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WDOV
WDOV (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Dover, Delaware, United States, the station serves the Dover area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, and Compass Media Networks. History William Courtney Evans received the construction permit to build a new radio station to broadcast during the day with 1,000 watts on 1410 kHz in Dover on November 28, 1947. The station was to have gone on the air June 24, 1948, only for a boiler to fail and cut power to all of the city of Dover. WDOV made it on the air the next day at 6 a.m., only to lose power several hours later before the electrical supply returned to normal that night. Evans sold WDOV to the Delaware State Capital Broadcasting Corporation in 1950. Six years later, the station was sold to the Dover Broadcasting Company, which had been formed by two men who already owned WOL in Washington, D.C. In 1961, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WDOV (1410 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Talk radio, news/talk format. Licensed to Dover, Delaware, United States, the station serves the Dover area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, and Compass Media Networks. History William Courtney Evans received the construction permit to build a new radio station to broadcast during the day with 1,000 watts on 1410 kHz in Dover on November 28, 1947. The station was to have gone on the air June 24, 1948, only for a boiler to fail and cut power to all of the city of Dover. WDOV made it on the air the next day at 6 a.m., only to lose power several hours later before the electrical supply returned to normal that night. Evans sold WDOV to the Delaware State Capital Broadcasting Corporation in 1950. Six years later, the station was sold to the Dover Broadcasting Company, which had been formed by two men who already owned WOL (AM), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WILM (AM)
WILM (1450 kHz) is a news/talk AM radio station broadcasting in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WILM is known as the station where radio and television talk show Joe Pyne developed the confrontational style now standard in radio and TV talk shows. Another well-known WILM personality was Tom Mees (ESPN) who worked at the station in the 1970s. In the 1950s and 1960s WILM, under the ownership of Ewing Hawkins, experimented with various music formats, including Top-40 and MOR (middle-of-the-road). For a time, the WILM deejays were known as the "Flip Top Jocks." One of the program directors was Dean Tyler, who would later go on to be an influential broadcaster and manager in Philadelphia radio. In the early 1970s WILM adopted an Adult contemporary music format and featured an all-night block of rhythm and blues music geared to the city's African-American community. At this time, the station was affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWTX
WWTX (1290 AM) is a sports talk formatted radio station in Wilmington, Delaware. The station has local programming, along with coverage from Fox Sports Radio. WWTX is the flagship station for University of Delaware Women's Basketball and also broadcasts weekly High School Football and High School Basketball games. The station is an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens. Football Every Friday Night in the fall, Fox Sports 1290 brings New Castle County the High School Football Game of the Week. This broadcast showcases the top matchup of the week in upstate Delaware. The season schedule begins with the DFRC Kickoff Classic and concludes with the DIAA State Championship each year. In the summer, Fox Sports, along with partner station WDOV-AM simulcast the DFRC Blue-Gold All*Star Game benefiting Delawareans with intellectual disABILITIES. The station also hands out game and season awards to outstanding student-athlete performers. Past winners have included Chris God ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDSD
WDSD (94.7 FM) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Dover, Delaware. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a country format. WDSD broadcasts some sporting events, including NASCAR races, and is the flagship station for University of Delaware athletics. Some UD events are broadcast on sister station Fox Sports 1290 in Wilmington. The station has been assigned the WDSD call sign by the Federal Communications Commission since September 7, 2007, when it swapped call signs with sister station WRDX. WDSD uses HD Radio HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology. It generally simulcasts an existing analog radio station in digital format with less noise and with additional text information. HD Radio is used .... References External links * * DSD Country radio stations in the United States IHeartMedia radio stations {{Delaware-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Delaware Bay, in turn named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor. Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated. Delaware's largest city is Wilmington, while the state capital is Dover, the second-largest city in the state. The state is divided into three counties, having the lowest number of counties of any state; from north to south, they are New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRDX
WRDX (92.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Smyrna, Delaware. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a hot adult contemporary format. The station was assigned its call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 7, 2007, when it swapped with sister station WDSD. Format flips On October 21, 2008, WRDX dropped its hot adult contemporary format as "The River" for adult hits as "Tom FM". On March 1, 2014, WRDX changed their format back to hot adult contemporary, still under the "Tom FM" branding. On September 3, 2014, WRDX rebranded as "Mix 92.9". On July 1, 2016, WRDX changed their format to Hot AC, branded as "92.9 Tom FM". Radioinsight - July 1, 2016 On either November 6 or November 7, 2020, November 5 2021 and November 11 2022 WRDX changed its form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQSR
WQSR (102.7 FM, "102.7 Jack FM") is a commercial radio station licensed Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by iHeartMedia through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. It broadcasts an adult hits radio format, using the syndicated "Jack FM" service and trademark. There are no DJs. Instead, a prerecorded male voice representing himself as "Jack" makes sarcastic and ironic quips. WQSR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is in Pikesville, next to the Pikesville Reservoir and the Baltimore Beltway ( Interstate 695). The radio studios and offices are at The Rotunda Shopping Center in Baltimore. History WCAO-FM (1947-1977) On , the station signed on as WCAO-FM, the sister station to WCAO (600 AM). WCAO-FM originally simulcasted WCAO, owned by the Monumental Broadcasting Company. WCAO-AM-FM were network affiliates of CBS Radio, carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPOC
WPOC (93.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It airs a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are at The Rotunda Shopping Center, on West 40th Street, in Baltimore. The transmitter, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 16,000 watts, is off North Rolling Road in Catonsville, Maryland. It has a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 264 meters (886 feet), providing WPOC with a wide coverage area from Washington, D.C. to the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, and from Annapolis to Frederick. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries "24/7 Comedy Legends", a comedy format. History On February 4, 1960, the station signed on as WFMM-FM. It was owned by the Commercial Radio Institute (which eventually evolved into Sinclair Broadcast Group) with studios on West Biddle Street. It was a rare stand-alone FM station, not associated with an AM station or a newspaper. In 1974, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. It is syndicated to over 500 AM and FM radio stations across the United States. It also supplies programming for three channels on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. History In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one-minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. With the success of the one-minute updates, Fox opted to make a full foray into network radio news services and began hiring a staff of 60 radio professionals. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio began providing hourly five-minute newscasts at the beginning of each hour and a one-minute newscast at the half-hour mark. At its launch, 60 stations were signed up for the network. Many more joined under a deal struck between Fox and Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), the largest owner of radio stations in America. This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry Fox News Radio newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiere Networks
Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an American media company, a wholly owned subsidiary of iHeartMedia, for which it currently serves as its main original radio content distribution and production arm. It is the largest syndication company in the United States. Founded independently in 1987, it is headed by Julie Talbott, who serves as president. Premiere Networks either syndicates and/or (co-)produces more than 90 individual programs and radio programming services/networks to more than 5,500 affiliates across the U.S., reaching about 245 million listeners monthly. Premiere offers talk, entertainment and sports programming featuring well-known personalities including Ryan Seacrest, Delilah, JoJo Wright, Mario Lopez, Bobby Bones, Crook & Chase, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, Glenn Beck, Steve Harvey, Big Boy, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Sean Hannity, Elvis Duran, Dan Patrick, Bill Cunningham, Cody Alan, Johnjay and Rich, Jay Mohr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover, Delaware
Dover () is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover, DE, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia– Wilmington– Camden, PA– NJ–DE– MD, Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047. Etymology The city is named after Dover, Kent, in England. First recorded in its Latinised form of ''Portus Dubris'', the name derives from the Brythonic word for waters (''dwfr'' in Middle Welsh). The same element is present in the town's French (Douvres) and Modern Welsh (Dofr) forms. History Dover was founded as the court town for newly established Kent County in 1683 by William Penn, the proprietor of the territory generally known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZFT
WZFT (104.3 FM), known on-air as "Z104.3", is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located at The Rotunda shopping center in Baltimore, and the transmitter is based atop Television Hill in the city's Woodberry district. History WITH-FM/DJ-104 104.3 signed on in 1949 as WITH-FM, the FM sister to WITH (1230 AM, now WRBS). WITH-FM was Maryland's pioneer FM station, with local legend Jack Wells serving as its first announcer. In the 1970s, WITH-FM became Top 40 WDJQ-FM "DJ-104". By the late 1970s, WDJQ-FM made an attempt to do an all-Disco format, which failed in the ratings, and the station went back to Top 40 at the end of 1979. B-104 In June 1980, Scripps-Howard Broadcasting acquired WDJQ-FM, and at Noon on July 2, 104.3 FM became WBSB under the handle "B-104", but retaining the previous Top 40 format. "B-104" was one of Baltimore's top-rated FM stations during the 1980s, and was ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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