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KLRG (North Little Rock, Arkansas)
KLRG was a radio station licensed to North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was on the air from 1946 to 2004 under the call letters KXLR, KBOX, KEZQ, and KLRG. Its last owner, Willis Broadcasting Corporation, programmed a gospel music format and surrendered KLRG's broadcast license as part of a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission. History KXLR On December 13, 1945, the Federal Communications Commission granted the Arkansas Airwaves Company a construction permit for a new radio station on 1450 kHz in North Little Rock. ( Guide to reading History Cards) The consortium was headed by Phil Back, head of a local advertising agency who believed Little Rock could support another local radio station. The new station was installed in the Cotton Belt Building with a tower placed between the levee and the Arkansas River. After construction was completed earlier than expected, broadcasting officially began April 14, 1946, as the first new radio station to be bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock (often abbreviated "NLR") is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Located on the north side of the Arkansas River, it is the Twin cities, twin city of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. In the late nineteenth century, it was annexed by Little Rock for a period, but regained its independence in the early 20th century. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, making it the List of municipalities in Arkansas, seventh-most populous city in Arkansas. The city has invested in significant beautification efforts since the late 20th century. Young families and professionals have shown new interest in this area. The Argenta Historic District in Downtown is one of a number of areas that have developed as thriving entertainment districts offering theaters, fine dining, bars, gastropubs, and boutiques. It is also home to Dickey-Stephens Park, which hosts the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team. Simmons Bank Arena is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and the county seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, covering nearly 386 square miles into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman, and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOLL
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Koll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adi Koll (born 1976), Israeli politician * Bill Koll (1923–2003), American sport wrestler * Claudia Koll (born 1965), Italian actress * Dominik Koll (born 1984), Austrian swimmer * Heinz Koll, Namibian rugby union player * Manuel Koll (born 1987), Austrian figure skater * Nathan Trent (born Nathanaele Koll, 1992), Austrian singer * Reena Koll (born 1996), Estonian pole vaulter * Richard Koll (1897–1963), German Wehrmacht general * Rob Koll, American sport wrestler and coach *Theo Koll (born 1958), German journalist See also * Koll Rock, Antarctica * KOLL, radio station in Arkansas, United States *Kol (other) Kol, or KOL may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Kol, a character from List of Star Trek: Discovery characters#Kol, ''Star Trek: Discovery'' * Kol Skywalker, a member of the Skywalker family, Skywalker Family, from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, third-most populous city in Virginia and List of United States cities by population, 100th-most populous city in the United States. The city holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area (sometimes called "Tidewater (region), Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the Metropolitan statistical area, 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Norfolk was established in 1682 as a colonial seaport. Strategically located at the confluence of the Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth River and Chesapeake Bay, it quickly developed into a major center for trade and shipbuilding. During the American Revolution and War of 1812, its port and naval facilities made it a critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non- rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs. It mostly concentrates on music that pre-dates the rock and roll era, characteristically on music from the 1940s and 1950s. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various parts of the broadcast day. Easy listening music is often confused with lounge music, but while it was popular in some of the same venues it was meant to be listened to for enjoyment rather than as background sound. History The style has been synonymous with the tag "with strings". String instruments had been used in sweet bands in the 1930s and was the dominant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacksonville, Arkansas
Jacksonville is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, and a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population of the city was 28,364. It is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area with 729,135 people as of 2014. History The city is named for Nicholas Jackson, a landowner who deeded the land for the railroad right-of-way to the Cairo & Fulton Railroad in 1870. The community evolved from the settlement surrounding the railroad depot, eventually incorporating in 1941. In 1941, construction began on the Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP), which served as the primary facility for the development of fuses and detonators for World War II. Following the war, AOP ceased operations and the land was sold for commercial interests, including the development of the Little Rock Air Force Base in 1955. Today, portions of AOP still remain, including the Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House, which is on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOKY (Jacksonville, Arkansas)
KOKY (102.1 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting from Little Rock, Arkansas (licensed to suburban Sherwood). It airs an urban adult contemporary format, and is owned and operated by The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, though most of its operations are sub-contracted to its former owner, Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located with other Cumulus stations in West Little Rock, and the transmitter tower is located west of the downtown area. History The original KOKY, at 1440 AM, existed as a longtime heritage urban station in Little Rock from its launch in 1956. It was the first station aimed at the African American community in Arkansas. Then located near Central High, one of its alumni, Al Bell, was influenced by the station during the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement He later became head of Stax Records. That KOKY changed its call letters to KITA and switched to gospel music in 1979; it is now KTUV, a Latino station. The call letters were also reused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDJE
KDJE (100.3 FM, "100.3 The Edge" or "KDJE Jacksonville" on air) is an active rock radio station located in Little Rock, Arkansas ( licensed to suburban Jacksonville). The station's studios are located in West Little Rock, and the transmitter tower is located on Shinall Mountain, near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock. Kevin Cruise is the current program director and Matt Cruz serves as assistant program director. The Edge signed on as a rock station in 2003, where 100.3 previously played hot-contemporary Top 40 music. However, in 2009, the station began incorporating classic heavy metal music by bands such as: Black Sabbath, Mötley Crüe, and also Led Zeppelin and AC/DC into their typical active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ... format. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamrock Broadcasting
Shamrock Holdings, Inc., or Shamrock, is a private equity firm founded as the Roy E. Disney family's investment firm; the Disney family remains its sole investor. Shamrock is a private corporation, and is fully owned by the estate of Roy E. Disney. Disney was the chairman of Shamrock, and Stanley Gold was its president and CEO. Shamrock assets include hotels and radio and television stations. Shamrock often takes an aggressive strategy, launching hostile takeovers. History Shamrock Holdings Inc. (SHI) was founded in 1978 as an investment company by Roy E. Disney.Johnson, Greg. (September 28, 2005)Roy Disney-Led Fund Buys 80% of Harlem Globetrotters Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on April 21, 2014. Shamrock then started buying television and radio stations. In the mid-1980s, SH moved into other industries.Apodaca, Patrice. (October 20, 1992)Shamrock to Expand Presence in Radio Los Angeles Times. According to Reuters, in 1984 Shamrock held 1,428,061 (or just over 4%) of all Disney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tennessee, second-most populous city in Tennessee, the fifth-most populous in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the List of United States cities by population, 28th-most populous in the nation. Memphis is the largest city proper on the Mississippi River and anchors the Memphis metropolitan area that includes parts of Arkansas and Mississippi, the Metropolitan statistical area, 45th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.34 million residents. European exploration of the area began with Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541. Located on the high Chickasaw Bluffs, the site offered natural protection from Mississippi River flooding and became a contested location in the colonial era. Modern Memphis was founded in 181 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLOK
WLOK (1340 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, carrying a gospel music format. Owned by the Gilliam family Trade name, doing business as WLOK Radio, Inc., the station serves the Memphis metropolitan area. WLOK's studios are located in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, Downtown Memphis and the transmitter resides in Memphis's Glenview Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee), Glenview Historic District. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WLOK is relayed over low-power Memphis Broadcast relay station, translator W285FI () and is available online. WLOK operates on the fifth-oldest radio license in Memphis, which dates to 1946 as WHHM. One of the city's first personality-oriented stations, WHHM remained on the air through December 1962, when it was taken off the air amid a financial crisis and a disputed sale. It remained silent for more than a year before it was sold out of bankruptcy to the OK Group, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
