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23-1044: La Mega may refer to: Companies [ edit ] La Mega Media , an American media company Radio stations [ edit ] KXOL-FM in Los Angeles, California WMEG and WEGM in Puerto Rico WOXY (FM) in Mason, Ohio WSKQ-FM in New York City WSTL in Providence, Rhode Island WTIS in Tampa, Florida WTKZ in Allentown, Pennsylvania WWLA (FM) in Johnstown, Ohio See also [ edit ] Mega (disambiguation) The Megas (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

46-543: A few seasons of Cincinnati Cyclones hockey and some other weekend sports programming separate from the FM. In 1991, American Media sold the stations to National Radio Partners, which eventually changed its name to Chancellor Media and was later known as AMFM Inc. AMFM eventually merged with Clear Channel in 2000. On December 29, 1994, 1230 AM became All-Sports as "The Score." It swapped programming with sister station WKYN 1160 (which later became WBOB) on March 25, 1996. (Despite

69-482: A formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32 , which notified 164 stations, including WFBE, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However,

92-732: A monthly publication to a weekly one, the Spanish Journal Network resumed broadcasts of Radio en Español in Spring 2005 on WDBZ 1230 AM, airing each Sunday with six hours of programming. TSJ Media operates three Spanish-language radio stations, two of which it took over under Gate West Coast ownership, the third under Murray Hill Broadcasting: In addition to its Spanish-language radio stations, TSJ Media also operated WVKO (1580 AM) , an English-language classic hits station in Columbus, Ohio. WDBZ WDBZ (1230 AM )

115-591: Is a radio station serving Cincinnati, Ohio . The station mostly plays urban talk while also providing urban oldies and urban contemporary gospel music. Owned by Urban One , its studios are located at Centennial Plaza in Downtown Cincinnati and its transmitter site is in Eden Park . WDBZ is one of the oldest Cincinnati radio stations. The station was originally licensed on December 8, 1924, as WFBE, with 20 watts on 1330 kHz to John Van de Walle of

138-487: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages La Mega Media The media company was founded in 1999 as TSJ Media , parent company of the monthly broadsheet newspaper The Spanish Journal ( Spanish : La Jornada Latina ), which was published in Cincinnati. In 2006, TSJ News was bought by Blue Ash, Ohio –based Gate West Coast Ventures, LLC, which also owns

161-490: The 1230 AM frequency broadcast at 1,000 watts during the day and 250 watts at night, which made its nighttime audience reach extremely limited. On this date, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted DKM the ability to broadcast the 1230 frequency at 1,000 watts 24 hours a day. Incidentally, for many years the 1230 frequency broadcast from a tower located on top of a 5-story building on

184-861: The 3 radio stations – La Mega 103.1 FM in Columbus, La Mega 97.7 FM in Cincinnati, La Mega 87.7 FM in Cleveland, Newspaper La Mega Nota and the La Mega1 App La Mega Media's print publications La Mega Nota are centrally produced in Cincinnati Ohio, while ads are sold by local staff throughout Ohio and Pittsburgh, PA. For the most part, the La Mega Nota publications are written in Spanish, although some sections may be written in English for ESL students. In September 2001,

207-406: The Spanish Journal Network had a talk show on Christian radio station WTSJ 1050 AM (now WGRI ; the calls standing for its initials were coincidental), called Noticiero Latino–Radio en Español . It ended on December 26, 2005 due to the end of their time brokerage agreement on that station. After launching an information-by-telephone service ( iNFO-TELEFONO ) and converting the newspaper from

230-822: The Van De Walle Music & Radio Co. at 208 West Second Street in Seymour, Indiana . The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. In late 1926, the station moved to Cincinnati, now owned by the Garfield Place Hotel Co. (Robert A. Casey). Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927. In addition, they were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file

253-663: The call letters WDBZ were adopted at the same time. The format was changed to "Community and Inspiration" - a mix of talk and gospel music - in late 2008. The "Buzz" moniker was later dropped in favor of identifying using the WDBZ call letters. After a long LMA, Radio One took official ownership of WDBZ in 2007. On December 4, 2015, WDBZ changed their format from talk to gospel, branded as "Praise 1230". On January 5, 2017, WDBZ adopted sister WOSL 's urban oldies format and rebranded as "Soul 101.5" (in reference to translator W268CM (101.5 FM)); concurrently, WOSL shifted to urban AC ). With

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276-512: The call letters to WMLX . In 1984, Schering-Plough divested its radio division and sold the 1230 AM and 105.1 FM frequencies (along with its other seven stations around the country) to DKM Broadcasting headed by former Cox Radio executive, James Wesley, and formed with the backing of investment firm DKM ( Dyson Kissner-Moran ), for the initial purpose of acquiring the Plough Broadcasting radio properties. Until December 15, 1984,

299-503: The eastern edge of downtown Cincinnati and was partially inhibited by the hillside of Mount Adams, Ohio which rose right behind and to the east of the building. (The current tower site is in Eden Park on a former Cincinnati Police communications tower.) On January 1, 1985, the call letters changed to WDJO and the station adopted an oldies format. In 1986, both WDJO and WUBE-FM were sold to American Media Inc. On January 17, 1990,

322-550: The move, some Bengals play-by-play aired on 1230 at that time, as WUBE & WUBE-FM were the official flagship stations of the Bengals from 1997-1999.) After the move, WUBE aired a " modern standards "-based music format called "Retro Radio", but in January 1998, this was dropped in favor of returning to sports, simulcasting some programs with WBOB to make up for individual signal deficiencies on both stations. The stronger 1160 AM

345-459: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title La Mega . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Mega&oldid=1255078720 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

368-488: The station along with their FM sister (which was renamed WUBE-FM), until the late 1970s, when they sold all their radio properties to Plough Broadcasting, then a part of the pharmaceutical company, Schering-Plough . After partially simulcasting with its FM sister station for years, the station changed to a Big Band / Nostalgia format in September 1981 using Al Hamm's syndicated " Music of Your Life " service and changed

391-563: The station in October 1935, renaming it WCPO after The Cincinnati Post . (Scripps-Howard Broadcasting would later launch sister stations WCPO-TV and WCPO-FM .) In March 1941, most of the stations on 1200 kHz, including WCPO, moved to 1230 kHz, as part of the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement . WCPO was Cincinnati's first Top 40/Rock 'n' Roll station, and

414-424: The station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed. On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40 . WFBE was assigned to 1200 kHz. It was the weakest of three stations in Cincinnati. Scripps-Howard Newspapers (now the E. W. Scripps Company ) purchased

437-504: The station to Kaye-Smith Broadcasting whose principals were entertainer Danny Kaye and business associate Lester Smith, in January 1966. On January 15, 1966, the station call letters were changed to WUBE, and almost the entire air staff was replaced. After another three-year run as a Top-40 station under the direction of legendary programmer Bill Drake as "1-2-3-W-B", it became a country music -formatted station in April 1969. They operated

460-461: The station's format changed to a simulcast of sister country station WUBE-FM. The station held on to the WDJO call letters to keep them from going to another broadcaster who may have wanted to do an FM oldies format. (An FM oldies station did emerge that month as WGRR .) The WUBE call letters appeared on 1230 AM for the first time in almost ten years on March 16, 1990. During this time, the station aired

483-535: The translation company Strategic Spanish. As a division of Gate West Coast, TSJ expanded to several other markets in the Midwestern United States . In 2019 TSJ Media, TSJ News and TSJ Radio was bought by Columbus, Ohio -based La Mega Media, Inc., creating the largest Hispanic media platform in the Midwest. La Mega Media's new service model offers content, promotions and entertainment by integrating

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506-610: Was in the format from 1956 until it was sold in 1966. WCPO encountered serious competition from the stronger WSAI 1360 when that station entered the Top 40 format in July 1961. WSAI broadcast with 5,000 watts day and night, while WCPO broadcast with 1,000 watts during the day and only 250 watts at night. Some of the DJs on WCPO in the 1960s included Shad O'Shea, Mike Gavin, Bob Keith, Mark Edwards, Gary Allyn, Ron Beach and Gary Cory. Scripps-Howard sold

529-487: Was known as "BOB", while 1230 AM was known as "BOB 2", in a vein similar to ESPN and ESPN2 cable networks. The station was sold to Blue Chip Broadcasting in 2000 as part of the AMFM/Clear Channel merger, while WBOB was sold to Salem Communications . In addition, sister WUBE-FM was sold to Infinity Broadcasting. Blue Chip then launched the "Buzz" format consisting of urban talk programs on August 23, 2000, and

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