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WWJK
WWJK (107.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Green Cove Springs, Florida, and serving the Greater Jacksonville radio market. The station broadcasts a mainstream rock radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WWJK's radio studios are on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood, and the transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington section. History The station signed on in May 1977 as beautiful music WJEE. In 1981, it switched to country music as WCRJ. In 1991, the call sign changed to WROO as "Rooster Country". On December 19, 2005 it became the new home for alternative rock station WPLA "Planet Radio". While WPLA saw its ratings rise after the frequency change, the station began losing ground when it had to split the alternative rock audience when 102.9 WXXJ (now WEZI) signed on in 2009. On August 4, 2010 the station flipped to classic hits-formatted "Magic 107.3", competing primarily against WJGL. On October 13, 2010, WPLA changed call l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQIK-FM
WQIK-FM (99.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a country music radio format. Overnight, WQIK carries the syndicated '' CMA After Midnite Show with Cody Alan'' and the ''Bobby Bones Show'' on Sunday evenings. WQIK-FM is unusual in the radio industry as a station that has kept its original call sign and format for more than half a century. The station's studios and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside section. The transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington district. WQIK-FM is powered at 100,000 watts with a Class C signal. It broadcasts in the HD format, with the HD-2 subchannel carrying the iHeartRadio Spanish Contemporary format, also heard on translator station W295AZ, in Jacksonville Beach, called "Rumba 106.9." History Early years In September 1964, WQIK-FM first signed on. It was owned by Rowland Broadcasting Company, which also owned AM 1280 WQIK. Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFXJ (AM)
WFXJ (930 kHz "Acción 97.3") is a commercial AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. It airs a Spanish news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WFXJ is also streamed on accionjacksonville.iheart.com and on the iHeartRadio app. The station's studios and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. The transmitter is off Hyde Grove Avenue on Jacksonsonville's Westside. WFXJ transmits with 5,000 watts around the clock. By day it uses a non-directional antenna, but at night, to protect other stations on AM 930, it switches to a directional signal aimed toward the east. History WFXJ is the oldest radio station in Jacksonville. It signed on the air in November 1925 as WJAX. During the 1930s, WJAX broadcast on 900 kilocycles at 1,000 watts. While most radio stations of its day were owned by department stores or newspapers, WJAX was owned by the City of Jacksonville. WJAX was an NBC Red Network affiliate. In 1941, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEZI (FM)
WEZI (102.9 Hertz, MHz "Easy 102.9") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio, FM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. It airs an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. The station's studios and offices are located on Belfort Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside, Jacksonville, Southside district. The transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington, Jacksonville, Arlington neighborhood. WEZI is a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class C FM station, running at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, from a tower at 1,014 feet (309 m) in height above average terrain (HAAT). Its signal stretches from the Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia coast to south of St. Augustine, Florida to southwest as far as Gainesville, Florida. History WIVY-FM On November 1, 1965, the station sign-on, signed on as WIVY-FM. At first, it ran at 28,900 watts, less than a third of its current power. It was the sister station to AM 1050 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSOL-FM
WSOL-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station known as V101.5. It is licensed to Yulee, Florida, and serves the Jacksonville metropolitan area and Southeast Georgia. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., it broadcasts an Urban Adult Contemporary radio format. WSOL-FM's studios are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside district. The transmitter is off McKendree Road in Kingsland, Georgia, a couple of miles from the Georgia-Florida border. Weekday mornings on V101.5 begin with ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', syndicated by co-owned Premiere Networks. Overnights feature ''The Sweat Hotel'', a syndicated show hosted by R&B singer Keith Sweat. Local DJs are heard the rest of the day. Urban gospel music is heard on Sunday mornings. History On September 1, 1966, the station signed on as WYNR-FM. It was the FM counterpart to AM 790 WYNR (now WSFN), and was licensed to Brunswick, Georgia. It was owned by Dixie Radio, Inc., and simulcast the country m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKSL
WKSL (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Neptune Beach, Florida, broadcasting to the Jacksonville metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. WKSL airs a Top 40/CHR radio format. WKSL carries two weekday syndicated programs, with ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show'' from WHTZ New York City, and in middays, WKSL carries ''On Air with Ryan Seacrest'' based at KIIS-FM Los Angeles. WKSL's studios and offices are located on Belfort Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. The transmitter is in the Arlington neighborhood, on Hogan Road near Pottsburg Creek. WKSL broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. The HD2 subchannel, which is simulcast on sister station WFXJ and FM translator W247CF (97.3 MHz), carries a Spanish news/talk format known as "Acción 97.3." The HD3 subchannel, which is simulcast on FM translator W300CU (107.9 MHz), carries an urban gospel format known as "Praise 107.9." History Early histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJBT
WJBT (93.3 FM "93.3 The Beat") is a commercial radio station licensed to Callahan, Florida, and serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Central Parkway in the Southside neighborhood. WJBT has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, the highest permitted for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is off Hogan Road in the Arlington neighborhood. WJBT broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel carries iHeart's Black Information Network, which feeds FM translator W281AM at 104.1 in Macclenny. The HD3 subchannel airs a simulcast of WSOS-FM, which airs a classic country format. History of the 93.3 frequency In 1995, WAIA switched from Triple-A to modern rock, becoming "Planet Radio 93.3". Station history WJBT has been in its current format since 1992 (when it was at 92.7), playing Hip Hop and R&B music. It was home to the nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Cove Springs, Florida
Green Cove Springs is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,378 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,908. The city is named after the portion of the St. Johns River upon which it is built. The river bends here, and the area is sheltered by trees that are perennially green. History The area was first inhabited over 7,000 years ago by Native Americans by the warm mineral spring. The hydrological spring of the same name, locally known as the "Original Fountain of Youth", attracted guests in the 19th century; more than a dozen hotels were near the spring. Today, the sulfur-scented spring water feeds an adjacent public swimming pool before flowing the short distance to the St. Johns River. The Green Cove Springs area was first developed by George J. F. Clarke in 1816 when he was provided land, under a Spanish land grant, to build a sawmill. Green Cove Springs was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with Television broadcasting, television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide. A radio format aims to reach a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming, which can be thematic or general, more informative or more musical, among other possibilities. Radio formats are often used as a marketing tool and are subject to frequent changes. Except for talk radio or sports radio formats, most programming formats are based on commercial music. However the term also includes the news, bulletins, DJ talk, jingles, commercials, competitions, traffic news, sports, weather and community an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound echoes that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods Of Jacksonville
There are more than 500 neighborhoods within the area of Jacksonville, Florida, the largest city in the contiguous United States by area. These include Downtown Jacksonville and surrounding neighborhoods. Additionally, greater Jacksonville is traditionally divided into several major sections with amorphous boundaries: Northside, Westside, Southside, and Arlington, as well as the Jacksonville Beaches.McEwen, John W. (2007). "The Vernacular Neighborhoods of Jacksonville, Florida: Can GIS Help Determine their Boundaries?" ''The Florida Geographer'', Vol. 38: 54-71. There are four municipalities within Duval County that are outside of Jacksonville's city limits: Baldwin, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville Beach. The latter three communities, all located on a coastal barrier island, form part of the area known as the Jacksonville Beaches, together with Mayport within the Jacksonville city limits and Ponte Vedra Beach in St. Johns County. Regions Jacksonville cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content. They can coincide or overlap with one or more metropolitan areas, though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on the edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements, which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen measures both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron, which was completed in September 2013. Markets are identified by the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves for Communication engineering, communication purposes; or radiolocation, such as radar and navigational transmitters. Generators of radio waves for heatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
