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WBEL (AM)
WBEL (1380 AM) is a 90s hits radio station in South Beloit, Illinois with studios in Janesville, Wisconsin. Established in 1948, the station is owned by Big Radio. Its programming is simulcast on translator stations W222AU (92.3 FM) in Beloit, Wisconsin and W255CZ (98.9 FM) in Janesville. History WBEL was signed on in 1948 by pioneer broadcaster and engineer Russ Salter. The station originally focused primarily on the local Beloit, Wisconsin area, with an adult standards format and talk programming. In August 1998, the station made the switch to a sports radio format affiliated with ESPN Radio, changed its call letters to WTJK, "The Jock" and began marketing itself to the Janesville and Rockford, Illinois areas. In 2001, Shelly Salter, CEO of Salter Broadcasting Company (SBC) and daughter of Russ Salter, sold the station to Good Karma Broadcasting. WTJK became the first ESPN Radio station for Good Karma Broadcasting. In January 2014, Good Karma announced that it would sell ...
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South Beloit, Illinois
South Beloit, is a city located in Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Area, but it is also a suburban extension of Beloit, Wisconsin. South Beloit,is directly along the border of smaller cities and towns north of Rockfords border. At the 2010 census, the city's population was 7,892, up from 5,297 in 2000. Geography South Beloit is located at (42.484228, -89.038586). According to the 2010 census, South Beloit has a total area of , of which (or 96.25%) is land and (or 3.75%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 8,051 people, 3,400 households, and 1,678 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,345 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 87.16% White, 5% African American, 0.63% Native American, 1.01% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.48% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.49% of the population. The ...
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Good Karma Broadcasting
Good Karma Brands, LLC (GKB, formerly Good Karma Broadcasting) is an American conglomerate. Based in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, it has interests in radio broadcasting, sports marketing, retail, and real estate. GKB was founded in 1997 by Craig Karmazin, the son of former Viacom and Sirius XM executive Mel Karmazin. Craig remains the CEO of Good Karma to this day. The company owns and/or operates radio stations in the states of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The majority of its radio stations are ESPN Radio affiliates, and include its New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago stations—which were sold by The Walt Disney Company to GKB in December 2021. History The company was established in August 1997, and GKB would make its first acquisition of radio stations in December of that year with the purchase of stations in its home base of Beaver Dam ( WBEV and WXRO) as well as in Columbus, Wisconsin (WTLX). As time passed, GKB would also eventually purc ...
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NIC-10
The Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10) is a high school athletic conference consisting of nine high Public school (government funded), public schools and one Catholic school in Illinois' Boone County, Illinois, Boone, Stephenson County, Illinois, Stephenson, and Winnebago County, Illinois, Winnebago Counties. Member schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), and are among the larger schools in that area, all competing in Class AA (in the two class system) of IHSA competitions. Current members * Depending on the sport/activity, schools compete in a variety of class systems. The classes are listed in that order in this table. Previous members History The Northern Illinois High School Conference (NIHSC) was founded in 1916 as a high school football conference. Boys track and basketball soon followed, and other sports were added over time. Original members included Freeport High School, Rockford High School, Joliet High School, Elgin Hi ...
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WIAA Big Eight Conference
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference is a high school athletic conference in south-central Wisconsin. The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools, who determine the rules governing eligibility of athletes and schedules. Member schools *Beloit Memorial High School (leaving in 2023 for Southern Lakes Conference) * Janesville Craig High School (all sports but football) * Janesville Parker High School (all sports but football) *Madison East High School * Madison La Follette High School * Madison Vel Phillips Memorial High School * Madison West High School * Middleton High School * Sun Prairie East High School (all sports but football) *Sun Prairie West High School (all sports but football) *Verona Area High School Associated schools *Fort Atkinson High School / Cambridge High School (boys' volleyball only) *Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart (boys' volleyball only) History In summer 2018, a plan to mo ...
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The Jim Rome Show
''The Jim Rome Show'' is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific Time. The show is produced in Los Angeles, syndicated by CBS Sports Radio, and can be heard on affiliate radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. In January 2018, the show began simulcasting on television on CBS Sports Network. History ''The Jim Rome Show'' began on XTRA Sports 690 in San Diego. In 1996, Premiere Radio Networks picked up the program for national syndication. Sometime after, the show was shortened by one hour and the broadcast location was shifted from XTRA Sports 690 to the Premiere Radio Networks studio complex in Sherman Oaks, California. As part of the broadcast deal bringing Rome's TV show to CBS Sports Network, ''The Jim Rome Show'' became a charter program of CBS Sports Radio upon its full launch on January 2, 2013. Show personnel (" The XR4Ti") ' *Tom Di Benedetto, executive producer, call screener since 2021 *Alvin ...
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The Scott Van Pelt Show
''The Ryen Russillo Show'' was a syndicated sports talk radio show hosted by Ryen Russillo. It was a part of ESPN Radio from 1 pm to 4pm, with all three hours also simulcasted on ESPNews. On April 26, 2017 Danny Kanell was let go by ESPN after a number of personnel were laid off, leaving only Russillo to host the show. December 22, 2017, was the last day of ''The Ryen Russillo Show'' due to a contract dispute, although Russillo's contract runs until August 2018. He will be doing weekly podcasts until his contract expires. Will Cain took over the timeslot with his own radio show on January 2, 2018. The previous version of the show was launched as ''The Scott Van Pelt Show'' on July 6, 2009, replacing ''Tirico & Van Pelt'', which was co-hosted by Scott Van Pelt and Mike Tirico. That show began on September 20, 2007 as ''The Mike Tirico Show'', with Van Pelt, Michele Tafoya and Kirk Herbstreit as rotating co-hosts. ''The Mike Tirico Show'' aired from 1 pm to 3 pm ...
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The Herd With Colin Cowherd
''The Herd with Colin Cowherd'' is a sports radio, sports talk radio show hosted by Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1. The show features commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, and interviews with celebrities, sports analysts and sports figures. History KFXX AM, ESPN Radio & ESPNU (2001-2015) The Herd first aired on KFXX (AM), KFXX AM in 2001. The show joined ESPN Radio in 2004, rebranding as The Herd With Colin Cowherd, and four years later in 2008 would later be simulcast on ESPNU and ESPNews. During its run on ESPN, Cowherd was joined by on-air by producers Vincent Kates, David Fisch and Tom Wassell, and guest hosted by personalities such as Doug Gottlieb. ''ESPN Radio SportsCenter'' updates during the show were performed by Dan Davis (broadcaster), Dan Davis. The show was heavily sponsored by Subway (restaurant), Subway, with the guest caller line being dubbed the "Subway (restaurant), Subway Fresh Take Hotline". On his Marc ...
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Mike And Mike In The Morning
''Mike & Mike'' (formerly ''Mike and Mike in the Morning'') was an American sports-talk radio show that was hosted by Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on ESPN networks from 2000–2017. The show aired on ESPN Radio, and was simulcast on television, first on ESPNews starting in 2004, and later moving to ESPN2 in 2006. The show primarily focused on the day's biggest sports topics and the humorous banter between the Mikes. It acted as the morning show for both the radio and television sides of the production. Outside of a few radio stations that are able to move or decline carriage of the show for their own local morning productions (or for daytime-only operations, may not be able to carry), ''Mike & Mike'' was effectively a compulsory element of the ESPN Radio schedule, which all affiliates of the network were required to carry. On May 7, 2007, the show moved from its longtime radio studio home to the television studio used for ''Sunday NFL Countdown'' and ''Baseball Tonight'', a ...
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. After 2000, 1970s music was increasingly included. "Classic hits" has been seen as a successor to the oldies format on the radio, with music from the 1980s serving as the core format. Description This broad category includes styles as diverse as doo-wop, early rock and roll, novelty songs, bubblegum music, folk rock, psychedelic rock, baroque pop, surf music, soul music, rhythm and blues, classic rock, some blues, and some country music. Golden Oldies usually refers to music exclusively from the 1950s and 1960s. Oldies radio typically features artists such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, Frankie Avalon, The Four Seasons, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka, ...
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ...
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WBGR-FM
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM; "The Big FM") is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, the station is owned by Big Radio. Their studios are east of Monroe, at W4765 Radio Lane. The transmitter site is southwest of Monroe, on Franklin Road. Co-owned WEKZ broadcasts at 1260 AM and features a classic country format. History Until December 2010, WEKZ-FM was known as "The Big Easy 93.7" for many years and had broadcast an adult contemporary format. Prior to adult contemporary, WEKZ-FM ran a Beautiful Music Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, B/EZ or BM/EZ for "beautiful music/easy listening") is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in North American radio from the late 1950s through the 1980s. Easy listening, elevator musi ... format as "EZ 93". On January 14, 2013, it was announced in a joint press conference between Sly Sylvester and WEKZ-FM management that Sly would join the station after being laid off from ...
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Drive Time
Drive time is the daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the most people who listen to car radios while driving, usually to and from work, or on public transportation. Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this class is at its peak and, thus, commercial radio can generate the most revenue from advertising. Drive time usually coincides with rush hour. Content Mainstream stations employ high-status presenters for drive time shows. In the United States, popular national hosts who are associated with morning drive include Howard Stern, Ryan Seacrest and Steve Inskeep, while Sean Hannity is associated with afternoon drive on the East Coast. Drive time often includes a heavier run of traffic reports, for which many stations employ their own helicopters or hire a third-party traffic reporting service. For popular music-oriented stations, morning drive-time is typically dominated by the "morning zoo" genre of radio program, with the afternoon portion ...
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