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WMRI (860 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Marion, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The station is currently owned by Hoosier AM/FM LLC and features programming from ESPN Radio. History WMRI went on the air in 1955; it was initially owned by Chronicle Publishing Company but was soon sold. WMRI later spawned an FM station at 106.9 MHz (the present day WXXC). From 1970 to 2006, the station was known as WGOM (for "Giant of Music", inspired by locally born James Dean's final movie ''Giant''), with a Top 40 format before automating in the late 1970s. Rich Coolman, Stan Weil and Dave Gross "The Mad Doctor" (now at WLDE in Ft. Wayne) were some of WGOM's on-air personalities. At the time of the 1970 call letter switch, the station's Program Director was Ken Roberts, and on-air talent included Ed Shannon (Steve Brimmer), Craig Weston (Robert Skaff), Chuck Anthony (Doug Fredlund) and Mel Ballinger as News Director ...
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WXXC
WXXC (106.9 FM "Star 106.9") is a 50,000 watt Class B radio station licensed to Marion, Indiana and serving the Muncie-Marion Arbitron market. Studios and offices are located at 820 S. Pennsylvania St. in Marion, IN. The station features a hot adult contemporary format mainly consisting of hits from the 2000s to present. The station is currently owned by Hoosier AM/FM. History The station signed on in 1948 as WMRI and featured a beautiful music format. In the 1990s, WMRI was owned by Bomar Broadcasting, which made WMRI the flagship station of their mini-network of easy listening stations throughout Indiana. Stations in this network included WLEZ (now WBOW) Terre Haute, WEZV (now WBPE) in Lafayette, and WYEZ (now WHPZ) in South Bend. WYEZ was the first network station sold and went to LeSEA Broadcasting. WEZV was sold in 1998 to Artistic Media Partners, and WLEZ was sold to Crossroads Communications in the early 2000s. Bomar sold WMRI shortly thereafter to Mid-America Rad ...
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James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in '' East of Eden'' (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in ''Giant'' (1956). After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in ''East of Eden''. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in ''Giant'' the following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list. Early life and education James Byron Dean was born on February ...
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Radio Stations In Marion, Indiana
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft and ...
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Sports Radio Stations In The United States
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a r ...
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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 well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. Sometimes known as " quartet music" for its traditional "four men and a piano" set up, southern gospel has evolved over the years into a popular form of music across the United States and overseas, especially among baby boomers and those living in the Southern United States. Like other forms of music, the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of southern gospel varies according to the cultural and social context. It is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Origins The date of southern gos ...
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WRPU
WRPU (1470 AM) is radio station licensed to Anderson, Indiana. It airs a Spanish language Christian format and is an owned and operated affiliate of Moody Radio. History The station began broadcasting in 1946 and held the call sign WCBC. It ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only and was owned by Civic Broadcasting Corporation. In 1960, the station was sold to Radio WBOW, Inc. for $185,000. In September 1960, its call sign was changed to WERX. It was changed to WHUT the following month. In 1970, the station was sold to Eastern Broadcasting Company for $650,000. From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format. By 1984, it had adopted an adult standards format. In 1985, the station was sold to Patch-Dunn & Associates, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $2,276,000, and in 1987 it was sold to Jon Mark Lamey, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $3,395,000. In December 1997, the station was sold to the Moody Bible Institute Moody Bible Institute (MBI) is a ...
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WERK
Werk may refer to: * Elliot Werk (born 1957), Democratic politician from Boise, Idaho * Nicholas Werk (born 14th-century), English politician * colloquial name for Třinec Iron and Steel Works in the Czech Republic * WERK, a radio station in Muncie, Indiana * Werk 80, a 1997 album by German band Atrocity * Werk Arena, an indoor sporting arena in Třinec, Czech Republic * Werk Discs Werkdiscs (formerly spelt as Werk Discs) is a British independent record label based in London. It was originally a club night started by Darren J. Cunningham also known as Actress, Ben Casey and Gavin Weale in the early 2000s. Werkdiscs releas ...
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KIKX (defunct)
KIKX was a radio station on 580 kHz in Tucson, Arizona, which operated from April 10, 1947, until closing on July 18, 1982. The station lost its FCC license due to a 1974 kidnapping hoax involving one of the station's disc jockeys. History As KCNA and KTAN The Catalina Broadcasting Corporation signed on KCNA at 1340 kHz on April 10, 1947. It broadcast with 250 watts from a transmitter located at Cherry Avenue and 16th Street, using an RCA transmitter that was boasted to be the largest ever shipment in that company's history, and at the time, it was Tucson's only locally owned radio station. KCNA initially presented popular and classical music, along with hourly news reports. On November 8, 1951, KCNA relocated to 580 kHz, where it was able to raise daytime power to 5,000 watts and operate at night with 500 watts; its transmitter moved to a three-tower site along Swan Road, and that same year, the station became the broadcaster of the University of Arizona Wildcats footb ...
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KCUB (AM)
KCUB (1290 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station located in Tucson, Arizona. KCUB is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a sports radio, sports radio format. Its studios, offices and transmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown. KCUB serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship radio station for University of Arizona Arizona Wildcats, Wildcats Arizona Wildcats football, football and Arizona Wildcats basketball, basketball games via IMG Sports. KCUB was the former Tucson-area network affiliate, affiliate of the National Football League, NFL's Arizona Cardinals (Cardinals games are now heard on KTZR (AM), KTZR). Its studios and transmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown. The format includes programming from CBS Sports Radio, including the radio syndication, syndicated ''The Jim Rome Show, Jim Rome Show'', as well as local host Rich Herrera, who, in October 2020, began hosting the station's weekday afternoon show. H ...
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WLS (AM)
WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood. Its non-directional broadcast tower is located on the southwestern edge of Tinley Park, Illinois in Will County. WLS is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 890 kHz with 50,000 watts using a Nautel NX-50 transmitter. A Harris DX-50 serves as a backup transmitter. Both transmitters run in MDCL (Modulation Dependent Carrier Level) mode to improve efficiency. The station's daytime groundwave service contour covers portions of five states. At night, its signal routinely reaches 38 states via skywave. WLS participates in the Emergency Alert System's primary entry point network, serving that function for northern Illinois and western Indiana. The station's programm ...
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WLDE
WLDE (101.7 FM) is a radio station from Fort Wayne, Indiana, which broadcasts a classic hits format. On-air personalities during the week are Jim and Carrie, Angie Nash, Captain Chris and Mark Evans. Station history As WEZV The station's original call letters were WEZV from July 1979 to August 1990. WEZV aired a beautiful music format that achieved high ratings in adult demographics in Fort Wayne. As WJLT The station's second call letters were WJLT from August 1990 to March 1994. WJLT, "Lite 101.7," was an effort to evolve the station's beautiful music format to soft adult contemporary, which met with only limited success due to competitor WAJI 95.1's massive ratings with its AC format. As WLDE As WLDE, it originally broadcast oldies music, but slowly evolved into a classic hits format as their main playlist dropped pre-1964 music in favor of music up to 1979. Beginning in 2008, 1980s music was added to the playlist as 1960s music slowly began getting phased out. In April 20 ...
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