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orphan date July 2009 KAFP was a commercial radio station broadcasting in Petaluma, California . It has produced local programs such as Light and Lively , with disc jockey Don West, in 1950, and Light n Easy , with disc jockey Ken Phillips, in 1954. Other significant individuals who have worked at the station include Elena Rotthaus, a women s home economics commentator, in 1956. References Sies, Luther F. Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920 1960. Jefferson, NC McFarland, 2000. ISBN Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Category Radio stations in California AFP Category Defunct companies based in California California radio station stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 KXDC 102.1 FM Broadcasting FM was a Class C3 radio station licensed to Estes Park, Colorado . History KXDC began serving the Denver, Colorado , metro area in 2000 as Urban CHR KXUU U102 , and later Dance KXDC 102 1X . The station then switched to a satellite Classic country Classic Country format before starting to simulcast sister KKHI FM KKCS from Colorado Springs, Colorado . KXDC went dark after KJEB now KDSP 102.3 FM moved from Strasburg, Colorado , to Greenwood Village, Colorado , and rendered its signal unlistenable in the Denver area. Denver Radio DEFAULTSORT Kxdc Defunct Category Radio stations in Colorado XDC Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Category Larimer County, Colorado Category Estes Park, Colorado Colorado radio station stub ... more details
Infobox Radio station name KMCA image Image Kmca.png 200px area Redding, California branding slogan airdate frequency 1450 kilohertz kHz format Adult Standards Talk radio Talk power class owner M.C. Allen Productions Mark C. Allen website callsign meaning K M ark C . A llen KMCA 1450 AM broadcasting AM was a radio station based out of Redding, California , U.S. , and now in Hilo, Hawaii , owned by M.C. Allen Productions also owner of KMCA LP . The station broadcast the adult standards format, then was an affiliate of FOX Sports Radio and at one time was the area s home of Oakland A s baseball. External links http www.shasta.com allen default.htm KMCA AM Website br clear all Category Radio stations in California MCA AM Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Category Defunct companies based in California California radio station stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 KXED , 1540 AM La Gran D was a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and owned by Spanish Broadcasting System , which is now Univision . The Mexican regional format station started on August 4, 1992. A year later, it became KSKQ AM KSKQ , Super KQ. Los Angeles Radio DEFAULTSORT Kxed Defunct Category Radio stations in Los Angeles, California XED Category Spanish Broadcasting System radio stations California radio station stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Mergeto WAYC FM date April 2009 Infobox Radio station name WRAX image city Bedford, Pennsylvania Bedford , Pennsylvania area branding slogan airdate frequency 100.9 megahertz mHZ FM format Country music Country affiliations Mutual Radio WRAX 100.9 FM broadcasting FM was an American radio station in Bedford, Pennsylvania , the seat of government for Bedford County, Pennsylvania Bedford County . Bedford s first FM Originally founded as the classical station WAKM FM WAKM in the late 1960s, WBFD s FM frequency changed format and call letters in the early 1980s to become the country station WRAX FM. During the dramatic shift in ownership of Bedford s four radio frequencies around 1990, WRAX became WOOX and later WAYC FM which moved from 107.5 mHz . See also WJOX br clear all Bedford Radio Country Radio Stations in Pennsylvania DEFAULTSORT Wrax Defunct Category Radio stations in Pennsylvania RAX Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Pennsylvania radio station stub ... more details
KORJ , 94.3 FM, was a commercial radio station in Garden Grove, California , United States . KORJ had a popular music format and existed only briefly in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was bought and changed to KIK FM. ref cite news url http www.ocregister.com ocregister money homepage article 972131.php work Orange County Register title Art Astor A collector s collector date January 30, 2006 ref As of 2010 09 , the frequency is occupied by KBUE . References reflist Los Angeles Radio Category Defunct radio stations in the United States California radio station stub ... more details
Infobox Radio station name WBUZ image city Fredonia, New York Fredonia area Western New York branding 1570 The Buzz slogan The Sound of the Country airdate frequency 1570 kilohertz kHz format Country music Country power 250 watt s day br 143 watts night class C callsign meaning BUZ z former callsigns owner Henry Serafin webcast website affiliations WBUZ 1570 AM broadcasting AM , 1570 The Buzz is a now defunct radio station that was based in Fredonia, New York . The station was privately owned by Henry Serafin. Revocation of licenses In September 1985, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers revoked WBUZ s license to play songs by ASCAP artists due to Serafin defaulting on royalty payments. WBUZ continued to air the songs and Serafin was sued. ref cite web title Barnaby Music v. Catoctin Broadcasting url http www.studentweb.law.ttu.edu Cochran cochran Cases 20& 20Readings Copyright UNT barnaby.htm ref By 1989, residents complained that Serafin was running contests and not awarding the stated prizes, racist statements and employment actions perpetrated by the owner, as well as violating the Fairness Doctrine . ref cite news url http www.freepress.net news 5083 title Revoking licenses rare work Baltimore Sun ref Because of this, the FCC revoked WBUZ s license and the station went silent. WBUZ is believed to be the last station to have its license revoked over the doctrine. Fact date May 2008 The WBUZ calls would end up on a short lived AM station in Terre Haute, Indiana , five years later. That station existed only under a construction permit and is also defunct. There now a WBUZ FM WBUZ licensed in the Nashville, Tennessee , area. References reflist Jamestown NY Radio Category Radio stations in New York BUZ Category Country radio stations in the United States Category Defunct radio stations in the United States ... more details
for the radio station with the same callsign operating under the brand Love Radio DWST La Union Unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox Radio station name DWST image city Pasay City area Metro Manila branding 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis slogan The country s showbiz tsismis and music station airdate 1992 1998 frequency 101.1 MHz format pop music pop , showbiz power 25,000 watt s erp class callsign meaning DW br S howbiz T sismis owner Manila Broadcasting Company website sister stations DWST or 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis was a music FM broadcasting FM station owned by Manila Broadcasting Company in the Philippines . The station s studio was located in Pasay City . History During 1992, MBC launched the country s showbiz tsismis and music station, 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis . At that time, its callsign was DWST, which means Showbiz Tsismis. 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis had an innovative mix of showbiz news and the latest music hits. The end of 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis In late 1998, 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis ceased airing. A few days later, 101.1 relaunched as DWYS and it was called Yes FM 101.1 . Defunct Metro Manila Radio DEFAULTSORT Dwst Defunct Category Defunct Metro Manila radio stations Category Radio stations established in 1992 Category Radio stations disestablished in 1998 Category Manila Broadcasting Company ceb DWST ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 KSKQ was a Los Angeles radio station that broadcasts at 1540 AM. The station was owned by Spanish Broadcasting System and was known as Super KQ. Super KQ played various Spanish language musical forms at part of its format, including salsa music salsa and merengue music similar to its sister station in New York City , WSKQ now WSNR . In 1993, Super KQ s format moved to 97.9 FM now KLAX FM . 1540 AM became Mexican regional KXMG, Mega 1540. Later, this frequency became KMPC. The frequency now broadcast in Korean language Korean after several years with a sports radio format. KSKQ signed off on July 31, 1993 to be replaced with Regional Mexican KLAX FM La X, much to the consternation of its fans. Today, La Raza radio La Raza has shifted to a Regional Mexican format and is presently owned by Spanish Broadcasting System . The SKQ call sign continues to this day on sister station WSKQ FM Mega 97.9 in New York, New York New York City . Los Angeles Radio DEFAULTSORT Kskq Defunct Category Radio stations in Los Angeles, California SKQ Category Spanish Broadcasting System radio stations Category Defunct radio stations in the United States California radio station stub ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 other uses KCLS disambiguation KCLS was the second radio station to broadcast in Flagstaff. The first station failed. Licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff , Charles J. Saunders put it on the air in 1950 in radio 1950 . History KCLS signed on the air in 1950 and was owned by Saunders Broadcasting. The call letters were based upon the name of the owner s daughter Cheryl Lynn Saunders. KCLS operated at 600 kHz with 5,000 watt s of power in the daytime and 500 watts directional at night. This made it the most powerful Amplitude modulation AM radio station in Northern Arizona. The KCLS studios were originally a quonset hut. Throughout most of its history, KCLS broadcast middle of the road or adult contemporary music. It was also an early communications link for members of the nearby Navajo people Navajo tribe, broadcasting in Navajo language Navajo for one hour a day from 5 to 6 in the morning until the mid 1970s. The station had a long tradition of local news, with several radio announcers moving on to news positions in larger markets and with networks. The station carried with the National Weather Service to have their meteorologists deliver the weather. KCLS was also well known for broadcasting Northern Arizona University sports and also the high school sports. Charles Saunders also owned stations KUPI and KQPI in Idaho Falls, Idaho at different times in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Saunders, who was known as C J the D J , served as mayor of Flagstaff from 1958 to 1960. KCLS sold in 1986 and went Dark broadcasting dark shortly thereafter. In the late 1990s the owners of KVNA AM KVNA AM obtained the license for the 600 AM and moved their station from the 690 kHz frequency. KVNA then KZKZ had originally been on the 1290 AM frequency. Main KVNA AM DEFAULTSORT Kcls Defunct Category Radio stations in Arizona CLS Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Arizona radio station stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 KGRB 900 AM broadcasting AM was a 500 watt radio station in West Covina, California . The station featured big band music Big Band music & Swing music from the original 78 rpm recordings. Among the notable disc jockey s over the years were Lyman Jay, Bob Stone, and Tom Murphy. The station was put on the air by former KTLA Channel 5 engineer Robert Burdette and his wife Gloria on September 25, 1963. Indeed, the station s call letters are derived from her full name, Gloria R. Burdette. In 1957 Burdette bought an FM station in West Covina and named it KBOB after himself. It was a sister station to KGRB. In 1994, after Burdette suffered a stroke and went into a coma, both stations were put into a conservatorship. Steve Ray who had worked at KCLU AM KCLU , KSCA KLIT , KMPC , and KRCI was brought in to manage the stations. He made KGRB an NBC affiliate, renaming it AM 90 NBC , and was in the process of acquiring the KNBC AM call letters when the conservators bowed to the demands of Burdette s daughter and sold KGRB to a Hispanic broadcast group. In 1995 KGRB began simulcasting KMQA the former KBOB . Today it is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting and is known as KBLA KALI , Radio Zion. ref name newsws cite news work Daily Breeze title Radio AM to FM June 13, 2003 url http members.cox.net rwagoner columns 2003 jun1303.html date 2003 06 13 first Richard last Wagoner ref References Reflist External links http www.socalradiohistory.com kgrb.html Steven M. Ray s history of KGRB http news.google.com archivesearch?q KGRB West Covina KGRB at Google News br clear all Category Radio stations in California GRB Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Category Defunct companies based in California California radio station stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2007 KYCR was a religion oriented radio station. In the 1960s and 1970s, playing gospel music gospel and R&B music, prior to becoming full time religious. In the mid 1960s, the station was operated by Marvin Kosofsky , who hired Bob Smith a.k.a. Wolfman Jack , who relocated from Del Rio, Texas , to run the station. Also at KUXL at this time were Art Hoehn a.k.a. Fat Daddy Washington and former KDWB personality Ralph Hull a.k.a. Preacher Paul Anthony and The Nazz . It was this trio of broadcasters who took control of border blaster station XERB 1090, in Baja California , in 1965. They operated the Big X from Minneapolis initially, then relocated to Southern California in 1966. The call letters of KUXL changed to KYCR in 1988. Until 2007, the station was a time shifted version of WWTC, calling itself The Patriot II . The format was then changed to a general talk format with its own identity, simply known as AM 1570 The New Talk of the Twin Cities . In April 2007, KYCR removed conservative talk show host Don Imus from the lineup for racist statements made about the Rutgers University women s basketball team. Unfortunately he had been on KYCR for a very short time after a prolonged 8 year absence from the TC airwaves. External links http www.radiotapes.com Radiotapes.com Featuring historic airchecks and videos from Twin Cities radio stations including a video of KUXL from 1986. Category Radio stations in California UXL Category Defunct radio stations in the United States Category Defunct companies based in California ... more details
Infobox Radio station name KZKZ image city Manila area Metro Manila branding KZKZ slogan first airdate June 1922 last airdate 1924 frequency 729 kHz AM format Music power five watt transmitter 1922 1924 , 100 watt transmitter 1924 erp class callsign meaning owner Henry Hermann 1922 1924 br Radio Corporation of the Philippines website KZKZ 729 kHz AM broadcasting AM was the second radio station in the Philippines . It began broadcasting in 1922 and was founded by Henry Hermann , the owner of the Electrical Supply Company in Manila . The station was upgraded in 1924 to a 100 watt station and its call letters KZKZ were adopted. Later that year, the station was sold to the Radio Corporation of the Philippines . ref http www.philstar.com Article.aspx?articleId 613920&publicationSubCategoryId 51 Juan De La Cruz tunes in The Freeman retrieved on September 21, 2010 ref The first radio broadcast in the Philippines was made in 1922 from Nichols air field by using a five watt transmitter. In 1926 the organization began work on constructing two of the largest radio stations in Asia with the idea of maintaining direct Manila San Francisco service. ref http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,880868,00.html Time Magazine, September 20, 1926 ref References reflist External links http www.oldradio.com archives international philippines.html Philippine Broadcast History AMQ KZKZ See also DYRC DZLT AM DZLT DZCA Defunct Metro Manila Radio Category Radio stations in the Philippines Category Defunct Metro Manila radio stations Category Radio stations established in 1922 Philippines radio station stub Asia hist stub ... more details
Mergeto WSEG date August 2008 WSGA 1400 AM broadcasting AM is a defunct radio station having its main broadcast studio on Broughton Street in Savannah, Georgia . History The station was known as One Forty, WSGA from 1968 1982. In September 1982, WSGA changed its format to The Music of Your Life ... then briefly to a CNN simulcast. During the 1990s, WSGA was a Christian Talk radio station, and also a simulcast station for an FM station in Savannah WZAT , when it broadcast an Alternative rock Alternative format in the early 1990s , which is still in operation under its original call letters. The current 1400 AM frequency is still in operation and broadcasting from Savannah as adult standards WSEG Star 1400 . Personalities The air staff over those Top 40 years included many personalities who would go on to the major markets. The credit to the overall operation and management of WSGA Radio goes to owner Albert Weis, and long time programmer Jerry Rogers. WSGA was a Radio Farm Team for the major leagues. Chris O Brien Mornings WSGA WMET Chicago Jack Murphy Mornings WSGA Z100 New York KKLQ San Diego David Blair Mid days WSGA KSLQ St. Louis Denis Reidy Nights WSGA WCMS Norfolk, Virginia WXLO New York Chuck Cannon Nights WSGA KKLQ San Diego KFRC San Francisco Mark Thomas Mornings WSGA KLOS Los Angeles Mark & Brian Brent Alberts Nights WSGA KZPS Dallas WCSX Detroit External links http www.thegoodtimer.com http www.radioferret.com viewinfo.asp?ga25548 http www.brentalberts.com tour.html Category Radio stations in Savannah, Georgia SGA AM Category Defunct radio stations in the United States GeorgiaUS radio station stub ... more details
about the station in South Dakota the station in New Mexico KMYN mergeto KGIM AM discuss Talk KABR defunct Is this KGIM? date October 2010 refimprove date October 2010 Infobox radio station name KABR image city Aberdeen, South Dakota area branding slogan frequency 1420 kHz ref name bcyb 1948 translator repeater airdate start date 1935 ref name bcyb 1948 share share as of share source format language power erp haat class facility id coordinates callsign meaning former callsigns former frequencies affiliations owner licensee sister stations webcast website KABR was a radio station based in Aberdeen, South Dakota . In the 1940s the station was a Mutual Broadcasting System Mutual affiliate with 5000 watt s of power. ref name bcyb 1948 cite book title Broadcasting Yearbook edition 1948 page 218 publisher Broadcasting Publications location Washington, D.C. ref ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id Nf1yXJfnakoC&lpg PA251&dq KABR 20Aberdeen&pg PA181 v onepage&q KABR 20Aberdeen&f false title News By Radio last Chamley first Michael V. year 1948 publisher MacMillan location New York City page 181 ref The 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook gave a 1935 establishment date and 5000 watts of power with no schedule limit the 1959 Broadcasting Yearbook gave the station s start date as 1952 and power as 1000 watts daytimer daytime only . Frank E. Fitzsimmons acquired the station on March 12, 1959. ref name bcyb 1959 cite book title Broadcasting Yearbook edition 1959 page B 229 publisher Broadcasting Publications location Washington, D.C. ref It produced the program Juke Box Jamboree hosted by DJ Eddie L. Weeks in 1950. citation needed date October 2010 Significant radio personalities affiliated with the station include citation needed date October 2010 Melvin Baker, sportscaster, 1940 ... of American Radio 1920 1960. Jefferson, NC McFarland, 2000. DEFAULTSORT Kabr Defunct Category Aberdeen, South Dakota Category Radio stations established in 1935 Category Defunct radio stations in the United ... more details
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