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WNKT
WNKT (107.5 FM) is a sports radio station licensed to Eastover, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 40 kW. The station goes by the name 107-5 The Game. Its studios are located in downtown Columbia, SC and the transmitter is west of St. Matthews, South Carolina. History 107.5 signed on January 5, 1971 as WDWQ in St. George, a Charleston suburb. It was the FM sister to WQIZ. The FM station was sold in 1977 to a Washington, DC-based group that moved the studios to North Charleston and flipped the station to top 40 as "Q107" under the WKQB call sign. The "Q107" moniker was briefly dropped in 1984 for "Power 107" but Q107 was reclaimed one year later. Q107 eventually topped rival CHR WSSX as the #1 CHR in the market on several occasions in the later half in the 1980s under a Dance-leaning CHR format. Q107 gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTCB
WTCB (106.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Orangeburg, South Carolina, and serving the Columbia metropolitan area. The station, known as "B106.7," is owned by Cumulus Media and airs an adult contemporary radio format. For much of November and December, it switches to all-Christmas music. The studios and offices are located on Gervais Street in Downtown Columbia. WTCB has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, the highest permitted for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off Indian Trail in Swansea, near the Congaree National Park. History WDIX-FM and WPJS On July 6, 1967, the station signed on as WDIX-FM, the sister station to WDIX (AM 1150) in Orangeburg (formerly WRNO, now off the air). The station was known as "W-107" and was owned by Frank Best. At the time, the station featured an automated format with music that would be considered today as Hot Adult Contemporary. In late 1976, both stations were sold to Radio Smiles, a group ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLXC
WLXC is an Urban Adult Contemporary station licensed to Columbia, South Carolina that serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 103.1 MHz with an ERP of 6 kW. The station goes by the name 103.1 Kiss FM and its current slogan is "Columbia’s Best Variety of R&B."Its studios are located at the Tower building in Downtown Columbia, South Carolina and the transmitter is in Columbia northeast of downtown. History 103.1 FM was allocated to Columbia beginning in 1976. The construction permit for the 3 kW. station was awarded in June of that year to MIDCOM Corporation, a group made up of Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman, J.E. Dickson, Bob Parnell, & Bob Cook. Construction for the station was held up for several years by appeals filed by Nuance Corp, the owners of crosstown AM Urban Contemporary outlet WOIC and one of the dismissed applicants for the proposed FM."New FM Radio Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIWF
WIWF (96.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Charleston, South Carolina, broadcasting to the Lowcountry area South Carolina. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a classic hits radio format branded as "96.9 The Wolf." The syndicated John Boy & Billy show, from Premiere Networks, is heard weekday mornings on WIWF, with local DJs heard the rest of the day. WIWF's studios are located in North Charleston. WIWF's transmitter tower is off Seewee Road in Awendaw. It is powered at 99,000 watts (100,000 with beam tilt). The antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) is 539 meters (1,758 feet). With a good radio, WIWF can be heard from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head Island. History The station signed on the air April 1, 1948, as WCSC-FM, the FM sister to WCSC-AM (now WSPO). WCSC-FM was Charleston's second FM station, going on the air a year after WTMA-FM (now WSSX). WCSC-AM-FM were CBS Radio Network affiliates, simulcasting CBS's schedule of dramas, comedies, news and sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In South Carolina
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of South Carolina, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAGL * WAGS * WBAW (AM) * WBAW-FM * WBSC * WCSE (AM) * WDAB * WDKD * WDOG * WFIS (AM) * WHSC * WJDJ * WJES * WKMG * WKSC * WLCM * WLMA * WNMI-LP * WSCM-LP * WWPZ-LP * WYLA-LP * WYLI-LP * WZKQ-LP See also * South Carolina media ** List of newspapers in South Carolina ** List of television stations in South Carolina ** Media of locales in South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville References Bibliography * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) South Carolina Broadcasters AssociationCarolinas Chapter of the Antique Wireless Association Images File:Rock Hill broadcast house.jpg, WRHI radio, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 2017 {{Navboxes , title = South Carolina radio station regional navigation box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOMG
WOMG is a classic hits station licensed to Lexington, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 98.5 MHz with an ERP of 6 kW. Its studios are located at the Granby Building in Cayce and the transmitter is in Columbia northeast of downtown. History 98.5 was allocated in the early 1990s as part of an FCC docket that would allow the Columbia metro area several new radio stations. The license was eventually awarded to Lexington Communications, which applied for the WLXC call letters. Before construction started, Lexington Communications agreed to sell the station to HFS Communications, another group, on the condition that WLXC was operated by the company for a period of one year before completing the transaction. Studios for the station were constructed in the town of Lexington while the transmitting facilities were built near the village of Red Bank. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. Frequent variants of the Top 40 are the Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, Top 50, Top 75, Top 100 and Top 200. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSSX
WSSX-FM (95.1 FM, "95SX") is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Charleston, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 kW. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located in North Charleston and the transmitter tower is located in Mount Pleasant. History 95.1 originally signed on June 2, 1947 as WTMA-FM, the sister to WTMA AM 1250. By the late 1950s, WTMA-FM was simulcasting much of the AM's programming full-time, which was Top 40 by that point. When the FCC started to limit simulcasts of AM and FM stations in the late 1960s, WTMA-FM became WPXI in 1972 with an automated "beautiful music" format. In 1975, WPXI changed to urban contemporary as "Super 95 Soul". Although it was still automated, it was noted as being one of the few commercial urban FMs in South Carolina at the time. In 1981, WPXI dropped the urban format as the station became WSSX, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. Across its track, Hugo affected approximately 2 million people. Its direct effects killed 67 people and inflicted $11 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ) in damage. The damage wrought by the storm was more costly than any Atlantic hurricane preceding it. At its peak strength east of the Lesser Antilles, Hugo was classified as a Category 5 hurricane—the highest rating on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Over the course of five days, Hugo made landfalls on Guadeloupe, Saint Croix, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina, bringing major hurricane conditions to these and surrounding areas. Lesser effects were felt along the periphery of the hurricane's path in the Lesser Antilles and across the Eastern United States into Eastern Canada. The scale of Hugo's impacts led to the retirement of the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WALC
WALC is a radio station located in Charleston, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with 13.5 kW on 100.5 FM. It is owned by the Radio Training Network and broadcasts a Contemporary Christian format under the name HIS Radio 100.5. Programming includes music by such artists as MercyMe, Chasen, Newsboys, Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Avalon, Toby Mac, and Mark Schultz, as well a few family ministries such as those of Dr. James Dobson and Charles Stanley. However, the station focuses primarily on music programming. History 100.5 signed on as WSUY on April 4, 1990, adopting a light Adult Contemporary format as "Sunny 100.5". This lasted until late 1997 when the station purchased by Jacor Communications in Charleston and was absorbed by Clear Channel Communications and shifted toward Modern AC as "Alice @ 100.5 under the WLLC call letters. Alice became a big success by Spring 1998 with its "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastover, South Carolina
Eastover is a town in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 813 at the 2010 census, down from 830 in 2000. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The J.A. Byrd Mercantile Store, Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, Good Hope Baptist Church, Goodwill Plantation, Kensington Plantation House, St. Phillip School, Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church, Claudius Scott Cottage, and Siloam School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Eastover is located at (33.877553, -80.694592). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 614 people, 271 households, and 153 families residing in the town. 2000 census At the 2000 census, there were 830 people, 307 households and 228 families residing in the town. The population density was 670.8 per square mile (258.4/km2). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWOS (AM)
WWOS (810 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format, along with Southern gospel music. Licensed to Walterboro, South Carolina, it serves the Charleston metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg. Because it shares the same frequency as clear-channel station A clear-channel station is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from Interference (communication), interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The syste ... WGY (AM), WGY in Schenectady, New York, WWOS only operates during the daytime hours. The station's programming is heard around the clock on co-owned WWOS-FM 91.9 in St. George, South Carolina. WWOS-AM-FM are also simulcast on AM 710 WPOG in St. Matthews, South Carolina. History On August 23, 1962, the station first sign-on, signed on as WQIZ. It broadcast on 1300 kHz and was powered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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