulatory restrictions, relays may also be set up by unrelated organisations. Types Broadcast translators In its simplest form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Urban Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on their playlists, and generally include some mix of contemporary R&B and traditional R&B (while urban oldies stations emphasize only the latter). Urban adult contemporary playlists generally consist of many different genres that originated amongst Black Americans including R&B, soul, funk, disco, jazz, pop, hip-hop, electro, quiet storm, gospel, new jack swing, and hip-hop soul. Summary The format usually plays some classic R&B hits, as well as hits that are ten years old or more. Classic dance music also has a great impact in this format. Disc jockeys use a more relaxed sound than their younger counterparts. News and current events have a major impact on the older audience. Around the evening, urban AC stations play smooth jazz and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Census, making it the List of cities in Indiana, second-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis, and the 76th-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen and Whitley County, Indiana, Whitley counties which had an estimated population of 423,038 as of 2021. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. In addition to the two core counties, the combined statistical area (CSA) includes Adams County, Indiana, Adams, DeKalb County, Indiana, DeKalb, Huntington County, Indiana, Huntington, Noble County, Indiana, Noble, Steuben County, Indiana, Steuben, and Wells County, Indiana, Wells counties, with an estimated population of 649,105 in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals. Mediabase charts and airplay data are used on many popular radio countdown shows and televised music awards programs. Music charts are published in both domestic and international trade publications and newspapers worldwide. Mediabase is a division of iHeartMedia. History Mediabase was founded in 1985 by Nancy and Rich Deitemeyer (a.k.a. Rich Meyer). Originally known as Mediascan, the company changed its name to Mediabase in 1987. Mediabase became the industry's first mass-airplay monitoring company in late 1987. After its inception, Mediabase was purchased by a private equity group based in Detroit, Michigan, then acquired by California-based Premiere Radio Networks, Jacor Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Radio
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ... in 2012. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalities. Notable events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts Endings Deaths References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 in Radio 2012 in radio Radio by year Mass media timelines by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
