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ArabiaWeather

ArabiaWeather became the primary weather source for numerous TV stations, Radio stations, Newspapers and Online sites such as Ro’ya TV, Mazaj FM Radio station, Al-ghad newspaper and STC website.

Art Finley

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and in the Korean War, he was recalled to active duty as a reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he helped establish radio stations in Newfoundland and Greenland for the Strategic Air Command.

Barbara Sobel

Barbara Sobel, the daughter of author Robert Sobel, began her promotion company in 2010, promoting music to radio stations, DJs, Record pools and record labels for radio airplay.

Culture of the Caribbean

From the 17th century onwards, the Caribbean has developed a music infrastructure that includes church halls, performing arts centers, record companies, radio stations and television music video channels.

Jayne Walton Rosen

She began singing at local radio stations in San Antonio, beforing moving on to stations in Oklahoma City, Dallas and Chicago.

Media in Erie, Pennsylvania

Likewise, some London area, channels and radio stations can be picked up in various parts of the Erie shoreline.

SkylineFM

The station plays a wide range of music, along with regular items of interest to the local community, focusing on groups such as amateur dramatic societies, choirs, senior citizens clubs and scout groups, which are considered too small to be given much airtime by larger radio stations in the area.

Syledis

Determination of the position of mobile vehicles, like f.e. vessels, using Syledis is accomplished by measurement of transit time of radio waves between mobiles and radio stations at known points.

Telecommunications in Madagascar

Radio stations: State-owned Radio Nationale Malagasy (RNM) has an extensive national network reach; privately owned radio broadcasters in cities and major towns; state-run radio dominates in rural areas; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in the capital, Antananarivo (2007).


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1989 in radio

November 13 – London Greek Radio, one of the United Kingdom's first all-ethnic radio stations, begins broadcasting.

A.J. Crew

It featured Grammy-Award winning songwriter, Rhymefest for their collaboration “Destiny & Desire”, which was featured on Chicago hip-hop radio stations, WGCI and Power 92.

Alejandra Gutierrez Oraa

In 2008, Oraa was chosen for a new style of "Reality Morning Show" at one of Miami's most popular Hispanic radio stations, Romance 106.7 FM.

Andy Gresh

While in college, Gresh interned for various sports radio stations including WFAN in New York City and ESPN Radio in Bristol.

Beijing Jiaotong Tai

The format of this channel can be compared to the traffic channels provided by XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, the commercial all-traffic station CHMJ in Vancouver, Canada, or the "Highway Advisory radio stations" (the low power AM stations near points along Interstate highways in the United States).

Bo Griffin

Griffin was a host on several South Florida radio stations, including Power 96 and Hot 105FM, as well as a stint on WSPA-FM as morning host from 2005-2007 in her hometown of Greenville.

Bob Hogue

Previously, he worked at KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa, KFBB-TV in Great Falls, Montana, and radio stations in Honolulu, HI, Sacramento, CA, and Prescott, AZ.

Cello Fury

With these successes, several Pittsburgh-based media programs such as KDKA-TV's "Pittsburgh Today Live" and WQED (TV)'s Holiday Jam, as well as their radio stations, featured the ensemble.

CHBM-FM

Like most Toronto radio stations, this station transmits from the CN Tower with an ERP of 28,900 watts.

Christian radio

Popular artists on Christian radio stations with this format include Third Day, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mercy Me, Steven Curtis Chapman, Carman, Sandi Patty, TobyMac, Relient K, Chris Tomlin, Switchfoot, Colton Dixon, and the Bill Gaither Trio.

City Tower, Manchester

The tower is one of Manchester's main broadcast transmission sites, hosting the antennas of local radio stations XFM, Rock Radio, Capital on FM and digital radio multiplexes Digital One, BBC, MXR North West and CE Manchester.

Cleveland Browns broadcasters

As of 2013, The Browns flagship radio stations are WKNR AM 850, WKRK-FM 92.3, and WNCX FM 98.5.

Damage to infrastructure in the 2010 Haiti earthquake

RSF also reported that 12 radio stations in the southwestern town of Petit-Goâve and five of Léogâne's nine stations were badly damaged.

Down by the Riverside

In the UK on some local radio stations (namely Mix 107), a song about eco friendly travel choices (i.e. leaving the car for one day a week) would air during commercial breaks which would be a parody of Down By The Riverside.

For Lack of a Better Name

"Ghosts 'n' Stuff" is primarily played on contemporary radio stations and it was featured on a promo for the Canadian version of So You Think You Can Dance.

Frank Camper

Several newspapers and radio stations reported that he was involved in the Air India bombings in the 1980s, noting that he trained one of the Sikh bombers at his mercenary school headquartered in Dolomite,AKA "The Bunker".

Hello FM

Hello FM (106.4 MHz) is one of the private radio stations operating from different locations in Tamil Nadu.

Independent Radio News

It supplied news to its own London Radio stations (formerly LBC), plus Scot FM, Heart FM, and Virgin Radio.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Indianapolis On The Air, a weekly radio series begun in 1994, is produced by WFYI in Indianapolis and is syndicated to over 250 radio stations in 38 states.

Jamie Shepherd

At 18 years of age, the former Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog pupil started reading bilingual Welsh news bulletins for local radio stations Heart Cymru and Heart North Wales Coast.

John Lee Hooker, Jr.

Born in Detroit, Hooker was performing live on local radio stations by the time he was 8 years old, and toured with his father as a teenager.

Kai Ryssdal

Before joining Marketplace, Ryssdal was a reporter and substitute host for The California Report, a news and information program distributed to public radio stations throughout California by KQED-FM in San Francisco.

Kamka Kura

It was broadcast over 36 local radio stations nationwide, both in urban and rural areas including State radio, Radio Nepal.

Karg Brothers

From there, Rich and Andy were chosen from among hundreds of other bands to perform live on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show in April 2007, which was broadcast live on radio stations across the United States.

Last Bastion Station Trust

The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that temporarily owns 5 radio stations previously owned by Citadel Broadcasting.

League for Democracy Party

in addition, the selected and newly produced are played back 6 hours per day on 6 radio stations: Beehive radio FM 105.0 MHz in Phnom Penh, Mohavnokokhemra FM 88.25 MHz in Siem Reap Province, Sangke FM 104.5 MHz in Battambang Province, Sovann Angkor FM 106.0 MHz in Battambang Province, My FM 99.5 MHz in Banteay Meanchey Province and Kiridongrek FM 90.20 MHz in Oddar Meanchey Province.

Manabendra Mukhopadhyay

The proof of this is in the fact that many audio compilations from HMV still includes this song and it is played by many radio stations.

Media of South Sudan

The US based and USAID financed Internews media development organization has set up six radio stations in conflict sensitive areas, all of which operate under a loose network supported by the organization’s main office in Juba.

MediaWorks

MediaWorks New Zealand, runs two television channels and many radio stations across New Zealand

Mio, Michigan

There are no AM Radio Stations in range of Mio, Michigan, although WWJ can be faintly heard during the nighttime.

New Life Russian Radio

New Life has the exclusive rights to rebroadcast the audio from the Russian Division of the BBC and several radio stations in Russia including: 'Echo of Moscow', 'Russian Radio', 'Radio Retro' and more.

Pierre J. Mejlak

He was a BBC correspondent, a regular columnist for Malta's daily In-Nazzjon and produced radio shows - including 60 one-hour documentaries on rock legends - for various national radio stations.

Rai Radio 2

Rai Radio 2 is among the highest-rated Italian radio stations in terms of audience share; its most popular show, Viva Radio2, is hosted by the popular comedian and TV/radio personality Fiorello, together with Marco Baldini.

Rogers Communications

Rogers Media owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications, 51 radio stations, television broadcasting with Omni Television, City, Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet 360, OLN, G4 Canada, RDeals and The Shopping Channel which is Canada's home shopping service.

Selangor

Commercial radio stations available in Selangor include Era (103.3), Sinar FM (96.7), Melody FM (103.0), Hot FM (97.6), Suria FM (105.3), Best104 (104.1), Hitz.fm (92.9), Mix FM (94.5), Lite FM (105.7), Red FM (104.9), Fly FM (95.8), BFM (89.9), Capital FM (88.9), 988 (98.8), My FM (101.8), One FM (88.1), UFM 101.3, and THR (99.3).

Seymour-FM

The southern half of the shire is served by Melbourne radio stations, however the availability of media north of the 'Great Divide' is severely limited, with only scratchy reception from Shepparton (ONE-FM) and Alexandra (UG-FM) based community radio, and the two Shepparton based commercial stations, and ABC.

Something Fierce

The songs "Vacation" and "Something Fierce" received airplay on New England rock radio stations such as WFNX.

Storer Communications

Although the company had success in the Top 40 rock and roll format with WJBK in Detroit and WIBG "Wibbage" in Philadelphia, most of its radio stations, including WJW and WSPD, featured more conservative music formats, typically middle-of-the-road (MOR) or beautiful music.

The Fools

In 1979, the band released "Psycho Chicken", a parody of The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", and it was an immediate hit on Boston radio stations.

The Paper Scissors

The album was featured as Album of The Week on Sydney's influential FBi Radio as well as receiving regular airplay on Californian StationKCRW which is considered "one of the most influential independent music radio stations around the globe"KCRW Wiki.

The Triolettes

The Crooning Banjo Sisters played on Syracuse, New York radio stations WFBL and WSYR.

Thee Phantom

In 2003-2004, Phantom’s independently released single entitled, “Storming the Bastille” b/w "A Million MC's", received airplay on over 300 college and independent radio stations in the U.S., topping the charts at WGBB and WSIA in New York among others.

Triumph and Agony

The song "All We Are" received some airplay on American metal radio stations and its video clip shot by director Mark Rezyka had good rotation on MTV's Headbangers Ball.

Valencia, Bukidnon

Telecommunication services are provided by the following utilities: Philcom, Sotelco, RCPI, Smart, Mobiline, Globe, Extelcom, PT&T, Philippine Postal, JRS Express, Xemex, G&A Carrier, Radio Stations:DXCP(94.5)FM, DXCR AM, DXMV AM, DXWB-FM and the new DXEM-FM and DXBP-FM, Cable TV Companies, and national and local newspapers, Kastigador Balita Mindanao.

Voice of Free Libya

During the Libyan civil war, other rebel-controlled radio stations were reported to be operating in Tobruk, Nalut, Jadu, Libya, Derna and Zliten.

Walls Can Fall

The song "Finally Friday" gets occasional airplay on Fridays on country music radio stations, including a regular spot on the syndicated program After Midnite with Blair Garner.

WCOA-FM

On November 5, 2009 at Noon, the station flipped to Top 40 as "i100, Today's Hit Music", mirroring similar (and Cumulus owned) contemporary hit radio stations KLIF-FM in Dallas, Texas and WNFN in Nashville, Tennessee.

WHDQ

Q106 was one of the first radio stations to carry the Imus in the Morning show, and one of the first stations to reinstate the show upon Imus' return to the airwaves in December 2007.

WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour

produced and hosted by folksinger Michael Johnathon is a radio programme with over a million listeners on over 493 radio stations each week all over the world.