Radio Stations Established in 1956 - Kowl, Waxq, Wbz-FM, Wtub, Kohu, Wmrc, Kqik, Wmjx, Wyam, Wfhk, Wmcr, Wovm, Kbmo, Wjbr-FM, Wlkw, Kydz, Wdsp (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 100. Not illustrated. Chapters: Kowl, Waxq, Wbz-Fm, Wtub, Kohu, Wmrc, Kqik, Wmjx, Wyam, Wfhk, Wmcr, Wovm, Kbmo, Wjbr-Fm, Wlkw, Kydz, Wdsp, Wzky, Wrwr, Koly, 1956 in Radio, Kdox, Kalv, Wjyp, Kzee. Excerpt: KOWL - KOWL broadcasts a news/talk radio format including local news, local talk, hourly updates from CBS News, and a number of nationally-syndicated radio shows. Weekday syndicated programming includes talk shows hosted by Jim Bohannon, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, consumer advocate Clark Howard, former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, medical expert Dr. Dean Edell, and author Laura Ingraham, plus Coast To Coast AM with George Noory. Notable weekend programming includes a block of big band music and computer advice from The Kim Komando Show. This station signed on in November 1956, broadcasting with 250 watts of power on a frequency of 1490 kHz, and licensed to serve the community of Bijou, California. The new station was assigned the KOWL call sign by the Federal Communications Commission. KOWL owner Robert Burdette also served as the station's first general manager and program director. Although the station was licensed to serve Bijou, California, KOWL's original radio studios were located inside the Harrah's Stateline Club, a casino in Stateline, Nevada. The station's original transmitter, a Gates BC-250L "Hi-Watter" AM transmitter, and broadcast tower were installed roughly two miles south of the casino in South Lake Tahoe, California. Barely 18 months after it launched, Burdette sold KOWL to Tahoe Broadcasters, Inc., in May 1958. Ed Frech took the reins as president with John J. Murphy as general manager. Just five years later, Tahoe Broadcasters, Inc., sold the station to a new company called KOWL, Inc., in a transaction that was consummated on June 1, 1963. The new owners applied for and, in late 1963, received a const...