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WWHG
WWHG (105.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to Evansville, Wisconsin and serving the areas of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin, Janesville. The station is owned by Scott Thompson, through licensee Big Radio, and began a new rock music format as "105-9 The Hog" on January 13, 2007, after several years with a Rhythmic Top 40 format. History After being instituted a construction permit as WEBU in 1988, the station signed on with an adult contemporary format, and then classic rock, all under the call letters WMJB. After stunting with TV theme songs, the station flipped to rhythmic adult contemporary in the fall of 1997. Adopting the calls WKPO, the station was known as "Power 105-9" with a more pop/dance sound featuring hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with less repetition. By 2000, it had evolved into a full-blown Rhythmic CHR format. In December 2001, the station became known as "105-9 KPO"; soon after, it became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evansville, Wisconsin
Evansville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,703 at the 2020 census. History Evansville was first settled in the 1830s by New Englanders who were attracted to the area by its pristine wooded landscape and the placid Allen Creek. By 1855, the city recorded its first plat and was complete with homes, shops, and churches. Evansville is named for Dr. John M. Evans, a doctor and postmaster during the city's early years. In 1863, the Chicago and North Western Railway came to Evansville, accelerating growth. At this point, Evansville's economy was based on industry and manufacturing of carriages, wagons, pumps, windmills and iron castings. The economy was also based on agriculture: dairying; farming (production of wheat and tobacco); and stock raising. By the turn of the twentieth century Evansville had over 1900 residents, and by the 1920s, most of the buildings in Evansville's future Historic District were completed. The first newspaper, ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob And Brian
''Bob and Brian'' is a talk radio show broadcast from WHQG in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Topics of discussion include politics, celebrity gossip, and sports, along with the random daily events. The show broadcasts weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and repeats as a week-in-review show on Saturday mornings. It is syndicated in Wisconsin. Longtime friends who grew up in Union Grove, Wisconsin, Bob Madden and Brian Nelson went to high school and technical college together before teaming up to work in radio in January 1981. They had brief stints for stations in Florida, Missouri, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio, before moving to Milwaukee's "Lazer 103", WLZR on July 20, 1987 (WLZR has since become WHQG). Affiliates *WHQG 102.9 FM "The Hog" Milwaukee - Flagship Former affiliates *WWHG 105.9 FM "The Hog" Janesville, Wisconsin, Janesville *WWWX 96.9 FM "The Fox" Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh/Fox Valley (Wisconsin), Fox Valley *WTLX 100.5 FM "ESPN Radio" Madison, Wisconsin, Madison *W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHQG
WHQG (102.9 FM, "102-9 The Hog") is an active rock radio station licensed to and serving the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. The station is owned by the Milwaukee Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications. Its studios (which are shared with the other four sister stations) and transmitter are located in Milwaukee's West Side. History Top 40 (1962-1972) The 102.9 frequency started out in 1962 as WRIT-FM, simulcasting its sister station's Top 40 format. In 1971, they became WFWO-FM (For Women Only), and played light adult contemporary music. Country (1972-1987) The station flipped to country music on October 1, 1972 as WBCS. WBCS found success with the format, since they were the only country station in the market at the time ( WMIL had switched to Top 40 as WZUU the year before). Mainstream rock (1987-2005) WLZR succeeded WBCS-FM with a hard rock format on February 16, 1987.http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-02-20.pdf "Lazer 103" dominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Playhouse (radio Show)
''The Playhouse'' was a Portland, Oregon-based syndicated morning drive time radio show that debuted on February 12, 2000. It originally aired weekday mornings between 5-10am on then-flagship radio station KXJM (Jammin 107.5 FM), with the last four hours of the show being broadcast live online with fully produced video, and repeated every four hours until the next show. The show was also on at various hours in the morning on its syndicated affiliates. From its conception on February 12, 2000 to May 12, 2008 the show's flagship station was the "Original" Jammin' 95.5 KXJM (now KXTG). ''The Playhouse'' also had a nightly TV show called ''Playhouse TV'' that aired on Comcast's on-demand service in the Portland and Eugene areas. The show was aired nightly on Comcast in the Portland and Eugene metropolitan areas on channel 14 until the service was discontinued. ''The Playhouse'' was canceled by KXJM on December 1, 2009. It was unclear what led to their departure from KXJM. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKPO
WKPO (105.9 FM, "KPO-FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Robinson Corporation. WKPO broadcasts an adult hits format. History This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on February 23, 2005. The new station was assigned the 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 assign ... WKAH by the FCC on February 20, 2008. WKAH received its license to cover from the FCC on March 14, 2008. The station was assigned call sign WKPO by the FCC on September 3, 2008. References External links * KPO Adult hits radio stations in the United States Crawford County, Wisconsin Radio stations established in 2005 {{Wisconsin-radio-statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adult contemporary formats in practice. It typically focuses on genres such as disco, classic hip-hop, dance pop, and house music of the late 1980s/early 1990s. Format history The first station to try this approach was WHBT/Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which lasted from 1986 to 1987, although it was more Hot AC in nature. But eight years later in 1996, another Milwaukee outlet, WAMG, "Magic 103.7", would be the first to pioneer the "Official" rhythmic AC format, calling itself "Rhythm & Romance" which featured Mid-tempo Rhythmic R&B/Pop tracks (ironically, Milwaukee would once again pick up a Rhythmic AC for the third time in December 2014, when WZTI filled the void after an eighteen-year gap, although that station leaned towards rhythmic oldies; it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat and largest city in the county. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison–Janesville– Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615. History The area that became Janesville was the site of a Ho-Chunk village named (Round Rock) up to the time of Euro-American settlement. In the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk War of 1832, both nations were forced to surrender this land to the United States. American settlers John Inman, George Follmer, Joshua Holmes, and William Holmes, Jr. built a crude log cabin in the region in 1835. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compass Media Networks
Compass Media Networks is an American radio network. The company launched in January 2009. It is owned by former Westwood One CEO and former COO of Connoisseur Media, Peter Kosann. The company focuses on radio and offers representation and marketing services for national radio. History Compass Media Networks debuted in January 2009 with a focus on national radio programs. Programming *''The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show'' morning drive time comedy and hot talk program hosted by Gregg "Free Beer" Daniels and Chris "Hot Wings" Michael, along with producers, Steve and Kelly. It is mostly heard on classic rock, alternative rock and active rock stations. *''DeDe In The Morning'', DeDe McGuire, syndicated morning urban radio program originating from KKDA-FM in Dallas, Texas and owned by Service Broadcasting. *'' The Lars Larson Show''. Lars Larson is a conservative political talk show host based at KXL-FM in Portland, Oregon. The show is heard on dozens of affiliates. *''The Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Is Dead
''Hip Hop Is Dead'' is the eighth studio album by American rapper Nas, released December 19, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings. His first album for the label, it was co-financed by Nas's previous label, Columbia Records, which once distributed for Def Jam. The album's title was inspired by Nas's view of the music industry and the state of hip hop music at the time. The album features appearances from Nas's then wife Kelis, Kanye West, Jay-Z, will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, The Game and Chrisette Michele, among others. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 355,880 copies in its first week. His fourth U.S. number-one album, it had sold 941,000 copies by November 2008, eventually over time it went platinum by the RIAA. Upon its release, ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' received generally positive reviews from most music critics. ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, ultimately losing to Kanye West's ''Graduation'' at the 50th Grammy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTLX
WTLX (100.5 FM "100.5 FM ESPN") is a commercial radio station, licensed to Monona, Wisconsin and serving the Madison metropolitan area. The station is owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, LLC, and runs a sports radio format as a network affiliate of ESPN Radio, sharing most programming with Milwaukee based WKTI-FM identifying jointly on air as ESPN Wisconsin. Studios and offices were on North Pinckney Street in Madison for 5.5 years from mid-2016 to the end of 2021. Jason Wilde stated on December 21, 2021 during an episode of Wilde & Tausch that the show that day was the last show from that studio as the radio station was going to be moving to a new location. The transmitter is off Tower Road, using an antenna on the water tower at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison. Programming WTLX's schedule includes programming from ESPN Radio as well as Wisconsin-based shows also airing on Milwaukee-area sister station WKTI 94.5 FM. Local programming includes ''Scalzo & Brust'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Milwaukee is the List of United States cities by population, 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States, Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnicity, ethnically and Cultural diversity, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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