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22 unusual facts about FM broadcasting


2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh provide commentary for RTÉ radio with the match being broadcast on both FM and LW.

Arnie Ginsburg

This proved a very controversial move, as the staff was opposed to the idea of a former top-40 personality serving as the manager of an album rock station—at that time, FM album rock prided itself on being the antithesis of AM top 40 (Goodman, 1997, 206).

Baptized in Blood

The band's lead guitarist, Josh Torrance, has appeared as a co-host on "The Meltdown", which is a one hour radio show that airs online and on 4 FM radio stations in Alberta, Canada.

Cincinnati Public Radio Inc.

Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc. is the broadcast license holder for WGUC (90.9) and WVXU (91.7), two FM radio stations serving the Greater Cincinnati area with classical music, news, information, and entertainment programming.

Cyrus Broacha

When he was in college, FM radio took off in India, and he gained a reputation as a radio jockey.

Dreamboat Annie

It contained three hit singles which became staples on FM radio.

FM broadcasting

Included were systems from 14 proponents including Crosley, Halstead, Electrical and Musical Industries, Ltd (EMI), Zenith, and General Electric.

In 1969 Louis Dorren invented the Quadraplex system of single station, discrete, compatible four-channel FM broadcasting.

The amount of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis used is defined by the time constant of a simple RC filter circuit.

Ivar Vivahitharayal

Some strange circumstances lead to the marriage of Vivek and Kavya, without knowing each other that they are the same people who clashed on the FM radio channel.

Jim Svejda

Jim Svejda (born 1947) is American music commentator and critic on the FM radio station KUSC.

Lac La Biche County, Alberta

Two FM radio stations broadcast out of Lac La Biche – Big Dog (CILB FM 103.5) and Aboriginal Radio (CFWE FM 89.9).

Leonid Volodarskiy

Author and anchor of radio show "Right for a rest" and "Once on a Rain" for Silver Rain FM-radio channel.

Mando Fresko

Currently, he can be heard on the nation’s biggest hip-hop station, Power 106 FM (105.9) Los Angeles.

MicroKORG

Each waveform on OSC1 has a unique modulation feature, including wave morphing, Pulse-width modulation, and FM.

Observation Tower Baden-Baden Merkur

The observation tower Baden-Baden Merkur is an observation tower on Mount Merkur near Baden-Baden, at 8°16'50" E and 48°45'52" N. The tower has been in use since April 8, 1950 by the former SWF (now SWR) as a transmission tower for FM-radio and, since 1953, television.

Pendleton Heights High School

Pendleton Heights High School is the proud host of WEEM (91.7 FM).

Scott Ginsburg

From 1983 until 1987, this station group expanded from AM and FM radio stations in three Florida cities to include large markets such as Dallas and Chicago.

Sender Inselsberg

The Sender Inselsberg (transmitter Inselsberg) is a FM and television-transmission facility on the Big Inselsberg in Thuringia, Germany.

WFUV: City Folk Live VII

WFUV: City Folk Live VII is a compilation album released by WFUV (90.7 FM in New York City) in November 2004 to highlight songs performed live in the studio by some of the year's favorite guests.

WKXW

The station is licensed to serve the Trenton area on 101.5 MHz FM and is also streamed on the station's website.

Wrotham

Close by is the Wrotham transmitting station, which was the first transmitter in the UK to broadcast on FM in 1955, and now carries the main national FM radio frequencies for most of London.


98.8 KISS FM Berlin

98.8 KISS FM is a privately owned radio station broadcasting to Berlin and parts of Brandenburg on 98.8 FM MHz specialising in R&B, dance, hip hop and pop.

Campus Radio Online

Campus Radio Online is a defunct Metro Manila FM radio station and Internet radio station provided by a joint venture of two former Campus Radio DJs (John Hendrix and the Triggerman) and Pangasinan-based eRadioPortal powered by Bitstop Network Services.

CIQA-FM

CIQA-FM is a Weatheradio Canada station which broadcasts weather information and alerts on a frequency of 93.3 FM in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, in English, French and Inuktitut.

CJOI-FM

Originally known as CFLP when it opened in 1978 as an AM station on 1000 kHz (and identified itself as "Radio Mille"), the station moved to the FM band in late 2000, due to serious problems in nighttime coverage resulting from a very directional signal necessary to protect WMVP 1000 in Chicago, Illinois.

Crowder's Mountain

One of the first FM radio stations in North Carolina, Gastonia's WGNC-FM, erected a transmission tower on Crowders Mountain in the late 1940s.

DWAL

DWAL, operating as AL-FM 95.9 Radyo Totoo, is a news/talk FM station owned by Catholic Media Network and the Archdiocese of Lipa.

DWAU

DWAU, broadcasting as AUF 104.1, is an educational FM radio station owned by Angeles University Foundation in the Philippines.

DWSM

DWSM, branded as 102.7 Star FM, is a music FM radio station run by People's Broadcasting Services and owned by Bombo Radyo Philippines.

DYKP

DYKP operating as 97.3 Boracay Beach Radio, is the FM Radio station of Dream FM Network, located in Boracay.

Fashion S9110

The Fashion S9110 has a multimedia player and recorder for music (mp3) and video (mp4), a WAP 2.0 web browser, a 1.3MP camera, FM radio, Compass basic handwriting recognition and an e-reader that supports only text files.

Jamie Dunn

On 21 September 2005, Dunn announced he was leaving B105 and in 2006, he and Agro began to present on the "Zinc Morning Zoo" with Ian Calder and Courtney Burns on Sunshine Coast FM radio station "Zinc 96."

KBAA

KBAA (103.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format to the Grass Valley, California, USA area as well as the area north of Sacramento.

KFM Radio

KFM originally broadcast on 94.2 MHz FM from a studio on Middle Hillgate, Stockport with the transmitter and aerial at Goyt Mill in Marple from November 1983 to February 1985.

KQXT-FM

KQXT-FM (101.9 FM, "Q101.9") is a San Antonio, Texas, adult contemporary radio station operating with 100,000 watts from a transmitter site on the Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio.

KTKB-FM

KTKB-FM, (101.9 FM) branded as Megamixx 101.9 Forever!, is the first Filipino format station in the United States territory of Guam.

Maritime mobile amateur radio

For FM operation on the 2 m band, the masthead vertical whip that is normally installed for marine VHF operation will provide good omni-directional, vertically polarised signals.

New Life Radio-Moscow

New Life Radio (NLR) began as Russia's first Christian FM radio station, transmitting on 102.5 MHz in the city of Magadan, Russia (1996).

PCSat2

It also carried a PSK31 Linear/FM Satellite translator accepting 3 kHz SSB channel in the 10 meter band at 29.4 MHz and repeating that in baseband on a VHF or UHF narrow-band FM downlink.

Pudsey Grangefield School

Since 1997 it has broadcast for a few weeks each year on FM under a Restricted Service Licence, issued by Ofcom, originally under the name "Pudsey Grangefield FM", later abbreviated to PGFM.

Rai Radio FD 5

Radio FD 5, unlike its sister channel Radio FD 4, can also be heard on FM in five Italian cities: Rome (on 100.3 MHz), Turin (101.8), Milan (102.2), Naples (103.9), and Ancona (106.0).

Travelers' information station

The concept is not limited to the United States; TIS stations operate in Canada (on both AM and FM bands), in France (at 107.7 MHz FM along selected autoroutes), in Australia in some areas on 87.6–88 MHz FM, and other countries as well.

Trent FM

Launched on 3 July 1975 as Radio Trent and based in the converted Nottingham Women's Hospital at 29-31 Castle Gate, Nottingham, the station broadcast on FM and medium wave.

WCCW-FM

WCCW-FM is an FM combination in Traverse City, Michigan, United States, consisting of WCCW-FM in Traverse City and relaying station WCZW in Charlevoix.

WIOT

WIOT (104.7 FM) – branded 104.7 WIOT – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, serving Metro Toledo and Monroe County, Michigan.

WKGB-FM

WKGB-FM (92.5 FM) – branded 92.5 KGB – is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to Conklin, New York, serving Greater Binghamton.

WRYR-LP

WRYR-LP (97.5 FM) is a low power radio station licensed to Sherwood, Maryland, USA, and the station serves portions of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Queen Anne, Talbot, Dorchester, and Caroline Counties, including Maryland’s capital city of Annapolis.

WWWW-FM

WNRZ-FM was a pioneer in the many radio aspects of the industry, most notably improvements to the quadraphonic FM stereo system invented in 1969 by Louis Dorren and improved upon by station chief engineer Brian Brown.

Zakaria Badat

His friend Molana Ibrahim Mogra still presents on Ramadhan Special (now known as FMO Radio Ramadan) which only broadcasts in Ramadan on FM and on the internet.