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2BD

After being appointed managing director of the BBC in 1922, John Reith instigated a programme of expansion of the radio network in the United Kingdom, increasing the number of local stations from three to twenty in a relatively short space of time.

Automatic message exchange

Automatic message exchange (AME): In an adaptive high-frequency (HF) radio network, an automated process allowing the transfer of a message from message injection to addressee reception, without human intervention.

Belvita

Lisa Snowdon, an English fashion model, television personality and presenter, was the face of Belvita in the United Kingdom in 2010, having appeared in advertisements for the biscuits with fellow Capital FM DJ Johnny Vaughan.

Heart Breakfast with Wes Venn

The show won the GCap Media Breakfast Show of the Year award in 2003 and 2005, and the trio also had a Sunday morning slot on London's Capital FM for a time.

Irene van Dyk

Irene van Dyk is a Christian and supported the "Lifeathon" fund-raising event for Christian music radio network Life FM.

Jersey's Talking

Leonard worked previously for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, NBC Sports, ABC Talk Radio, WNBC-AM, WABC-AM, WNEW-TV’s Midday Live and Sports Extra, and CNBC.

John Mountford

In 1973 he enrolled on a studio manager's training scheme at BBC World Service in London, soon progressing to producing and presenting programmes on the international radio network.

KTNF

In the summer of 2004, the station was purchased by Janet Robert, former Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for the US House of Representatives, to provide a local outlet for syndicated programming from the former Air America Radio network (the station was originally known as "Air America Minnesota").

Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation

Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation, or MBC Radio, is a radio network in Canada, serving First Nations and Métis communities in the province of Saskatchewan.

On the Real

On The Real was a radio show on the Air America network hosted by Gia'na Garel & Chuck D.

RadioCentre

The CRCA was originally founded by the first radio companies under the name Association of Independent Radio Companies (AIRC) when independent radio began with LBC and Capital in 1973.

Richard H. Ranger

In 1932, he invented the NBC chime machine, an automatic device to reproduce the familiar hand-struck NBC chimes used by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network.

Sportsnet Radio

The stations (which maintain their former "The Fan" moniker in their names) were re-branded to increase their synergy with the co-owned Sportsnet television channel, amid indications that TSN would be launching a radio network of their own (which TSN indeed did, converting CHUM in Toronto to TSN Radio 1050).

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

Three Angels Broadcasting Network, or 3ABN, is an American nonprofit television and radio network broadcasting Christian and health-oriented programming, based in West Frankfort, Illinois.

Vic Thomas

Prior to KPMZ, Thomas worked for the ABC Radio Networks in Dallas as a show host for the nationwide satellite format called Timeless.

WUBL

In October 2012, not long after WGST became Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, WUBL HD-3 and W222AF split from WGST and became "Comedy 92-3", the locally-inserted affiliate name for the satellite-fed radio network 24/7 Comedy.


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1969 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Though his role was more behind-the-scenes, he would remain with the team in that capacity through the 1998 season, second only to Dick Hoak in terms of tenure with the team outside of the Rooney family, third counting Steelers radio commentator Myron Cope, who was not employed by the team but through WTAE Radio and later WDVE on the official Steelers radio network.

2013 Charlotte 49ers football team

Radio coverage for all games was broadcast by IMG College through the Charlotte 49ers Radio Network flagship station WZGV ESPN 730.

2CC

In the mid-1990s, due to the AM stations' dwindling audience and the increasing popularity of the music based FM stations, ARN (owner of 2CC and Mix 106.3) and Austereo (owner of 2CA and 104.7) merged to form a joint venture ownership of both FM stations, selling off 2CC and 2CA to the Capital Radio Network.

5MMM

In 1993, Hoyts Media which owned the Triple M radio network in the eastern states had bought 5KKA but could not adopt the Triple M call-sign in Adelaide as a community radio station already had the call-sign 5MMM.

Add Penfield

At the behest of famed Duke football coach Wallace Wade, the Atlantic Radio Network gave Penfield the opportunity to broadcast games while he was still a student.

Agri Broadcast Network

Lindsay Hill, associate farm director and co-founder of Buckeye Ag Radio Network "The Barn" (and wife of Vance) died in a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Ohio State Routes 235 and 41 just north of New Carlisle and west of North Hampton near Springfield, Ohio on Thursday morning May 19,2011 while she was a new employee for AgDay, a television program produced by Farm Journal Magazine.

Beyond Investigation Magazine

In 2009, The Pat & Brian Show was "syndicated" on the Haunted Voices Radio Network and has been rebroadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Bott Radio Network

Programs heard on the Bott Radio Network include; 'Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Turning Point with David Jeremiah, Back to the Bible with Woodrow Kroll, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Jay Sekulow Live, and Running to Win with Erwin Lutzer.

Chiltern Radio Network

The Chiltern Radio Network also set up a satellite news service as a direct competitor to IRN called Network News.

CKNR-FM

North Channel subsequently sold CKNR to Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 2004, a sale which reunited CKNR with many of its former sister stations in the Pelmorex Radio Network.

Dan Kamal

In his broadcasting career Kamal also has covered the 1996 Summer Olympic Games for Atlanta’s WGST Radio and has served as studio host for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network and PGA Tour Radio.

Danijay

In 2005, his track "L'Impazienza" (Impatience), representing Italy in the Eurodanceweb Award, placed second, and was downloaded over 700,000 times in one month, in addition to holding the top spot on the Italian dance radio network M2O.

Dave Jageler

Before working as a full time baseball announcer, Jageler worked in Boston and Charlotte, North Carolina as a sportscaster, co-hosting talk shows and doing play by play of various sports, including fill-in work on the Boston Celtics radio network and serving as the team's PA announcer during part of the 2002–03 NBA season.

Dean Spratt

He then took up his hobby of amateur radio, propelled by the internet, and joined the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network where he hosted a weekly music/tech/comedy show, Thursday Night Potpourri.

Don McNeill's Breakfast Club

It remained a fixture on the ABC radio network (formerly the NBC Blue Network; it became known as ABC in 1945), maintaining its popularity for years and counting among its fans Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas.

Edge 96.1

Since Australian Radio Network Owned OneFM, the station studio from Penrith was then moved to Seven Hills with WSFM 101.7.

Ellis Cannon

Cannon was an on-air member of the Pittsburgh Steelers radio network between 2004–2010, serving as gameday anchor and host of all pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage.

Fox Radio

Fox Sports Radio, an international radio network, a service of Premiere Radio Networks

Frickin' A

The band also sings "The Reds Are on the Radio," the theme for the Cincinnati Reds radio network.

Guy Jonson

His first major recital was given at the famous Wigmore Hall, London, in November 1936, and he went on to perform several solo recitals and concertos for the BBC (at Broadcasting House) which were broadcast live on the overseas radio network.

Jeff Lageman

By 2001, "The Outdoors Show" had moved from an all-sports station (WBWL-AM) to a 50,000 watt news-talk station (WOKV) and soon after, Lageman joined the play-by-play man Brian Sexton in the booth of the Jaguars Radio Network as the color analyst.

KCGL

All five stations of the Big Horn Radio Network have their offices and studios located at 1949 Mountain View Drive in Cody.

KEJO

In addition to its regularly scheduled sports talk programs, KEJO airs select local high school football games plus Oregon State Beavers football, men's basketball, and baseball as part of the Beaver Sports Radio Network.

KTUC

Throughout the entire period from the 70s until the Arizona Diamondbacks came into existence, KTUC was the exclusive Tucson affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network syndicated from KABC radio in Los Angeles.

Paddy Bunce

Paddy is now a senior producer at Global Radio in London, producing Capital Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan and The Big Top 40 Show for the UK commercial radio network.

Panamericana Televisión

In 1963, Genaro and Héctor Delgado Parker, in association with Johnny E. Lindley, founded Radio Programas del Perú, a radio network, of which Manuel (the youngest of the three sons) was named manager.

Patrick Madrid

He hosts the Thursday edition of the EWTN "Open Line" radio broadcast (3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET), heard across the U.S. on approximately 185 AM and FM stations, as well as on Sirius Satellite Radio Network.

Premier Radio

Premier Christian Radio, a radio network in the United Kingdom which broadcasts Christian programming

Red Eye Radio

With the change, the Midnight Radio Network joins former host Bill Mack along with Dale Sommers and Dave Nemo on the channel.

Road Dog Trucking

Open Road launched on XM with from the America's Trucking Radio network, including Bill Mack, Dave Nemo, and Truckin' Bozo Dale Sommers.

Sound of Hope

There is the Chinese side, known as The Sound of Hope Radio Network, and the Western side which is led by the English language SOH Network, headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Sportsnet Radio

Rogers also operates the Sportsnet Radio Network (previously known as The Fan Radio Network), which is a syndication service distributing, among other programs, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Prime Time Sports and the daily short-form feature Grapeline with Don Cherry and Brian Williams.

Talk Radio Network

Encores of Talk Radio Network programming and fill-in hosts such as Bill Wattenburg and Tammy Bruce fill in the gaps.

Teddy Hill

After moving to New York City, Hill had early gigs with the Whitman Sisters, George Howe and Luis Russell's orchestra in the 1920s, later forming his own band in 1934, which found steady work over the NBC radio network.

Telecommunications in Barbados

By 1935 a hard wired cable-based radio network was later deployed throughout the country to broadcast the Rediffusion service directly from London to homes and business across Barbados.

The Crests

In January 2014, Carter interviewed with broadcasting legend Joe Franklin on the Bloomberg Radio network.

The World Today

The World Today, a former name of the weekend edition of CBS World News Roundup, a radio news broadcast on the CBS Radio Network

Tips from the Top Floor

Some shows are produced along with Leo Laporte's show, The Tech Guy and broadcast on the Premiere Radio Network as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

United Biscuits

The United Biscuits Network, a closed-circuit radio network serving their factories across the UK which was active from 1970 to 1979, spawned the career of UK radio presenter Steve Allen and TV and radio personality Dale Winton.

WCAR

During the mid 1990s, WCAR 1090 was also briefly the Detroit affiliate station for Radio AAHS, a now-defunct nationwide radio network featuring programming for children, and then (after Radio AAHS shut down in 1998) a simulcast of the Minneapolis-based dance music format Beat Radio (which replaced AAHS on all ten of the company-owned former AAHS stations around the country).

WOJO

Radio Maria Chicago, a Spanish language unit of Radio Maria USA, a Catholic radio network is also broadcast on WOJO's FM subcarrier.

WOMT

The station is the Lakeshore area's home of Brewers, Bucks, Marquette Golden Eagles, Wisconsin Badgers and Packers play-by-play, and also airs the NFL on Dial Global; however the station only carries team play-by-play, forgoing the postgame shows of each radio network.

WRQQ

On September 25, 2008 the New Orleans Hornets announced that Sunny 103.3 would be the Baton Rouge flagship station for the team's radio network.

WTOP-FM

Among those working for WTOP during this time were Sam Donaldson, later on ABC-TV; Jim Bohannon, who took Larry King's place on his all-night radio network talk show after King went to CNN; and including Ralph Begleiter and Jamie MacIntyre, both of whom went to CNN.

WULM

According to a Springfield News-Sun story dated March 10, 2008, the station was purchased by Radio Maria, an Italian-based Catholic radio network which owns and operates KJMJ, its originating USA English-language station in Alexandria, Louisiana.

WVIC

WVIC is an affiliate of the Western Michigan University "Broncos Radio Network" and carries all of the Broncos football and men's basketball games.

WYRR

WYRR is an affiliate of Jimmy Swaggart's SONLIFE Radio Network and is owned and operated by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.