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WNIL
WNIL is an AM radio station located in Niles, Michigan and broadcasting to the Niles- Buchanan region airing a soft adult contemporary format. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1290 kHz and 107.5 MHz; it is under ownership of Marion R. Williams. History WNIL began its broadcasting activities in 1956 under an unknown format but in 1964, it was notable when Tommy James & the Shondells recorded their hit " Hanky Panky" (it was a summer hit in 1966 and the studio was located at Sycamore and 5th Street). In the 1990s, it dropped its music format in favor of sports programming. In 1999, the sports format was dropped in favor of oldies, supplied from Jones Radio Networks' Good Time Oldies satellite feed. In June 1999, the FCC approved a license transfer from its original owner Niles Broadcasting to Pathfinder Communications (now Federated Media) along with sister station WAOR (then at 95.3 FM, now WTRC-FM). Less than a year later, WNIL changed affiliations to ABC Radio's " Memories/Unf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTRC-FM
WTRC-FM (95.3 MHz; "News Talk 95.3 MNC") is a commercial radio station, licensed to Niles, Michigan and featuring a news/talk format. The station's owner is Federated Media. Its programming and on-air presentation are closely patterned after Federated's news/talk station in Fort Wayne, WOWO. The station broadcasts syndicated programming, including Dan Bongino, Brian Kilmeade, and Sean Hannity. WTRC-FM is a Fox News Radio affiliate. WTRC-FM is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio digital hybrid format. History The station first began broadcasting as WNIL-FM. Before adopting the current format, it had a classic rock format as WAOR. (Following the change in formats the WAOR call letters, along with the classic rock format, moved to 95.7 FM (now WRDI WRDI (95.7 FM, "Redeemer Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic talk format. Licensed to Nappanee, Indiana, WRDI serves the South Bend, Indiana market. History 95.7 signed on as WLRX on December 16, 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Michigan
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Michigan, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * W8XWJ References {{Navboxes , title = Michigan radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Alpena Radio {{Ann Arbor Radio {{Battle Creek Radio {{Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Radio {{Detroit Radio {{Flint Radio {{Grand Rapids Radio {{Houghton Radio {{Iron Mountain Radio {{Kalamazoo Radio {{Lansing-East Lansing Radio {{Ludington-Manistee Radio {{Marquette Radio {{Muskegon Radio {{Central Michigan Radio {{Saginaw-Bay City-Midland Radio {{Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Radio {{South Central Michigan Radio {{Thumb Radio {{Traverse City-Petoskey Radio Michigan Radio 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 (GH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSMK
WSMK (99.1 MHz, "Smokin' 99.1") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Buchanan, Michigan, and serving the South Bend metropolitan area. It is owned by Marion R. Williams and broadcasts a Rhythmic contemporary radio format. The station's website says it is "Michiana's longest-standing, undefeated, baddest hip hop station." WSMK covers the Michiana area of Michigan and Indiana, including South Bend, Elkhart, Benton Harbor and Michigan City, although with less power than the major FM stations in the local radio market. The station has an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts. The studios, offices and transmitter are off South Philip Road in Niles, Michigan. History WSMK signed on the air in 1991. It was an urban contemporary station known as "Smokin 99.1." This was the second Urban station in the Michiana area, the first having been the former WLLJ AM 910 in Cassopolis, which later switched to oldies as WGTO. On February 4, 2005, 95.7 WYPW, formerly adult contemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanky Panky (The Raindrops Song)
"Hanky Panky" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich for their group, the Raindrops. A 1964 recording by the Shondells, later reissued in 1966 under the band's new, and more successful, incarnation of "Tommy James and the Shondells," is the best known version, reaching #1 in the United States in 1966. Song structure and meaning Donald A. Guarisco at AllMusic wrote: In the Young People's Concert episode titled "What Is a Mode?", Leonard Bernstein explained that the song was composed in the Mixolydian mode. Composition and history Barry and Greenwich authored the song in 1963. They were in the middle of a recording session for their group, The Raindrops, and realized they needed a B-side for their single, "That Boy John". The duo then went into the hall and penned the song in 20 minutes. Barry and Greenwich weren't particularly pleased with the song and deemed it inferior to the rest of their work. "I was surprised when ommy James' versionwas released," Barry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable Favorites
{{Infobox Network , logo = , network_name = Unforgettable Favorites, country = United States, network_type = Radio network, available = National, owner = ABC Radio Networks(through The Walt Disney Company), key_people = , launch_date = 1998, dissolved = 2006, founder = , past_names = Memories, brand = , website = , Unforgettable Favorites (also known as Memories) was a satellite driven format distributed by ABC Radio Networks (through The Walt Disney Company). ''Unforgettable Favorites'' was a middle-of-the-road station and featured music from The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, Carly Simon, James Taylor, The Bee Gees, The Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, The Beach Boys and many others. History ABC Radio launched this format in late 1998 known as "Memories"; its slogan and second branding was "Unforgettable Favorites". Many American radio stations began using this feed, including ABC owned & operated KMEO 96.7 FM (now Cumulus-owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Adult Contemporary Radio Stations In The United States
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ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN". The network is based out of the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connecticut, with multiple studio facilities nationwide, along with home studios. The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live radio play-by-play of sporting events. ESPN Radio is broadcast to hundreds of affiliate stations, along with national and Canadian carriage on Sirius XM. The network's content is also available online through its affiliates via Audacy, iHeartRadio and TuneIn, and the network also makes its programming available via podcast feeds and providers, with some additional content audio and video available through an ESPN+ subscription. Several of its programs are also featured as fully live or "best-of" video simulcasts on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Sports Radio
CBS Sports Radio is a sports radio network that debuted with hourly sports news updates on September 4, 2012, and with 24/7 programming on January 2, 2013. CBS Sports Radio is owned by Paramount Global and distributed by Westwood One. Programming on the network features reporters and personalities from CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, and CBSSports.com. CBS Sports Radio is broadcast throughout the United States on radio affiliates and streamed online. From launch until November 17, 2017, it was operated by CBS Radio until its merger with Entercom. Entercom, which later became Audacy, Inc., continued to manage the network under a licensing agreement with CBS. The rights to the CBS logo, but not the name, expired at the end of 2019. Stations CBS Sports Radio airs on more than 300 stations nationwide. The nominal flagship station of CBS Sports Radio is WFAN / WFAN-FM in New York City (although WFAN-AM-FM only carry some brief reports and occasional weekend shows from the network). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Rome
James Phillip Rome (born October 14, 1964) is an American sports radio host. His talk show, ''The Jim Rome Show'', is syndicated by CBS Sports Radio. Broadcasting from a studio near Los Angeles, California, Rome hosts ''The Jim Rome Show'' on radio. For a number of years Rome hosted a television show ''Jim Rome Is Burning'' (formerly ''Rome Is Burning''), which aired on ESPN in the United States and TSN2 in Canada. In 2011, Rome ended his relationship with ESPN to join the CBS network where he hosts his own show, as well as an interview-format show on the Showtime channel. His past hosting jobs included sports discussion television shows ''Talk2'' (ESPN2), ''The FX Sports Show'' ( FX), and ''The Last Word'' (Fox Sports Net). The Jim Rome Show is tied for the #21 most listened to talk radio show in the United States and Rome is the #29 most influential talk radio personality according to ''Talkers Magazine''. From April 2012 to March 2015, Rome had a television sports talk s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio is an American sports radio network. Based in Los Angeles, California, the network is operated and managed by Premiere Networks in a content partnership with Fox Corporation's Fox Sports division and iHeartMedia, parent company of Premiere Networks. With studios also in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Tampa, Phoenix, Tulsa, Cincinnati, and Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio is broadcast on more than 400 stations, as well as FoxSports.com on MSN and iHeartRadio. Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) sold its stake in Sirius XM Radio in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013. As a result, nine of Clear Channel's eleven XM Satellite Radio stations, including Fox Sports Radio, ceased broadcast over XM on October 18, 2013. Fox Sports Radio returned to the Sirius XM radio lineup on January 20, 2017. As the network concentrates on sports news, highlights, analysis and opinion at any time of the week, many of its affiliates opt out to air their own local show or pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRDI
WRDI (95.7 FM, "Redeemer Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic talk format. Licensed to Nappanee, Indiana, WRDI serves the South Bend, Indiana market. History 95.7 signed on as WLRX on December 16, 1991 (the calls for the construction permit granted in 1990 had been WXJG, but the station was never on the air with those calls). WLRX broadcast ABC Radio/ SMN's StarStation adult contemporary format serving the Nappanee area under the name "Star 96," then segued to a Hot AC direction with local DJs as "Magic 95.7" and broadened its focus to include South Bend and Elkhart. It was during this time the station also changed hands from Indiana Star Broadcasting to Service Communications of South Bend. Service was purchased by Talking Stick which is now a part of the Federated Communications of Elkhart umbrella. At Midnight on February 4, 2005 the station adopted an Urban Contemporary format as "Power 95.7" and took the call letters WYPW, which it held until May 10, 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Radio
Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk programming covering popular culture, economic, and political topics from a Christian perspective. Business models Brokered programming is a significant portion of most U.S. Christian radio stations' revenue, with stations regularly selling blocks of airtime to evangelists seeking an audience. Another revenue stream is solicitation of donations, either to the evangelists who buy the air time or to the stations or their owners themselves. In order to further encourage donations, certain evangelists may emphasize the prosperity gospel, in which they preach that tithing and donations to the ministry will result in financial blessings from God. Others may have special days of the year dedicated to fundraising, similar to many NPR stations. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
