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WHET
WHET (97.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country radio format, format. Licensed to West Frankfort, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion, Illinois, Marion-Carbondale, Illinois, Carbondale area. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license held by Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC. WHET features programming from Westwood One (current), Westwood One. History The station was assigned call sign WFRX-FM on July 24, 1979. On October 1, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WQUL and on August 18, 2009, to the current WHET. On March 9, 2011, WHET changed their format to classic country, branded as "US 97.7". References External links * Radio stations in Illinois, HET Country radio stations in the United States {{Illinois-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDDD-FM
WDDD-FM (107.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American country music formatted radio station licensed to Johnston City, Illinois, Johnston City, Illinois. W3D has been a country station for 30+ years. On November 22, 1970, WDDD-FM first signed on. WDDD used to simulcast on 810 AM, which is no longer on the air. Its sister stations are WFRX, WHET, WMIX (AM), WMIX, WMIX-FM, WTAO-FM, and WVZA. External linksW3D's website * Radio stations in Illinois, DDD Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1970 1970 establishments in Illinois {{Illinois-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Illinois
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Illinois, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAMV * WCEV * WCHI * WCLM * WENR References External links worldradiomap.com – List of radio stations in Chicago, Illinois {{Navboxes , title = Illinois radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Aurora-Elgin-Wheaton Radio {{Bloomington IL Radio {{Cape Girardeau Radio {{Champaign Radio {{Chicago Radio {{Decatur Radio {{DeKalb Radio {{Kankakee Radio {{Kenosha-Waukegan Radio {{KHQradio {{LaSalle-Peru Radio {{Joliet-Morris-Crete Radio {{Marion-Carbondale (IL) Radio {{Mount Vernon Radio {{Paducah Radio {{Peoria Radio {{Quad Cities Radio {{Rockford Radio {{Springfield IL Radio {{St. Louis Radio Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQUL Logo
WQUL is a daytime-only classic country radio station located in Woodruff, South Carolina, south of the Greenville- Spartanburg area. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 1510 AM with a power of 1,000 watts during the day and 250 watts during critical hours. WQUL also broadcasts at 95.9 FM on translator W240BO and at 101.7 FM on translator W269DM. History The station formerly operated a southern gospel Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ... format until purchased in 2004 by T.C. Lewis. Lewis changed the format a few times before he found the niche in Oldies, featuring music from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and Beach. He has 23 years of experience in radio in both AM and FM formats. When T.C. bought WDRF 1510, he wante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Withers Broadcasting
Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri."Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away" from WDTV.com, 1/27/2014 Radio stations Illinois Centralia * 1210 * 95.3 Harrisburg |
WFRX
WFRX (1300 AM) is a radio station licensed to West Frankfort, Illinois, United States. The station airs a sports format, and is owned by Withers Broadcasting, through Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC. Accessed November 21, 2013 It is the first radio station in the United States to play a Beatles record on air. References External linksWFRX's website * * Radio stations in Illinois, FRX Sports radio stations in the United States [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMIX (AM)
WMIX (940 AM, "News Talk 940") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Mount Vernon, Illinois. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the WMIX broadcast license is held by Withers Broadcasting Company of Illinois, LLC. The station was assigned the call sign "WMIX" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Withers Broadcasting registered the "WMIX" branding as a registered trademark, which prevents other stations, many of them carrying some sort of Mix FM format, from using WMIX as a branding without permission. Programming WMIX broadcasts a news/talk radio format branded "News Talk 940" plus adult standards music in the evening and overnight. , local programming includes a morning drive program hosted by Jeff Rollins and Carl Hampton in mid-days. Syndicated programming includes ''The Rush Limbaugh Show'', Jim Bohannon, plus adult standards music blocks hosted by Chick Watkins and Don Reid from Dial Global's "America's Best Music" radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTAO-FM
WTAO-FM (105.1 Hertz, MHz, "TAO Rock 105") is an active rock music formatted radio station licensed to Murphysboro, Illinois, and serving the Carbondale, Illinois, Arbitron market. Formerly owned by Clear Channel Communications, Clear Channel, it is now owned by Withers Broadcasting. Prior to Clear Channel's ownership, WTAO-FM was owned by Cumulus Media. History WTAO was established in 1970 for $14,000 by Bill Varechahttps://issuu.com/thespotmag/docs/august_2010/10?ff=true Page 23 as a freeform format FM station serving mainly the Carbondale market. The WTAO studio and broadcasting tower were located on "Fiddlers Ridge" in Murphysboro, Illinois, broadcasting on 104.9 FM. Varecha first pioneered FM rock radio at KNAC FM Long Beach California in 1967 and CHOM Montreal before bringing the new rock formats to WTAO FM and his college graduation site. He later became the founder of KKCO TV NBC Grand Junction, Colorado and other stations. From 1970 until December 1981, WTAO played main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVZA
WVZA (92.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "92-7 ALT 2K") is an American alternative rock music formatted radio station licensed to Herrin, Illinois, serving the Marion, Illinois, Marion-Carbondale, Illinois, area. History 92.7 FM previously aired a contemporary hit radio, Top 40 (CHR) format branded as "KISS-FM", competing with WCIL-FM, under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications. It was divested and sold to Withers Broadcasting in 2008 as part of Clear Channel's plan to exit small market radio. In July 2009, the top 40 format and call sign were moved to 105.1 FM in Murphysboro, Illinois, with the active rock format and WTAO-FM call sign coming over to 92.7 FM. The stations announced a reversal of the call sign swap on July 23, 2018, which took effect on August 1, 2018. On May 24, 2019, WVZA changed their format from adult contemporary to alternative rock, branded as "92.7 Alt 2K". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion, Illinois
Marion is a city in Williamson and Johnson Counties, Illinois, United States, and is the county seat of Williamson County. The population was 16,855 at the 2020 census. It is part of a dispersed urban area that developed out of the early 20th-century coal fields. Today Marion serves as the largest retail trade center in Southern Illinois with its central location along Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 13. It was dubbed the “Hub of the Universe” by former mayor Robert L. Butler. The city is part of the Marion-Herrin Micropolitan Area and is a part of the Carbondale-Marion- Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area with 123,272 residents, the sixth most populous Combined statistical area in Illinois. History Following the creation of Williamson County out of the south half of Franklin County by the Illinois General Assembly, three commissioners appointed by the lawmakers met at Bainbridge, Illinois, on August 19, 1839, for the purpose of locating a new county seat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations onboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Marconi station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westwood One (current)
Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The company was, at various times, managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation and Viacom. It was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group before merging with Dial Global in 2011. In December 2013, Dial Global was, in turn, acquired by Cumulus Media. Prior to the sale's completion, Dial Global re-assumed the Westwood One name. After the completion of the purchase, Westwood One was merged into the Cumulus Media Networks division (the former ABC Radio Networks). Content syndicated by Westwood One includes talk shows, music programs and 24-hour formats. It is particularly prominent in sports radio, distributing the CBS Sports Radio network and holding various play-by-play rights, including the National Football League's main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
