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WRIX (1020 AM, "Electric City Bluegrass") is a daytime-only Bluegrass radio station located near Anderson, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the nearby community of Homeland Park and broadcasts on 1020 AM with a power of 10,000 watts during the day and 3,000 watts during critical hours. History WRIX signed on the air September 1, 1986 as the AM sister to WRIX-FM 103.1 (now WHQA). WRIX & WRIX-FM were founded by the late Matt Phillips. Tom Ervin Thomas Jonathan Ervin (born May 14, 1952) is an American attorney, former judge, one-time politician and former radio station owner. A past member of the Republican Party, he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 t ... purchased WRIX in 2013. The Matt & Bev Show was a popular morning show which aired weekdays from 8am. to 11am. Local musicians Bob Eidson, Jimmy Gilstrap and blues artist Kip Anderson also had shows on Wrix & Wans. Several other talk ...
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WHQA
WHQA is a Southern Gospel station located in the Upstate region of South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the town of Honea Path and broadcasts on 103.1 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6 kW. Its signal can be heard mainly in the Anderson part of the Greenville–Spartanburg radio market; however, the signal reaches well into Greenville, parts of Spartanburg, and surrounding areas. The station carries a variety of local programming in the mornings, evenings, and weekends. Programming On November 28, 2014, WRIX-FM flipped to a Classic Hits format featuring music from the 1960s–'80s. On March 1, 2015, WRIX-FM changed its call letters to WHQA. The format was also changed from Classic Hits to a Southern gospel music format and included local news, weather and community events. The former Classic Hits format has moved to sister station WANS 1280 (also on FM at 107.7), and Sunday mornings and evenin ...
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WANS
WANS (1280 AM) is a southern gospel radio station located in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast with 5 kW. during the daytime and 1 kW. directional at night. Station history WANS 1280 AM has been in existence since June 1, 1949. For many years, it was a top 40 station. In the 1960s the call letters stood for "We're Anderson's Now Sound". Later..."We're Anderson's New Sound". WANS was paired up with 100,000-watt WANS-FM 107.3 (now WJMZ-FM) in the 1960s. Both stations had separate feeds and broadcast from studios located on Clemson Blvd. in Anderson. The two stations were wildly popular for many years. A large WANS-AM/FM sign was erected in front of the studios on Clemson Blvd. and advertised local Anderson stores and community events. In 1988, news studios were built beside the existing ones. After new ownership took over in 1990, declining ratings and loss of key staff caused a steep decline in ratings for both t ...
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Tom Ervin
Thomas Jonathan Ervin (born May 14, 1952) is an American attorney, former judge, one-time politician and former radio station owner. A past member of the Republican Party, he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1979 through 1983. He had been running for Governor of South Carolina in the 2014 gubernatorial election as an Independent, but in late October he dropped out and endorsed Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen. Career Ervin graduated from Erskine College with a bachelor's degree in history, and then the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1977. He was elected to serve in the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing the seventh district, as a member of the Democratic Party. He served from 1979 through 1983. Ervin has not held any type of public office since this term expired in 1983. He served two terms in the state House, and then served on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. He served a circuit court j ...
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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 ...
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Homeland Park, South Carolina
Homeland Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,296 at the 2010 census. Geography Homeland Park is a suburban area in central Anderson County located at (34.465006, -82.655768), south of the city of Anderson, the county seat. South Carolina Highway 81 (S. Murray Avenue) is the main north–south road through the community. U.S. Route 29 leads southwest out of Homeland Park, reaching the Georgia border in . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,445 people, 2,630 households, and 1,643 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 6,337 people, 2,685 households, and 1,772 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,328.9 people per square mile (512.9/km2). There were 2,985 housing units at an average density of 626.0/sq mi (241.6/ ...
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The Upstate
The Upstate is the region in the westernmost part of South Carolina, United States, also known as the Upcountry, which is the historical term. Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 10 counties of the commerce-rich I-85 corridor in the northwest corner of South Carolina. This definition coincided with the Greenville–Spartanburg–Anderson, SC combined statistical area, as first defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2015. In 2018, the OMB redefined the CSA such that it no longer included Abbeville County. That definition remains as of 2020. The region's population was 1,347,112 as of 2016. Situated between Atlanta and Charlotte, the Upstate is the geographical center of the Charlanta megaregion. After BMW's initial investment, foreign companies, including others from Germany, have a substantial presence in the Upstate; several large corporations have established regional, national, or continental headquarters in the area. ...
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1986 In Radio
The year 1986 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting. Events *January 8 – Long Beach's KNAC switches formats from an alternative/new wave format to a "Pure Rock" format. KNAC continued under that format until 1995. *January 18 – The syndicated "American Country Countdown" expands from three to four hours. Much like "American Top 40" had more than seven years earlier, several new features are added, including a weekly recap of three No. 1 hits from the 1970s and playbacks of an artist's older hits. *February 14 - Philippines's Magic 89.9 started regular operations. *March 28 – More than 6,000 radio stations of all format types play "We Are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. *June 2 – KOFM in Oklahoma City changed their calls to KMGL and flipped formats from a Top 40 (CHR) format to an Easy Listening/ Adult Standards format under Transtar's Format 41. *June 6 – Canada's premier Top 40 station, CHUM-AM Toronto, drops its hit for ...
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Kilohertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that one hertz is the reciprocal of one second. It is named after Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894), the first person to provide conclusive proof of the existence of electromagnetic waves. Hertz are commonly expressed in multiples: kilohertz (kHz), megahertz (MHz), gigahertz (GHz), terahertz (THz). Some of the unit's most common uses are in the description of periodic waveforms and musical tones, particularly those used in radio- and audio-related applications. It is also used to describe the clock speeds at which computers and other electronics are driven. The units are sometimes also used as a representation of the energy of a photon, via the Planck relation ''E'' = ''hν'', where ''E'' is the photon's energy, ''ν'' is its frequen ...
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Anderson, South Carolina
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, South Carolina, Mauldin metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 824,112 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is further included in the larger Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,266,995, at the 2010 census. It is just off Interstate 85 and is from Atlanta and from Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that make up the Upstate South Carolina, Upstate region, and is nicknamed the "Electric City" and the "Friendliest City in South Carolina". Anderson is the ho ...
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Bluegrass Music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ... that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like Country music, mainstream country music, it largely developed out of Old-time music, old-time string music, though in contrast, bluegrass is traditionally played exclusively on Acoustic music, acoustic instruments and also has roots in traditional English, Scottish, and Irish Ballads, Irish ballads and dance tunes as well as in blues and jazz. Bluegrass was further developed by musicians who played with Monroe, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. Monroe characterized the genr ...
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved the Newcomen engine with his own steam engine in 1776. Watt's invention was fundamental for the Industrial Revolution. Overview When an object's velocity is held constant at one metre per second against a constant opposing force of one newton, the rate at which work is done is one watt. : \mathrm In terms of electromagnetism, one watt is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potential difference of one volt (V), meaning the watt is equivalent to the volt-ampere (the latter unit, however, is used for a different quantity from the real power of an electrical circuit). : ...
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Critical Hours
Critical hours for radio stations is the time from sunrise to two hours after sunrise, and from two hours before sunset until sunset, local time. During this time, certain American radio stations may be operating with reduced power as a result of Section 73.187 of the Federal Communications Commission's rules. Canadian restricted hours are similar to critical hours, except that the restriction results from the January 17, 1984, U.S.-Canadian AM Agreement. Canadian restricted hours are called "critical hours" in the U.S.-Canadian Agreement, but in the AM Engineering database, the FCC calls them "Canadian restricted hours" to distinguish them from the domestically defined critical hours. Canadian restricted hours is that time from sunrise to one and one-half hours after sunrise, and from one and one-half hours before sunset until sunset, local time. U.S. stations operate with restricted hours because of Canadian stations, and vice versa. Those radio stations that must lower their pow ...
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