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{{short description|American radio station}}
{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WOLD-FM
| name = WOLD-FM
| image = [[Image:WOLD-FM 2014.PNG|200px]]
| logo = WOLD-FM 2014.PNG
| city = [[Marion, Virginia]]
| logo_size = 200px
| city = [[Marion, Virginia]]
| area = [[Southwest Virginia]]
| area = [[Southwest Virginia]]
| branding = ''"102.5 WOLD"''
| branding = ''102.5 WOLD''
| slogan = ''The Greatest Hits"''
| airdate = March 14, [[1968 in radio|1968]]
| airdate = March 14, [[1968 in radio|1968]]
| frequency = {{Frequency|[[102.5 FM]]|[[MHz]]}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|[[102.5 FM]]|[[MHz]]}}
| format = [[Classic rock]]
| format = [[Classic rock]]
| power = 440 [[Watt]]s
| power = 440 [[watt|Watts]]
| haat = {{convert|367|m|ft|sp=us}}
| haat = {{convert|367|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| class = A
| facility_id = 19477
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| coordinates = {{coord|36|54|10.0|N|81|32|17.0|W|type:landmark}}
| facility_id = 19477
| callsign_meaning =
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| coordinates = {{coord|36|54|10.0|N|81|32|17.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
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| affiliations = [[Cumulus Media Networks]]<br>[[Premiere Radio Networks]]<br>[[United Stations Radio Networks]]<br>Virginia Tech [[IMG College|IMG]] Sports Network
| former_callsigns =
| owner = TECO Broadcasting, Inc.
| owner = [[Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.]]
| licensee = T.E.C. 2 Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WZVA]]
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WOLD WOLD-FM Webstream]
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.1025wold.com/ WOLD-FM Online]
| website =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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| affiliations = [[Cumulus Media Networks]]<br>[[Premiere Radio Networks]]<br>[[United Stations Radio Networks]]<br>Virginia Tech [[IMG College|IMG]] Sports Network
}}
}}


'''WOLD-FM''' is a [[Classic rock]] formatted [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Marion, Virginia]], serving [[Southwest Virginia]].<ref name="Arbitron">{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI14&band=fm&callLetter=WOLD|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|accessdate=August 30, 2014|work=[[Nielsen Audio]]/[[Nielsen Holdings]]}}</ref> WOLD-FM is owned and operated by TECO Broadcasting, Inc.<ref name="FCC">{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WOLD|title=WOLD Facility Record|accessdate=August 30, 2014|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
'''WOLD-FM''' (102.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is an American [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve the [[city of license|community]] of [[Marion, Virginia]]. The station [[broadcasting|broadcasts]] a [[classic rock]] music format to [[Southwest Virginia]].<ref name="Arbitron">{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI14&band=fm&callLetter=WOLD |title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles |publisher=[[Nielsen Audio]]/[[Nielsen Holdings]] |access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref> WOLD-FM is owned and operated by [[Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.]]<ref name="FCC">{{cite web |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WOLD |title=WOLD Facility Record |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
WOLD-FM broadcasts a [[classic rock]] music [[radio format|format]] to the greater [[Marion, Virginia|Marion]]/[[Saltville, Virginia|Saltville]]/[[Tazewell, Virginia]], area.<ref name="arb1"/> Weekday programming includes ''[[The John Boy and Billy Big Show]]'' (from [[Premiere Radio Networks]]) in the mornings,<ref name="jboy"/> ''[[The Rick and Bubba Show]]'' afternoons and ''[[Nights with Alice Cooper]]'' (from [[United Stations Radio Networks]]) in late night.<ref name="abren"/> Weekend programming includes ''The Tim White Bluegrass Show''<ref name="twite"/> and [[Virginia Tech Hokies]] sports broadcasts.<ref name="abren"/><ref name="hokie"/>
WOLD-FM broadcasts a [[classic rock]] music [[radio format|format]] to the greater [[Marion, Virginia|Marion]]/[[Saltville, Virginia|Saltville]]/[[Tazewell, Virginia]], area.<ref name="arb1"/> Weekday programming includes ''[[The John Boy and Billy Big Show]]'' (from [[Premiere Radio Networks]]) in the mornings,<ref name="jboy"/> ''[[The Rick and Bubba Show]]'' afternoons and ''[[Nights with Alice Cooper]]'' (from [[United Stations Radio Networks]]) in late night.<ref name="abren"/> Weekend programming includes ''The Tim White Bluegrass Show''<ref name="twite"/> and [[Virginia Tech Hokies]] sports broadcasts.<ref name="abren"/><ref name="hokie"/>


==History==
==History==
[[Image:WOLD-FM 2009.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Former Classic Rock branding]]
[[Image:WOLD-FM Renegade logo.png|thumb|200px|left|Logo used under the station's former "Renegade" branding.]]
[[Image:WOLD-FM Renegade logo.png|thumb|200px|left|Logo used under the station's former "Renegade" branding.]]
WOLD-FM signed on in 1968 as a [[sister station]] to WOLD (1330 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]). The AM station is now licensed as [[WITM]] and owned by Praise and Glory Ministries based in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].
WOLD-FM signed on in 1968 as a [[sister station]] to WOLD (1330 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]). The AM station is now licensed as [[WHNK (AM)|WHNK]] and owned by Praise and Glory Ministries based in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].


In November 2007, longtime license holder Emerald Sound, Inc., reached an agreement with TECO Broadcasting, Inc., to transfer the broadcast license for WOLD-FM plus all of the station's assets for a published sale price of $400,000. In addition, TECO Broadcasting agreed to pay Emerald Sound owners Robert S. Dix and Patricia A. Dix $100,000 as "[[non-compete clause|non-compete]]" compensation. TECO Broadcasting is wholly owned by Tom Copenhaver, licensee for [[WZVA]]. The deal was accepted for filing by the FCC on January 30, 2008, approved on April 10, 2008, and the transaction consummated on May 1, 2008.<ref name="fcc28afi"/>
In November 2007, longtime license holder Emerald Sound, Inc., reached an agreement with TECO Broadcasting, Inc., to transfer the broadcast license for WOLD-FM plus all of the station's assets for a published sale price of $400,000. In addition, TECO Broadcasting agreed to pay Emerald Sound owners Robert S. Dix and Patricia A. Dix $100,000 as "[[non-compete clause|non-compete]]" compensation. TECO Broadcasting is wholly owned by Tom Copenhaver, licensee for [[WZVA]]. The deal was accepted for filing by the FCC on January 30, 2008, approved on April 10, 2008, and the transaction consummated on May 1, 2008.<ref name="fcc28afi"/>


In September 2010, the station's format shifted from pure classic rock to classic rock plus some [[country music]], branded as "The Renegade, rock with a twang".<ref name="abren"/>
In September 2010, the station's format shifted from pure classic rock to classic rock plus some [[country music]], branded as "The Renegade, rock with a twang".<ref name="abren"/>

In 2016, the station and then-sister station [[WZVA]] were purchased by CDM Broadcasting, Inc. However, effective January 31, 2018, both stations were sold back to T.E.C.O. Broadcasting in exchange for releasing CDM Broadcasting from the $651,039 promissory note related to the 2016 purchase.

Effective February 19, 2019, T.E.C.O. Broadcasting sold WOLD-FM to [[Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.]] for $165,000.


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
For his 1973 album ''[[Short Stories (Harry Chapin album)|Short Stories]]'', singer [[Harry Chapin]] wrote a song about an aging [[disc jockey]] who begins and ends his career at (fictional) FM radio station "WOLD" after stops as a late night talk show host at an unnamed station in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] and another stop at another unnamed station in [[Boise, Idaho]].<ref name="osb771103"/> The fictional W*O*L*D may not be located in Boise because the call letters of most US stations west of the Mississippi begin with "K" rather than "W." Radio Station WBAP (Dallas), WHO (Des Moines), WOAI (San Antonio), and other broadcasters licensed before the FCC rule change in 19xx kept their original call letters. The song, "[[WOLD (song)|W*O*L*D]]", would prove more popular with disc jockeys who could identify with the song than the general public, although it did reach #36 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in March 1974, almost exactly six years after the real WOLD-FM signed on in Virginia.<ref name="osb771103"/><ref name="bb740323"/><ref name="bc69"/> Chapin joked in interviews that it was "a hit for fifteen minutes".<ref name="ei791027"/>
For his 1973 album ''[[Short Stories (Harry Chapin album)|Short Stories]]'', singer [[Harry Chapin]] wrote a song about an aging [[disc jockey]] who begins and ends his career at (fictional) FM radio station "WOLD" after stops as a late night talk show host at an unnamed station in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] and another stop at another unnamed station in [[Boise, Idaho]].<ref name="osb771103"/> The song, "[[WOLD (song)|W*O*L*D]]", would prove more popular with disc jockeys who could identify with the song than the general public, although it did reach #36 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and became an international hit in March 1974, almost exactly six years after the real WOLD-FM signed on in Virginia.<ref name="osb771103"/><ref name="bb740323"/><ref name="bc69"/>


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="abren">{{cite web |publisher=102.5 The Renegade |title=On Air |url=http://www.1025therenegade.com/On-Air/10618998 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref>

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<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |publisher=[[Arbitron]] |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="bc69">{{cite book |title=1969 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=The Facilities of AM-FM Radio |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |year=1969 |page=B-169}}</ref>
<ref name="bc69">{{cite book |title=1969 Broadcasting Yearbook |chapter=The Facilities of AM-FM Radio |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |year=1969 |page=B-169}}</ref>
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<ref name="bb740323">{{cite news |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Hot 100 for Week Ending March 23, 1974 |format=PDF |url=http://www.top40radioshows.com/BB_1974-03-23.pdf |date=March 23, 1974 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="osb771103">{{cite news |first=Jesse |last=Lewis |work=[[Ocala Star-Banner]] |location=[[Ocala, FL]] |title=DJ's Off Mike: Tuning In On The Radio Rodeo |page=10A |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MJ9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ywUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6798,747634&dq=wold+chapin&hl=en |date=November 3, 1977 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="ei791027">{{cite news |work=[[St. Petersburg Independent]] |location=[[St Petersburg, FL]] |title=Rock, Storytellers And Jazz Fill November Concert Calendar |page=12D |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0bdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5437,3690787&dq=wold+chapin&hl=en |date=October 27, 1979 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |work=CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19477&Callsign=WOLD-FM |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="abren">{{cite web |publisher=102.5 The Renegade |title=On Air |url=http://www.1025therenegade.com/On-Air/10618998 |accessdate=July 29, 2012}}</ref>
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<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |publisher=[[Arbitron]] |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="fcc28afi">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20080128AFI) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1237906 |date=April 10, 2008 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="hokie">{{cite web |publisher=[[Virginia Tech Hokies]] |title=Virginia Tech Sports Network |url=http://www.hokiesports.com/radio/stations.html |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="jboy">{{cite web |publisher=John Boy & Billy Radio Network |title=The Big Show Info |url=http://www.bigshowinfo.com/current_affiliates.html |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="twite">{{cite web |publisher=The Tim White Bluegrass Show |title=Listen to the Show |url=http://www.thetimwhitebluegrassshow.com/pageDisplay.cfm?z_pid=200 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<ref name="bb740323">{{cite news |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Hot 100 for Week Ending March 23, 1974 |url=http://www.top40radioshows.com/BB_1974-03-23.pdf |date=March 23, 1974 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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==External Links==
* [http://www.1025wold.com/ 102.5 WOLD Online]
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* {{FM station data|WOLD}}


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<ref name="osb771103">{{cite news |first=Jesse |last=Lewis |work=[[Ocala Star-Banner]] |location=[[Ocala, FL]] |title=DJ's Off Mike: Tuning In On The Radio Rodeo |page=10A |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MJ9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ywUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6798,747634&dq=wold+chapin&hl=en |date=November 3, 1977 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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<!--<ref name="ei791027">{{cite news |work=[[St. Petersburg Independent]] |location=[[St Petersburg, FL]] |title=Rock, Storytellers And Jazz Fill November Concert Calendar |page=12D |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0bdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5437,3690787&dq=wold+chapin&hl=en |date=October 27, 1979 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>-->

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<!-- <ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |work=CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19477&Callsign=WOLD-FM |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref> -->

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<ref name="fcc28afi">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20080128AFI) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1237906 |date=April 10, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>

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<ref name="hokie">{{cite web |publisher=[[Virginia Tech Hokies]] |title=Virginia Tech Sports Network |url=http://www.hokiesports.com/radio/stations.html |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>

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<ref name="jboy">{{cite web |publisher=John Boy & Billy Radio Network |title=The Big Show Info |url=http://www.bigshowinfo.com/current_affiliates.html |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>

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<ref name="twite">{{cite web |publisher=The Tim White Bluegrass Show |title=Listen to the Show |url=http://www.thetimwhitebluegrassshow.com/pageDisplay.cfm?z_pid=200 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*{{FM station data|19477|WOLD-FM}}


{{SouthwestVA Radio}}
{{SouthwestVA Radio}}
{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Virginia}}
{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Virginia}}

[[Category:1968 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:Classic rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Classic rock radio stations in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 02:09, 12 July 2024

WOLD-FM
Broadcast areaSouthwest Virginia
Frequency102.5 FM MHz
Branding102.5 WOLD
Programming
FormatClassic rock
AffiliationsCumulus Media Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
March 14, 1968
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID19477
ClassA
Power440 Watts
HAAT367 meters (1,204 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°54′10.0″N 81°32′17.0″W / 36.902778°N 81.538056°W / 36.902778; -81.538056
Links
Public license information

WOLD-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia.[2] WOLD-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.[3]

Programming

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WOLD-FM broadcasts a classic rock music format to the greater Marion/Saltville/Tazewell, Virginia, area.[4] Weekday programming includes The John Boy and Billy Big Show (from Premiere Radio Networks) in the mornings,[5] The Rick and Bubba Show afternoons and Nights with Alice Cooper (from United Stations Radio Networks) in late night.[6] Weekend programming includes The Tim White Bluegrass Show[7] and Virginia Tech Hokies sports broadcasts.[6][8]

History

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Logo used under the station's former "Renegade" branding.

WOLD-FM signed on in 1968 as a sister station to WOLD (1330 AM). The AM station is now licensed as WHNK and owned by Praise and Glory Ministries based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In November 2007, longtime license holder Emerald Sound, Inc., reached an agreement with TECO Broadcasting, Inc., to transfer the broadcast license for WOLD-FM plus all of the station's assets for a published sale price of $400,000. In addition, TECO Broadcasting agreed to pay Emerald Sound owners Robert S. Dix and Patricia A. Dix $100,000 as "non-compete" compensation. TECO Broadcasting is wholly owned by Tom Copenhaver, licensee for WZVA. The deal was accepted for filing by the FCC on January 30, 2008, approved on April 10, 2008, and the transaction consummated on May 1, 2008.[9]

In September 2010, the station's format shifted from pure classic rock to classic rock plus some country music, branded as "The Renegade, rock with a twang".[6]

In 2016, the station and then-sister station WZVA were purchased by CDM Broadcasting, Inc. However, effective January 31, 2018, both stations were sold back to T.E.C.O. Broadcasting in exchange for releasing CDM Broadcasting from the $651,039 promissory note related to the 2016 purchase.

Effective February 19, 2019, T.E.C.O. Broadcasting sold WOLD-FM to Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. for $165,000.

[edit]

For his 1973 album Short Stories, singer Harry Chapin wrote a song about an aging disc jockey who begins and ends his career at (fictional) FM radio station "WOLD" after stops as a late night talk show host at an unnamed station in Tulsa, Oklahoma and another stop at another unnamed station in Boise, Idaho.[10] The song, "W*O*L*D", would prove more popular with disc jockeys who could identify with the song than the general public, although it did reach #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became an international hit in March 1974, almost exactly six years after the real WOLD-FM signed on in Virginia.[10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOLD-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "WOLD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Big Show Info". John Boy & Billy Radio Network. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "On Air". 102.5 The Renegade. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Listen to the Show". The Tim White Bluegrass Show. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  8. ^ "Virginia Tech Sports Network". Virginia Tech Hokies. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  9. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-20080128AFI)". FCC Media Bureau. April 10, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Lewis, Jesse (November 3, 1977). "DJ's Off Mike: Tuning In On The Radio Rodeo". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, FL. p. 10A. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  11. ^ "Hot 100 for Week Ending March 23, 1974" (PDF). Billboard. March 23, 1974. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  12. ^ "The Facilities of AM-FM Radio". 1969 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-169.
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