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unusual facts about radio format



KCWK

As full-service stations established after digital companion channels were assigned to existing full service broadcasters, KCWK and Pappas-owned WWAZ-TV had no existing digital transmitter facilities.

KSOQ-FM

KSOQ was previously assigned the call letters KFSD while owned by the Astor Broadcast Group, who chose a format of classical music acquired from Lotus Communications in 1997, which in 2001 switched to an alternative rock format as Premium 92/1, still with the KFSD call letters.

Nick Arundel

The founder of Arundel Communications (now ArCom) based near Dulles Airport, he originated in American journalism the concept of 24-hour news cycle All-news radio format at Washington radio station WAVA in 1960.

Sea and Sand

While not released as a single, the song gained significant airplay on progressive rock radio; Richard Neer of WNEW-FM in New York labeled it the album's best.

W250BC

At exactly Noon on the 17th, the station began airing its new format as "Journey 97-9", with a three-minute introduction, and a short promo by Randy Jackson, former bass player for 1980s rock band Journey, followed by their song "Don't Stop Believin'".

WIPK

Having gone on the air in November 2011, right around Thanksgiving, it originally broadcast a radio format of all Christmas music, ranging from country to pop, to long-time classics, and even comedy ("Leroy the Redneck Reindeer", "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy", "Christmas Don't Be Late", "The Twelve Pains of Christmas").


see also

Classic

Classic rock is a popular radio format, playing a repertoire of old but familiar recordings.

Classic Rock

Classic rock is a radio format which plays popular rock music particularly from the late 1960s onward.

Sherwood, Arkansas

KMTL (760 AM) that produces a religious radio format, both serving the Little Rock metro area.

WBEN-FM

Named after Benjamin Franklin, the station pioneered a "Playing Anything We Feel Like" radio format, a concept which originated in Canada with the Jack FM concept.

WXMT-HD2

W237CS is once again carrying a talk radio format, now simulcasting WVTT in Portville.