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Vlodrop-station

The hamlet is named after the railway station of Vlodrop, which was located on the Iron Rhine connection between Antwerp and Germany.


American Country Countdown

In 1974 when the show was up and running, Bustany tapped Bob Kingsley, who had been program director at country station KLAC-Los Angeles, to be ACC's producer.

Angie Goff

In November 2010, Goff joined DC radio station WVRX, locally known as "105.9 The Edge", as a member of the "Kirk and Mike" morning show hosted by Mike O'Meara and Kirk McEwen.

Antoine Cormery

Antoine Cormery graduated from Centre de formation des journalistes (the national centre for education in journalism) in Paris, 1991, then worked for AFP and RFI, before being hired by Europe 1 radio station by winning the bourse Lauga competition.

Awsworth

Awsworth once had a station on the Great Northern (later LNER) line from Nottingham to Derby which crossed the Erewash Valley to Ilkeston over the Bennerley Viaduct, closed in September 1964.

Bathycrinicola tumidula

Bathycrinicola tumidula is also notable for inhabiting McMurdo Sound, near McMurdo Station, Ross Island here, scientists who inhabit the American station throughout the Summer months can observe this species carefully.

Berridale, New South Wales

On 28 March 1942, a USAAF P-40E fighter made an emergency landing at "Wheat Hill" station, after becoming lost in fog during a flight from Canberra.

Bishopstone railway station

In 1940 a pair of pillboxes was built on the roof of the main station building, flanking its octagonal tower.

Brunel FM

The station broadcast both local and networked programmes which covered Royal Wootton Bassett, Wroughton, Cricklade, Highworth, Purton and Swindon area.

Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System

In 2008, a proposal was initiated to construct a new railway line from Perungudi MRTS station in Chennai to Pondicherry via Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and East Coast Road (ECR).

CJMS

It broadcasts on 1040 kHz with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with the same directional pattern day and night to protect WHO in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dhananjay Mahato

During the tenure of then Chief Minister of Bihar Jagannath Mishra, he built the Gunda Bihar Railway Station.

Ealing

Westside 89.6FM is a local community station covering the area from studios based in neighbouring Hanwell, there is also Blast Radio the student station for University of West London based at Ealing Studios they broadcast across the area on (RSL) in May.

Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Central Railway: designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, Central Railway has been described as the grandest railway station in Australia.

Hanwell railway station

The station is sited a short distance east of the Grade I-listed Wharncliffe Viaduct.

Holborn tube station

The pre-war operation of the station and the branch line features in a pivotal scene in Geoffrey Household's novel Rogue Male, when the pursuit of the protagonist by enemy agents sees them repeatedly using the station's escalators, passageways and the shuttle service.

Jean-Pierre Brisset

He became stationmaster at the railway station of Angers, and later of L'Aigle.

Jon Sciambi

As Sciambi attended Boston College, he began his sportscasting experience on WZBC, the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area.

K02RB-D

On May 6, 2009, the station was switched to an analog translator of KHIZ-DT 44 in Barstow, California.

Kadaververwertungsanstalt

The Frankfurter Zeitung, however, insisted that it stood for Veterinar-Station (veterinary station).

King George Station

King George Station is located in Surrey City Centre at the corner of King George Boulevard and 100th Ave, just north of the western terminus of the Fraser Highway.

KKHJ

KKHJ-FM, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa

KTXH

The group signed on a similarly formatted station, KTXA in Fort Worth, in January 1981.

Kurt Schemers

Schemers started his terrestrial on-air career in Phoenix, Arizona on 1190 AM, a NBC affiliate station.

KUVM

KUVM-LD, a television station (channel 10) licensed to Missouri City, Texas, United States

Malesco

Malesco is the most populous comune in Val Vigezzo and has a station on the Domodossola–Locarno railway which runs along the valley.

Menthorpe Gate railway station

Menthorpe Gate railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line in North Yorkshire, England serving the village of North Duffield and the hamlet of Menthorpe.

New Brunswick Marconi Station

New Brunswick Marconi Station (40.51529° N 74.48895° W) was located at JFK Boulevard and Easton Avenue just a few minutes from the New Brunswick border in Somerset, New Jersey.

Novosokolnichesky District

Novosokolniki was founded in 1901 as a station of the railway which connected Moscow and Riga.

RAF Tangmere

In 1925 the station re-opened to serve the RAF's Fleet Air Arm, and went operational in 1926 with No. 43 Squadron equipped with biplane Gloster Gamecocks (there is still a row of houses near the museum entrance called Gamecock Terrace).

Raunheim station

Raunheim station is a railway station in the town of Raunheim in the German state of Hesse on the Main Railway from Mainz to Frankfurt am Main.

Ridgewood Reservoir

Late in the century, the conduit was extended to a large pumping station in Massapequa, some 30 miles (50 km) away.

Rogers Communications

While Ted Rogers was an articling student with Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington, he started Rogers Radio Broadcasting Limited, which acquired Canada's pioneer FM station, CHFI-FM.

Škoda 1202

The Škoda 1202 was a family car produced as a station wagon, light panel van and pick-up (Utility) by Czechoslovakian automaker AZNP at their subsidiary plant in Vrchlabí.

Songshan Station

March 30, 1936: Songshan Airport Line (until May 1, 1966 Songshan Power Station Line) begins operation from Songshan Station to Taipei Songshan Airport.

Televisora de Oriente

Televisora de Oriente, or TVO, is a Venezuelan television station that can be seen in the Venezuelan states of Anzoátegui (channels 5 and 13), Monagas (channel 32), Nueva Esparta (channel 8), and Sucre (channel 8).

Ten-Day War

However, the incident sparked renewed public debate after the footage was shown on Serbian TV station B92 in 2006, with many claiming that the soldiers were shot and killed by Slovenian TO troops and that Slovenia is trying to cover up the affair.

Vinohrady

The main square of west Vinohrady is "náměstí Míru" (Peace Square) with Prague 2 town hall, Vinohrady Theatre, Gothic Revival Saint Ludmila Church (Josef Mocker, 1892) and a station of A metro line.

Waydowntown

The radio station CJAY 92 that plays "Start A Rumour Day" throughout the film is a real rock station in Calgary, with the station's actual DJs (the DJ "Bob", is Bob Steele, no longer with the station).

WBGR

WBGR-LP, a low-power television station (channel 33) licensed to Bangor/Dedham, Maine, United States

WBLN

WQQR, a radio station (94.7 FM) licensed to Clinton, Kentucky, United States, which used the call sign WBLN from March 1997 to March 1998

WFSU

WFSU-TV, a television station (channel 11 analog/32 digital) licensed to Tallahassee, Florida, United States

WJZ

WABC-TV, a television station (channel 7 analog/digital) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which used the call sign WJZ-TV from 1948 to 1953

WKLR

The station was, for many years, the flagship station for The College of William & Mary Tribe football and men's basketball.

WOLX-FM

(Moore and Elliott were previously teamed with longtime WOLX station personality Fletcher Keyes Fletch, who left the station in August 2010.) National voices include midday personality Ken Merson (voicetracked from Baltimore, MD), afternoon drive host Willie B (voicetracked from Entercom's Memphis cluster), and nationally-syndicated host Tom Kent at night.

WPRJ

Mainstream artists that were played on the station include Daughtry, U2, Jordin Sparks, Natasha Bedingfield, Hoobastank, Justin Bieber, Andy Grammer, and Carrie Underwood.

WRNO-FM

On April 1, 2008, the station switched to "Rush Radio," all day repeats of The Rush Limbaugh Show and a tape loop of Rush's theme song, the instrumental from My City Was Gone by The Pretenders, during times when the show was not playing.

WRSN

WKSL, a radio station (93.9 FM) licensed to serve Cary, North Carolina, United States, which held the call sign WRSN from 1996 to 2006

WUFR

WUFR-LP, a low-power radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to Umatilla, Florida, United States

WUIN

WLTT, a radio station (1180 AM) licensed to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, United States, briefly known as WUIN in January 2011

WXCT

The 990 frequency signed on in 1969 as WNTY, a daytime-only station that targeted Southington and nearby Bristol.


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