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36-425: WMAL may refer to: Broadcasting [ edit ] WMAL-FM , a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, United States WSBN , a radio station (630 AM) licensed to Washington, District of Columbia, United States, which held the call sign WMAL from 1925 to 2019 WLVW , a radio station (107.3 FM) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States, which held

72-404: A 10% audience share. The figure counts WMAL's history on 630 AM, then its transfer to FM, not the ratings on 105.9 FM at the time. Fox News Radio In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one-minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One . With the success of the one-minute updates, Fox opted to make a full foray into network radio news services and began hiring

108-991: A few hours. The current hour's file is usually available within 10 minutes of its broadcast, i.e., by a quarter past the hour. Newscasts are regularly anchored by Dave Anthony , Lisa Brady, Lisa Lacerra , Chris Foster, Pam Puso, Paul Stevens , Jack Callaghan, Carmen Roberts, Lilian Woo and Chris DeMeo. Correspondents include Gurnal Scott and Tonya J. Powers in New York City ; Jared Halpern ( Capitol Hill ), Sean Langille and Rachel Sutherland in Washington, D.C. ; Jessica Rosenthal and entertainment reporter Michelle Pollino in Los Angeles ; Jeff Monosso reports from Chicago and Eben Brown reports from Miami . Foreign correspondents include Jonathan Savage in London . Hilarie Barsky and Ginny Kosola are business news reporters. Jared Max

144-443: A five-minute newscast at the beginning of each hour or a one-minute newscast which runs at the beginning of the hour or at 30 minutes after the hour. Breaking news reports (dubbed 'Fox News Alerts'), business news updates, correspondent and expert interviews, special broadcasts marking historic or newsworthy events, anchored live coverage and clean feeds of news events complete the affiliate service package. Affiliates also have access to

180-484: A long-term extension of their broadcast agreement for Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, and Fox News Headlines 24/7 Channel to continue to be distributed via SiriusXM. The agreement also included Fox News primetime programming to be made available on-demand via SiriusXM and Pandora. On June 8, 2020, Fox News Media and SiriusXM announced the rollout of their planned expansion, with all Fox News Podcasts’ original programming now being available via Pandora. Additionally,

216-464: A mix of country and Southern gospel music daily from 6 a.m. until midnight. Beginning in September 1967 it simulcast with WPIK , a co-owned station on 730 AM. Although WXRA was run from the same Alexandria studios as WPIK, WXRA's city of license has always been Woodbridge. On December 31, 1967, WXRA debuted a full-time country format in response to listener requests. The station was assigned

252-475: A panorama of the day's news "from Hollywood to Wall Street to Main Street." News is presented in fifteen-minute blocks. Six anchors each day are assigned to eight-hour air shifts, with one hour on and one hour off over the course of the shift. Additional features include sports at :05/:35, business at :12/:42 and entertainment news at :28/:58. The station does not suspend its format for breaking news coverage , which

288-708: A staff of 60 radio professionals. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio began providing hourly five-minute newscasts at the beginning of each hour and a one-minute newscast at the half-hour mark. At its launch, 60 stations were signed up for the network. Many more joined under a deal struck between Fox and Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia ), the largest owner of radio stations in America. This allowed many Clear Channel stations to carry Fox News Radio newscasts and allowed Fox News Radio to use and nationally distribute news content produced by Clear Channel. Several of those stations ended decades-long relationships dating back to

324-570: A variety of hosts, until March 9, 2020, when Jimmy Failla was named the permanent host of the show. In January 2024, Fox News Radio added the one-hour Will Cain Show to its talk radio line-up. Cain had been doing a podcast for Fox and is the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend on the Fox News Channel. During prime time hours, the AM/FM syndicated version of Fox News Radio carries

360-419: A web site with a constantly updating selection of newsmaker audio and correspondent reports. The five minute audio version of the hourly newscast consists of two minutes of news, one minute of advertisements or Fox promotions and two more minutes of news. In February 2017 the audio version eliminated the commercial break at the two-minute mark, so that the newscast ran for only four minutes. The commercial minute

396-577: Is a radio station licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia , serving the Washington, D.C. Metro area . WMAL-FM airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media . The station's studios are located at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland , and the transmitter site is in Falls Church, Virginia , off Lee Highway . WMAL-FM is co-owned with sports radio station WSBN at 630 kHz ;

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432-437: Is a sports news reporter. Fox News Radio syndicates the following weekday talk radio programs: In June 2017, Fox News Radio re-organized its talk show line up. After over a decade as "Kilmeade and Friends," the 9   a.m. show was re-branded as "The Brian Kilmeade Show." The noon show, which had been hosted by John Gibson , was turned over to Todd Starnes . The 3   p.m. show, which had been hosted by Tom Sullivan ,

468-440: Is the role of Fox News Channel. The slogans are "The news you want, the moment you want it" and "It's news, ready when you are". It is a companion channel to the audio simulcasts of the Fox News Channel on SiriusXM 114 and Fox Business on SiriusXM 113. The Fox News Radio Network provides around-the-clock newscasts at the beginning of each hour and at 30 minutes past the hour. Depending on a station's affiliation, it either receives

504-461: The Fox News Talk name remains as part of an internal distribution service Fox Corporation provides though its existing audio distribution agreement with iHeartMedia for its talk shows. In late 2015, Fox News Radio began offering Fox News Headlines 24/7 exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers on Channel 115. It's a live-anchored all news channel with a dedicated editorial staff, providing

540-531: The Golden Age of Radio with CBS Radio News and ABC News Radio to carry Fox News Radio. Fox also produced Fox News Talk , a long-form network with conservative talk programs featuring Fox News personalities. The programs are broadcast on terrestrial radio stations in the United States and were formerly found at SiriusXM Satellite Radio's digital platform on Channel 450. Channel 450 also carried

576-529: The call sign WVKX on September 9, 1980, followed by WPKX-FM on December 9, 1981. It kept the country format but began calling itself "Kix 106". On January 27, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WCXR-FM and instituted its first classic rock format, known as "Classic Rock 105.9". The classic rock format, which was just beginning to take hold in 1986, was considered experimental and debuted to high interest and ratings before eventually falling to more normal levels. The simulcast with 730 AM, now known as WCXR,

612-506: The 3   p.m. show. Todd Starnes provided weekday commentaries and hosted the 12   p.m. to 3   p.m. show from July 2017 until October 2019 when he was fired by Fox News for remarks made during a Fox Nation discussion in which Starnes agreed with a guest that Democrats worship Moloch , an ancient demon god. Starnes' 12   p.m. to 3   p.m. program was replaced by the Fox Across America program which had

648-593: The WMAL call sign and talk format originated on that station, and the two stations simulcast from 2011 to 2019. Weekday mornings on WMAL-FM start with O'Connor & Company with Larry O'Connor . At 9 a.m., Chris Plante hosts a nationally syndicated show, based at WMAL-FM. Vince Coglianese is heard in afternoon drive time . The rest of the schedule features nationally syndicated programs: The Dan Bongino Show , The Mark Levin Show , The Ben Shapiro Show , CBS Eye on

684-536: The Washington area. The station was on the air between 1948 and 1950 and licensed to Silver Spring, Maryland ; therefore it is unrelated to the existing station, which is licensed to Woodbridge . The call sign WMAL-FM was also used in the Washington market on the 107.3 MHz facility, known as WLVW , from 1948 through 1977. On December 25, 1958, the station that would become WMAL-FM first signed on as WBVA. After several callsign changes, this station became known as WXRA, and during most of its early history it ran

720-565: The Who and " Hello, Goodbye " by the Beatles . The station filed a request to change its call sign to WMAL-FM, which became official on September 26, 2011. On June 13, 2019, it was announced that WMAL would switch to ESPN Radio on July 1, 2019, leaving the news/talk format exclusive to WMAL-FM. In April 2020, WMAL took the #1 spot in the ratings for the first time since the fall of 1986, beating competitors WAMU and WTOP-FM , while achieving

756-518: The World with John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio . Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate and gardening, many of which are paid brokered programming , along with repeats of weekday shows. Most weekday hours feature local news at the beginning of each hour. Fox News Radio is carried at the beginning of most hours during nights and weekends. Before the existing station was founded, an earlier station, called WHIP, broadcast on 105.9 FM in

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792-760: The audio from Fox News Channel's commentary programs ( The Five , Tucker Carlson Tonight , Hannity and The Ingraham Angle ) on a delay . The SiriusXM version of the Fox News Talk offers these feeds live on Sirius XM channel 114, so the Sirius XM Channel 450 feed instead carries repeats of Fox News Talk's daytime radio shows. Repeats of weekday shows also air over the weekend, along with several once-a-week talk shows, including I'll Tell You What with Dana Perino and Chris Stirewalt, and From Washington with Jared Halpern, and Fox News Sunday . On September 4, 2019, SiriusXM and Fox News announced

828-418: The call sign WMAL-FM from 1949 to 1977 WJLA-TV , a television station (channel 7) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States, which held the call sign WMAL-TV from 1947 to 1977 Technology [ edit ] Windows Media Audio Lossless an encoding standard for lossless audio compression. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

864-428: The channel on June 1, 2007. In September 2007, Tom Sullivan joined Fox News Radio and helped launch Fox Business. Ten years later, Sullivan left Fox News in 2017 to join a national syndicator with his radio show. Also carried was Westwood One 's syndicated The Radio Factor with former FNC personality Bill O'Reilly . O'Reilly was moved out of the live time slot on January 15, 2009, anticipating his departure from

900-534: The exclusivity deal was broken and the FNC simulcast returned to Sirius on March 14, 2006, along with the new Fox News Talk channel. In April 2006, morning show host Tony Snow left the network when he became White House Press Secretary . Replacing him was the duo of Brian Kilmeade , and Andrew Napolitano as Brian and the Judge . Napolitano left the show in 2010, leaving Kilmeade to host solo. XM Radio Canada added

936-457: The five-minute Fox Newscast at the start of each hour and the one-minute Fox News update at 30 minutes after each hour. After advertising from XM Satellite Radio regarding a new exclusivity deal for Fox News content, FNC's full-time audio simulcast was pulled from Sirius Satellite Radio on January 1, 2006. Fox News Talk launched on XM the next day. After listener demand, along with some FNC hosts wanting listeners of both services to have access,

972-475: The show on February 26 of that year. Fox News announced it would move John Gibson to the noon-to-3 p.m. time slot, after Bill O'Reilly left the time slot. Gibson also left Fox News Talk in June 2017. On May 4, 2011, Fox News Talk moved to XM 126 from XM 168 and to Sirius 126 from Sirius 145. By the end, it was carried on both Sirius and XM's channel 450. The Fox News Talk service ended on October 12, 2019. However,

1008-531: The station flipped to a simulcast of co-owned talk station WMAL . With a media market as concerned with news and politics as Washington, management believed the AM station's news/talk format would be strengthened by simulcasting on the powerful FM signal of 105.9. Additionally, simulcasting on FM filled in a significant gap in the AM station's nighttime coverage; WMAL must power down to 2,700 watts at sundown. The last songs on "105.9 The Edge" were " The Song Is Over " by

1044-533: The title WMAL . 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=WMAL&oldid=905211738 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WMAL-FM WMAL-FM (105.9 MHz ) – branded 105.9 FM WMAL –

1080-685: Was " Windy " by The Association , while the first song on "The Edge" was " Livin' on the Edge " by Aerosmith . The format shift made 105.9 as the DC market's only classic rock station, though WBIG-FM broadcast a lighter "classic hits" format. On September 17, 2009, the station changed its call letters to WVRX. On July 7, 2010, WVRX added a local morning drive program with Washington/ Baltimore radio veterans Kirk McEwen and Mike O'Meara called Kirk and Mike . Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. Three days later, on September 19, 2011, at noon,

1116-582: Was broken off around this time. In 1989, WCXR's owners, the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation, sold ten stations including WCXR to Group W . Just four years later, in mid-1993, Group W sold WCXR to Viacom . This fueled rumors of a format change. Viacom elected to keep the format but fired the station's entire air staff, with company officially taking control on November 1, 1993. A new smooth jazz format, called "Smooth Jazz 105.9," debuted on September 30, 1994. This

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1152-535: Was part of the Walt Disney Company . Citadel Broadcasting bought ABC Radio from Disney in 2007. At 3:00 pm on February 29, 2008, after a brief statement was read thanking the staff and listeners of "Smooth Jazz 105.9", Citadel Broadcasting changed the format of WJZW to oldies. All on-air employees were fired as a part of the format shift. The first song on the new format was " Respect " by Aretha Franklin . Initially, no local live on-air talent

1188-501: Was restored in May 2017, returning it to a five-minute newscast. It is available as a podcast . As of 2011, typically only one MP3 file, the most recent one, is available at any time. The Eastern Time hour number converted to 24-hour time is incorporated into the file name (for example, 5minpodcast21.mp3 for 9   pm). However, if there has been exceptional news (a "Fox News Alert"), the file for that hour's podcast will be retained for

1224-423: Was spurred on, at least in part, by the format changes of WLTT (now WIAD ) to classic rock and of WJZE (now WBIG-FM ) to oldies . The call letters became WJZW on October 17. In February 1997, Viacom sold 10 stations, including WJZW, to Chancellor Broadcasting. To comply with FCC limits on the number of radio stations that can be owned by one company, Chancellor sold WJZW on April 14, 1997, to ABC Radio , which

1260-489: Was turned over to Tom Shillue . Sullivan continues on his flagship Sacramento radio stations KFBK and KFBK-FM , and affiliates via syndication by Talk Media Network. Alan Colmes , who hosted the 6   p.m. to 9   p.m. slot, died unexpectedly on February 23, 2017. On May 7, 2018, a new program Benson & Harf debuted from 6   p.m. to 8   p.m.; it was discontinued in May 2019 when Harf left Fox News Radio and Guy Benson replaced Tom Shillue as host of

1296-575: Was utilized, with the station instead relying on a satellite delivered service, Scott Shannon 's The True Oldies Channel . Imus in the Morning was added as the new morning show after his move to Citadel's WABC . The mainly automated format which featured little to no flow with the mainly political Imus show quickly made it non-viable to most area listeners. On August 26, 2009, at 10 a.m., WJZW reverted its format back to classic rock, this time as "105.9 The Edge". The last song played on "True Oldies"

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