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WZJZ
WZJZ (100.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Port Charlotte, Florida, and broadcasting to the Fort Myers/Southwest Florida media market. WZJZ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and airs a hot adult contemporary music format branded as "Y100.1". The station's studios and offices are on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers. The transmitter is off Horseshoe Road in Punta Gorda. With a good radio, WZJZ's 84,000-watt signal can be heard from Bradenton to Lake Okeechobee to Everglades City. WZJZ broadcasts in the HD Radio format. History Disco and smooth jazz In 1976, the station first signed on at 100.1 MHz in Port Charlotte. It had the call sign WEEJ with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. It began with an all disco format. Through most of the 1980s it had an adult contemporary format until switching formats various times through the 1990s. In 2003, it took the callsign WCKT as "Cat Country 100." On March 21, 2007, when it was a smooth jazz station, WZJZ m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCKT
WCKT (107.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial radio station located in Lehigh Acres, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers, Florida area. WCKT airs a country music format branded as "Cat Country". WCKT originally signed on in 1976,airing a beautiful music format. In 1979, the format was flipped to Disco, and the call letters were changed to WSWF. In 1985, the format was changed to Album Oriented Rock, and the call letters were changed to WOOJ (Orange Rock 107). In 1988, facing competition from the new and much more powerful WRXK, WOOJ tweaked its format to Classic Rock. The format was flipped to Country as WCKT, in 1989. In only one ratings period, the new Cat Country beat longtime Southwest Florida country outlet WHEW to become the area's #1 country station. WCKT programmed a music intensive format up against WHEW's more full service approach. That lasted for several years until WHEW become WWGR (Gator Country) about the time the Ft. Myers and Naples markets were combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBTT
WBTT (105.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Top 40 radio station serving Southwest Florida—primarily Lee and Collier counties. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 23.5 kW and its COL is Naples Park, Florida. The station's current slogan is "''Southwest Florida's Party Station''," complemented by their on-air guarantee of "''30 minutes of non-stop hip-hop''." History Prior to its flip to Rhythmic Top 40 in the Spring of 2000, WBTT's previous format was Country, when it was WQNU. They are also the third FM station in the United States to use the WBTT call letters; the other two were WRNW/Milwaukee, Wisconsin and WYDB/Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ..., both also owned by Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) Current programming On-air staff Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCCF (AM)
WCCF (1580 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Punta Gorda, Florida, United States, the station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WCCF carries Tampa Bay Buccaneers American football and Tampa Bay Rays baseball games along with ''The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show'', and ''Coast To Coast AM''. 1580 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency. External links * CCF CCF can refer to: Computing * Confidential Consortium Framework, a free and open source blockchain infrastructure framework developed by Microsoft * Customer Care Framework, a Microsoft product Finance * Credit conversion factor converts the a ... Radio stations established in 1961 IHeartMedia radio stations 1961 establishments in Florida News and talk radio stations in the United States {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOLZ
WOLZ (95.3 FM, "The Beach") is a radio station broadcasting an 80's hits format. Licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. On May 28, 2021, WOLZ rebranded from "95.3 OLZ" to "95.3 The Beach" and shifted their playlist with more 80s music. WOLZ broadcasts in the 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 ... format.http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=65 HD Radio Guide for Fort Myers, Naples, and Marco Island, Florida Traffic Reporting January 1991 through January 1993, live traffic reporting was provided during morning and afternoon drives. Patrick Genualdi, CEO of Crosstown Traffic was the on air traffic personality, reporting from his aircraft, observing traffic over Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKII
WKII (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Solana, Florida, United States, the station serves the greater Charlotte County area, but can be heard as far north as Tampa and as far south as Key West. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station was founded in 1986 by Kneller Broadcasting of Charlotte County. Under the leadership of Kneller Broadcasting, WKII was a full service Full service or Full Service may refer to: * Full-service radio, a wide range of programming * Full Service Network, a communications company Entertainment * "Full Service", a song by the New Kids on the Block from their album ''The Block'' * F ... radio station with major community involvement. Former air personalities include Jack Mihall (now deceased), Charlie Shoe and Larry Timko. Previous logo (WKII's logo under previous NBC Sports Radio affiliation) References External links KII IHeartMedia radio stations 1986 establishments in Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIKX
WIKX (92.9 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Charlotte Harbor, Florida, United States, broadcasting to the Southwest Florida area. WIKX broadcasts a country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ... format branded as "Kix Country". , air personalities include Todd Matthews. External linksOfficial website* IKX Country radio stations in the United States IHeartMedia radio stations 1970 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1970 {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCVU
WCVU (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mix of soft oldies and soft adult contemporary formats. It is licensed to Solana, Florida, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio. History The station went on the air as WMMY on March 16, 1990. On February 15, 1991, the station changed its 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 assigne ... to WQOL; on March 3, 1991, to WMMY; and on September 25, 1995, to the current WCVU/ References External links * CVU Soft adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Florida IHeartMedia radio stations {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBCG
WBCG (98.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Murdock, Florida. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station broadcasts a classic rock music format branded as "BIG 98.9", syndicated from iHeartMedia, Inc.'s Premium Choice network. History The station was assigned the call sign WHHD on November 2, 1998. On November 26, 2001, the station changed its call sign to the current WBCG. On May 5, 2014, the station re-branded from "Beach 98.9" to "98.9 MyFM", maintaining its hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ... format. On October 7, 2019, the station changed its format to contemporary Christian music as "UP! 98.9". On August 1, 2022, the station changed its format again to classic rock music as "BIG 98.9". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Gorda, Florida
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Bradenton, Florida
Bradenton ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698. History Late 18th and early 19th centuries A settlement established by Maroons or escaped slaves named Angola, Florida, Angola existed in Bradenton's present area starting in the late 1700s and ending in 1821. It is believed to been spread out between the Manatee River (then known as Oyster River) all the way to Sarasota Bay. The community is estimated to have had 600–750 residents in it. Angola was a rather large maroon settlement as the Manatee River at that time was too shallow for US Navy vessels to navigate. The settlement was abandoned after the Muscogee, Creeks who were aligned with Andrew Jackson attacked Angola. When the United States annexed Florida in 1821, there were two known claimants of land in the vicinity of Bradenton but neither of them was confirmed by the US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Charlotte, Florida
Port Charlotte is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The population was 54,392 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Port Charlotte was named to the "10 Best Places to Retire", in the United States for the year 2012 by '' U.S. News & World Report''. History The first people to call the Port Charlotte area home were the nomadic Paleo-Indians as they chased big game such as woolly mammoth southward during the last ice age around 10,000 BC. At the time, Port Charlotte was not a coastal area; the peninsula of Florida was much wider than it is today and much drier. As the ice melted, the sea level rose and Florida assumed the shape and climate it has today and the Paleo-Indians gave way to the Calusa, the "shell people." The Calusa thrived on the southwest Florida coast and numbered over 50,000 when the first Spaniards reached the peninsula in the 16th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with Television broadcasting, television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide. A radio format aims to reach a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming, which can be thematic or general, more informative or more musical, among other possibilities. Radio formats are often used as a marketing tool and are subject to frequent changes. Except for talk radio or sports radio formats, most programming formats are based on commercial music. However the term also includes the news, bulletins, DJ talk, jingles, commercials, competitions, traffic news, sports, weather and community an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
