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78-475: By day, WQAM broadcasts at 4,100 watts . But to protect other stations on 560 AM from interference, at night power is reduced to 1,000 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna . The transmitter site is on NE 71st Street near NE 4th Avenue in the Little River neighborhood of Miami. WQAM is one of Florida's oldest radio stations. According to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) records,

156-668: A Burger King commercial, but returned in 2002 after negotiating to have Shaggy become a vegetarian once again. Kasem was active in politics, supporting Lebanese-American and Arab-American causes, an interest triggered by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon . He wrote a brochure, "Arab-Americans: Making a Difference", published by the Arab American Institute . He called for a fairer depiction of heroes and villains on behalf of all cultures in Disney 's 1994 sequel to Aladdin called The Return of Jafar . In 1996, he

234-457: A country music format. The station was known as Sun Country WQAM On September 23rd 1985, Sunshine Wireless bought WQAM from Storz broadcasting. At that time, AM radio was getting heavy competition from FM competitors and young people were increasingly tuning in FM stations for their hit music. Sunshine Wireless now had an AM country station, with personality DJs, NBC News, and local information. WQAM

312-558: A light bulb with a power rating of 100 W is turned on for one hour, the energy used is 100 watt hours (W·h), 0.1 kilowatt hour, or 360  kJ . This same amount of energy would light a 40-watt bulb for 2.5 hours, or a 50-watt bulb for 2 hours. Power stations are rated using units of power, typically megawatts or gigawatts (for example, the Three Gorges Dam in China is rated at approximately 22 gigawatts). This reflects

390-745: A popular music epicenter appealed to Kasem, having been aware of WERE 's Bill Randle dating back to when Randle worked in Detroit. Kasem identified himself as "Casey at the Mike" owing to varied misspellings of his name in both contemporary news accounts and station promos. Kasem's tenure in Cleveland was a brief but successful one, entering the market "with a vengeance" against Top 40 stations WHK and KYW . Within three months, Kasem reached second place behind WHK in ratings surveys on weeknights and number one on Saturday nights. Kasem's predecessor in

468-416: A birthday present for his wife, Jean. In 2013, Kasem and his wife put the home on the market for US$ 43 million. After the dueling lawsuits between Kasem family members were settled, the property was re-listed in 2021 for US$ 37.9 million. In October 2013, Kerri Kasem announced her father had Parkinson's disease , diagnosed in 2007. However, a few months later, she said he had Lewy body dementia , which

546-553: A cameo in Ghostbusters , reprising his role as the host of American Top 40 . In 1983 Kasem helped found the American Video Awards , an annual music video awards show taped for distribution for television, which he also hosted and co-produced. His goal was to make it the "Oscars" of music videos. There were only five award shows. The final show aired in 1987. In 1988, Kasem left American Top 40 because of

624-458: A contract dispute with ABC Radio Network . He signed a five-year, $ 15 million contract with Westwood One and started Casey's Top 40 , which used a different chart, the Radio & Records Contemporary (CHR) /Pop radio airplay chart (also employed contemporaneously by Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 ). He also hosted two shorter versions of the show, Casey's Hot 20 and Casey's Countdown. During

702-599: A desire to explore other avenues such as writing a memoir. He sent a press release announcing he would retire from radio on the July 4 weekend, the 39th anniversary of the first countdown show. Kasem also performed TV commercial voice-overs throughout his career, appearing in more than 100 commercials. In 2002, Kasem returned to the role of Shaggy, agreeing to continue on the condition that his character returned to vegetarianism (based on his personal lifestyle). In 2009, he retired from voice acting, with his final performance being

780-468: A judge had granted Kerri Kasem a temporary restraining order to prevent Jean Kasem from cremating the body in order to allow an autopsy to be performed. However, when Kerri Kasem went to give a copy of the order to the funeral home, she was informed that the body had been moved at the direction of Jean Kasem. Kasem's wife had the body moved to a funeral home in Montreal on July 14, 2014. On August 14, it

858-425: A natural quality of huskiness in the midrange of my voice that I call 'garbage,'" he stated to The New York Times . "It's not a clear-toned announcer's voice. It's more like the voice of the guy next door." Kasem was a dedicated vegan , supported animal rights and environmental causes , and was a critic of factory farming . He initially quit voicing Shaggy in the mid to late 1990s when asked to voice Shaggy in

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936-422: A new contract to continue hosting his weekly adult contemporary countdown shows in the interim, which at the time were both titled American Top 20 . In 2005 Kasem renewed his deal with Premiere Radio Networks to continue hosting his shows, one of which had been reduced to ten songs and was retitled American Top 10 to reflect the change. In April 2005, a television special called American Top 40 Live aired on

1014-574: A number of other progressive causes, including affordable housing and the rights of the homeless . Kasem was married to Linda Myers from 1972 to 1979. They had three children: Mike , Julie and Kerri Kasem . Kasem was married to actress Jean Thompson from 1980 until his death in 2014. They had one child, Liberty Jean Kasem. In 1989, Kasem purchased a home built in 1954 and located at 138 North Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles , previously owned by developer Abraham M. Lurie , as

1092-455: A part of that show. From 1989 to 1998, Kasem hosted Nick at Nite 's New Year's Eve countdown of the top reruns of the year. He also made cameo appearances on Saved by the Bell and ALF in the 1990s. In 1997, after having voiced Shaggy Rogers on an episode of Johnny Bravo , Kasem quit his role in a dispute over a Burger King commercial, with Billy West and Scott Innes taking over

1170-440: A period of one year: equivalent to approximately 114 megawatts of constant power output. The watt-second is a unit of energy, equal to the joule . One kilowatt hour is 3,600,000 watt seconds. While a watt per hour is a unit of rate of change of power with time, it is not correct to refer to a watt (or watt-hour) as a watt per hour. Casey Kasem Kemal Amin " Casey " Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014)

1248-487: A small role in another biker movie, The Cycle Savages, starring Bruce Dern and Melody Patterson , and The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (also with Dern). Kasem's voice was the key to his career. In 1964 during the Beatlemania craze, Kasem had a minor hit single called "Letter from Elaina", a spoken-word recording that told the story of a girl who met George Harrison after a San Francisco Beatles concert. At

1326-448: A trivia fact about an unnamed singer before a commercial break, then provided the name of the singer after returning from the break. Kasem ended the program with his signature sign-off, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." The show debuted on seven stations but soon went nationwide. In October 1978, the show expanded from three hours to four. American Top 40 's success spawned several imitators, including

1404-541: A turbine, which generates 648 MW e (i.e. electricity). Other SI prefixes are sometimes used, for example gigawatt electrical (GW e ). The International Bureau of Weights and Measures , which maintains the SI-standard, states that further information about a quantity should not be attached to the unit symbol but instead to the quantity symbol (e.g., P th = 270 W rather than P = 270 W th ) and so these unit symbols are non-SI. In compliance with SI,

1482-495: A unit of time, namely 1 J/s. In this new definition, 1 absolute watt = 1.00019 international watts. Texts written before 1948 are likely to be using the international watt, which implies caution when comparing numerical values from this period with the post-1948 watt. In 1960, the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures adopted the absolute watt into the International System of Units (SI) as

1560-433: A weekly half-hour music video television show, America's Top 10 , hosted by Kasem himself. "When we first went on the air, I thought we would be around for at least 20 years," he later remarked. "I knew the formula worked. I knew people tuned in to find out what the number 1 record was." Because of his great knowledge of music, Kasem became known for his commentaries on music history that he interspersed with trivia about

1638-424: Is done is one watt. 1   W = 1   J / s = 1   N ⋅ m / s = 1   k g ⋅ m 2 ⋅ s − 3 . {\displaystyle \mathrm {1~W=1~J{/}s=1~N{\cdot }m{/}s=1~kg{\cdot }m^{2}{\cdot }s^{-3}} .} In terms of electromagnetism , one watt

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1716-506: Is for Losers", and appeared on Police Story , Quincy, M.E. and Switch . In 1977, Kasem was hired as the narrator for the ABC sitcom Soap , but quit after the pilot episode because of the show's controversial content. Rod Roddy took his place on the program. For a period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, he was the staff announcer for the NBC television network. In 1984, Kasem made

1794-752: Is hard to differentiate from Parkinson's. His condition left him unable to speak during his final months. As Kasem's health worsened in 2013, his wife Jean prevented any contact with him, particularly by his children from his first marriage. On October 1, 2013, the children protested in front of the Kasem home. Some of Kasem's friends and colleagues, and his brother Mouner, joined the protest. The older Kasem children sought conservatorship over their father's care. The court denied their petition in November. Jean removed Kasem from his Santa Monica, California , nursing home on May 7, 2014. On May 12, 2014, Kerri Kasem

1872-733: Is named after the Scottish inventor James Watt . The unit name was proposed by C. William Siemens in August 1882 in his President's Address to the Fifty-Second Congress of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . Noting that units in the practical system of units were named after leading physicists, Siemens proposed that watt might be an appropriate name for a unit of power. Siemens defined

1950-535: Is named in honor of James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottish inventor , mechanical engineer , and chemist who improved the Newcomen engine with his own steam engine in 1776. Watt's invention was fundamental for the Industrial Revolution . When an object's velocity is held constant at one meter per second against a constant opposing force of one newton , the rate at which work

2028-523: Is the rate at which electrical work is performed when a current of one ampere (A) flows across an electrical potential difference of one volt (V), meaning the watt is equivalent to the volt-ampere (the latter unit, however, is used for a different quantity from the real power of an electrical circuit). 1   W = 1   V ⋅ A . {\displaystyle \mathrm {1~W=1~V{\cdot }A} .} Two additional unit conversions for watt can be found using

2106-617: The Transformers cartoon series), was "the voice of NBC " and helped with the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon . Kemal Amin Kasem ( Arabic : كمال أمين قاسم ) was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 27, 1932, to Lebanese Druze immigrants, Helen and Amin Kasem, who were grocers. He was named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , a man Kasem said his father respected. Kasem's parents did not allow their children to speak Arabic and insisted they assimilate into American life. In

2184-540: The Fox network, hosted by Seacrest, with Kasem appearing on the show. In 2008, Kasem did the voice-over for WGN America 's Out of Sight Retro Night . He was also the host of the short-lived American version of 100% during the 1998–99 season. In June 2009, Premiere announced it would no longer produce Kasem's two remaining countdowns, ending their eleven-year relationship. Kasem, by this point at age 77, decided against finding another syndicator or replacement host, citing

2262-628: The Metropolis reported that a 100 watt transmitter to be used by the newspaper's broadcast service, that was designed and built by F. W. Borton of the Electrical Equipment Company and installed at Electrical Equipment's offices at Northwest Fourth Street, would make its debut broadcast the next evening. Two days later, the newspaper wrote: "With the completion of the enlarged radio plant of The Miami Daily Metropolis and Electrical Equipment Company, The Metropolis announces that

2340-657: The U.S. Army and sent to Korea . There, he worked as a DJ/announcer on the Armed Forces Radio affiliate on the peninsula, the American Forces Korea Network (AFKN). After the war, Kasem began his professional broadcasting career in Flint, Michigan , then worked at Detroit's WJLB and WJBK —and portrayed children's television host "Krogo the Clown" —but left broadcasting to help tend to

2418-452: The 1940s, the radio show Make Believe Ballroom reportedly inspired Kasem to pursue a career as a radio disk jockey. Kasem received his first experience in radio covering sports at Northwestern High School in Detroit. He then attended Wayne State University , where he voiced children on radio programs such as The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon. In 1952, Kasem was drafted into

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2496-645: The Deauville Hotel in North Beach , Miami Beach . By far Miami and South Florida's predominant radio station at the time, baby boomers from Jupiter to Key West , and even in Havana , listened to WQAM for the latest in local and American pop music from the 1960s well into the late 1970s. At that time, WQAM was one of the many AM radio stations airing Casey Kasem 's American Top 40 , and Cuban youngsters used to gather at friends' houses to listen to

2574-589: The FCC History Cards documenting WQAM's records list January 23, 1923 as its "Date First Licensed", corresponding with the first license issued with the WQAM call letters. The president of the Electrical Equipment Company was W. W. Luce. WQAM was initially licensed for operation on the 360-meter (833 kHz) "entertainment" wavelength. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. Fred W. Borton, who became president of

2652-763: The King . He also voiced Alexander Cabot III on Josie and the Pussycats and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space , and supplied a number of voices for Sesame Street . In the late 1970s, Kasem portrayed an actor who imitated Columbo in the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries two-part episode "The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom." He portrayed a golf commentator in an episode of Charlie's Angels titled "Winning

2730-565: The Miami Broadcasting Company, made many of the electrical parts himself. In 1926, the station increased its power to 500 watts. The station was the first in the United States to install a permanent remote pick-up from the U. S. Meteorological Department. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1928, and WQAM became a full-time affiliate of CBS . In 1947, it switched to ABC Radio . In 1948, Barton sold his interest in

2808-470: The above equation and Ohm's law . 1   W = 1   V 2 / Ω = 1   A 2 ⋅ Ω , {\displaystyle \mathrm {1~W=1~V^{2}/\Omega =1~A^{2}{\cdot }\Omega } ,} where ohm ( Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } ) is the SI derived unit of electrical resistance . The watt

2886-586: The artists. In 1971, Kasem provided the character voice of Peter Cottontail in the Rankin/Bass production of Here Comes Peter Cottontail . In the same year, he appeared in The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant , in what is probably his best-remembered acting role. From 1973 to 1985, Kasem voiced Robin for several Super Friends franchise shows. In 1980, he voiced Merry in The Return of

2964-403: The attention of Dick Clark , who hired him as co-host of a daily teenage music show called Shebang , starting in 1964. Kasem's roles on network TV series included Hawaii Five-O and Ironside . In 1967, he appeared on The Dating Game , and played the role of "Mouth" in the motorcycle gang film The Glory Stompers . In 1969, he played the role of Knife in the film Wild Wheels , and had

3042-519: The character in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The original American Top 40 , hosted by Shadoe Stevens after Kasem's departure, was cancelled in 1995. Kasem regained the rights to the name in 1997, and the show was back on the air in 1998, on the AMFM Network (later acquired by Premiere Radio Networks ). At the end of 2003, Kasem announced he would leave AT40 once his contract expired and would be replaced by Ryan Seacrest . He agreed to

3120-664: The children by restricting access before his death. A 2018 police investigation initiated by a private investigator working for Jean found that he had received appropriate medical care while in Washington, and that there was no evidence pointing to homicide. The suits were settled in 2019. In 1981, Kasem was granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . He was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame radio division in 1985, and

3198-444: The countdown of America's most popular songs, especially the 8-hour-long year-end show of Billboard's top 100 songs of the year in which the syndication company that owned the show had put out on vinyl records at a speed of 33 RPM . WQAM It ended its run as a Top 40 station on February 28th 1980 which was a leap year and Dan Halyburton signed them off with a montage of music, soundbites and jingles from PAMS. WQAM then switched to

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3276-416: The end of the 1960s, he began working as a voice actor. In 1969, he started one of his most famous roles, the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! . He also voiced the drummer Groove from The Cattanooga Cats that year. On July 4, 1970, Kasem, along with Don Bustany , Tom Rounds , and Ron Jacobs , launched the weekly radio program American Top 40 ( AT40 ). At the time, top 40 radio

3354-515: The energy company Ørsted A/S uses the unit megawatt for produced electrical power and the equivalent unit megajoule per second for delivered heating power in a combined heat and power station such as Avedøre Power Station . When describing alternating current (AC) electricity, another distinction is made between the watt and the volt-ampere . While these units are equivalent for simple resistive circuits , they differ when loads exhibit electrical reactance . Radio stations usually report

3432-418: The evening and CBS Sports Radio shows overnight and on weekends. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . Watt The watt (symbol: W ) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m ⋅s . It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer . The watt

3510-566: The evening hours with Ed Kaplan. By 1989, WQAM had been unable to achieve a full share point in the Arbitron surveys with its mix of country music and sports. In 1990, the station abandoned its country music format in favor of the satellite-fed " Kool Gold " service, which aired 1950s and '60s oldies . Around 1992, WQAM became an all-sports station . WQAM is the flagship station for Miami Dolphins football , Florida Panthers hockey , and University of Miami Hurricanes athletics. WQAM

3588-527: The existence of WFAW prior to the initial Metropolis grant. In addition to its possible link to WQAM, WFAW's origin date in turn has been variously reported to actually be from 1920 to 1922, including: On December 9, 1922, the Miami Metropolis announced that broadcasts over its station, WFAW, were being suspended, pending a move to a new Electrical Equipment Company location, with the existing WFAW transmitter to be dismantled. On January 27, 1923,

3666-588: The family grocery store in Fenton, Michigan . Kasem unsuccessfully attempted work as a stage actor in New York City for six months, auditioning for a role in the off-Broadway production Ivan Of , but lost out to Ed Asner . Returning to Detroit, Kasem re-applied at WJBK but was promptly referred to co-owned WJW , which not only had a late-evening slot open but a hosting role for Cleveland Bandstand over WJW-TV as well. Cleveland's emerging status as

3744-539: The family to place Kasem on "end-of-life" measures over the objections of Jean Kasem. On June 15, 2014, Kasem died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington , at the age of 82. The immediate cause of death was reported as sepsis caused by an ulcerated bedsore . His body was handed over to his widow. Reportedly, Kasem wanted to be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. By July 19, 2014,

3822-491: The government has granted a new charter and also changed the station number to (WQAM). The station number until today was (WFAW)." However, WQAM was licensed to the Electrical Equipment Company, and WFAW to the Miami Daily Metropolis , and government regulators at the time considered them to be separate stations, so the two are reported individually in a March 1, 1923 government listing of active licenses. Thus,

3900-570: The habit entirely. After WJW switched formats to beautiful music , which Kasem attributed directly to the payola scandal, he left WJW for Buffalo 's WBNY but remained in contact with friends in the Cleveland area. At KYA in San Francisco, the general manager suggested he tone down his delivery and talk about the records instead. At KEWB in Oakland, California , Kasem was both the music director and an on-air personality. He said he

3978-581: The late 1990s, Kasem hosted the Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Kasem voiced Mark in Battle of the Planets and several Transformers characters: Bluestreak , Cliffjumper , Teletraan I and Dr. Arkeville . He left Transformers during the third season because he believed the show contained offensive caricatures of Arabs and Arab countries. In a 1990 article, he explained: A few years ago, I

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4056-460: The maximum power output it can achieve at any point in time. A power station's annual energy output, however, would be recorded using units of energy (not power), typically gigawatt hours. Major energy production or consumption is often expressed as terawatt hours for a given period; often a calendar year or financial year. One terawatt hour of energy is equal to a sustained power delivery of one terawatt for one hour, or approximately 114 megawatts for

4134-435: The network's overnight and weekend programming (notwithstanding conflicts with sports play-by-play). In turn, some of WQAM's local hosts were moved to WAXY's lineup, while Marc Hochman and Channing Crowder 's afternoon program would be simulcast by both stations (but with an opening hour exclusive to WAXY). As part of a larger realignment of ESPN Radio's schedule on August 17, 2020 (which saw Dan Le Batard cut to two hours, and

4212-477: The night", with random phrases or names as a descriptor. The payola scandal which enveloped Alan Freed 's career emerged after Kasem joined WJW; in response, Kasem began a regular comedy bit called the "Payola Tune of the Night" which WJW management encouraged under the assumption it would dissuade listeners from thinking he was under investigation as well. Ultimately, Kasem's career was not negatively impacted by

4290-408: The orders of a doctor, and in accordance with a directive her father signed in 2007 saying he would not want to be kept alive if it "would result in a mere biological existence, devoid of cognitive function, with no reasonable hope for normal functioning." Murphy reversed his order the following Monday after it became known that Kasem's body was no longer responding to the artificial nutrition, allowing

4368-465: The payola scandal. One notable stunt involved Kasem and Diana Trask engaging in an 85-second-long kiss for a " world record " distinction on September 14, 1959, with his news reader describing the kiss on-air. While hosting Cleveland Bandstand , Kasem started to take pep pills to lose weight; one day he forgot them while en route to the station, with the resulting pang of conscience after retrieving them from his apartment prompting him to give up

4446-488: The power of their transmitters in units of watts, referring to the effective radiated power . This refers to the power that a half-wave dipole antenna would need to radiate to match the intensity of the transmitter's main lobe . The terms power and energy are closely related but distinct physical quantities. Power is the rate at which energy is generated or consumed and hence is measured in units (e.g. watts) that represent energy per unit time . For example, when

4524-550: The premiere of Greeny with Mike Greenberg ), WQAM began to simulcast Hochman and Crowder from WAXY in full. On October 26, 2021, Audacy realigned WQAM and WAXY's programming once again. WQAM rebranded as 560 Sports and regain its CBS Sports Radio affiliation. Some local WAXY programming was also switched to WQAM. Meanwhile, WAXY replaced much of its local programming with sports betting -oriented shows from Audacy's BetQL Network . WAXY later flipped to Spanish-language oldies and talk. So WQAM began airing BetQL programming in

4602-543: The station and The Miami Herald assumed entire ownership. In the beginning, the young station was helped with programming by the newspaper, until the paper ended its participation. WQAM is famous for its ownership by Storz Broadcasting in the 1960s. Storz installed a Top 40 format on WQAM and the station competed vigorously with rival WFUN 790 AM (now WAXY ). In February 1964, WQAM interviewed and heavily promoted The Beatles ' second and third nationally televised appearances on CBS 's The Ed Sullivan Show live from

4680-572: The station was first licensed on January 23, 1923, corresponding with the first license issued with the WQAM call letters. However, multiple alternative dates have been stated for its founding, due to the opinion that WQAM's history should actually start with an earlier Miami station, WFAW . Moreover, although government records state that WFAW was licensed to The Miami Daily Metropolis from June 16, 1922 until its deletion on June 11, 1923, Fred W. Borton later claimed that WFAW had actually been first licensed to him, although there are no records supporting

4758-620: The time slot, Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers, partially inspired Kasem's presentation on-air, but Kasem felt compelled to develop a unique on-air persona to distinguish himself. The first three hours of his evening show remained devoted to R&B recordings in a "high-energy rock" style, while the fourth hour was more laidback with his news reader as a co-host. The R&B selections and "wild-tracking" by Kasem also distinguished himself from WJW's daytime pop-oriented fare, which typically featured Perry Como and The McGuire Sisters as core artists. Nightly features included Kasem labeling songs as "...of

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4836-569: The unit of power. In the electric power industry , megawatt electrical ( MWe or MW e ) refers by convention to the electric power produced by a generator, while megawatt thermal or thermal megawatt (MWt, MW t , or MWth, MW th ) refers to thermal power produced by the plant. For example, the Embalse nuclear power plant in Argentina uses a fission reactor to generate 2,109 MW t (i.e. heat), which creates steam to drive

4914-570: The unit within the existing system of practical units as "the power conveyed by a current of an Ampère through the difference of potential of a Volt". In October 1908, at the International Conference on Electric Units and Standards in London, so-called international definitions were established for practical electrical units. Siemens' definition was adopted as the international watt. (Also used: 1 A × 1 Ω.) The watt

4992-629: The voice of Shaggy in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword . He did voice Shaggy again for " The Official BBC Children in Need Medley ", but went uncredited by his request. Although officially retired from acting, Kasem provided the voice of Colton Rogers, Shaggy's father, on a recurring basis for the 2010–2013 series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated , once again uncredited at his request. As for Kasem's distinctive voice quality, "It's

5070-467: The way, spin-offs of the original countdown were conceived for country music and adult contemporary audiences, and Kasem hosted two countdowns for the latter format beginning in 1992 and continuing until 2009. He also founded the American Video Awards in 1983 and continued to co-produce and host it until its final show in 1987. Kasem also provided many commercial voiceovers, performed many voices for children's television (such as Sesame Street and

5148-801: Was an American disc jockey, actor and radio presenter, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably American Top 40 . He was the first actor to voice Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise (1969 to 1997 and 2002 to 2009) and Dick Grayson/Robin in Super Friends (1973–1985). Kasem began hosting the original American Top 40 on the weekend of July 4, 1970, and remained there until 1988. He would then spend nine years hosting another countdown titled Casey's Top 40 , beginning in January 1989 and ending in February 1998, before returning to revive American Top 40 in 1998. Along

5226-440: Was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17, making WQAM a sister station to fellow sports station 790 WAXY . On August 2, 2019, Entercom announced that WQAM would re-launch as 560 The Joe on August 5, as part of a re-alignment of its sports talk lineups. WAXY's ESPN Radio affiliation was swapped to WQAM, clearing The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (as its new flagship station), Stephen A. Smith , and

5304-671: Was completed on December 1, 2014. On December 23, 2015, WQAM was granted a construction permit to move its transmitter tower approximately 10 miles (16 km) north from Virginia Key to the [1360+1450] transmitter site at 360 NE 71st Street in the Little River neighborhood of Miami. The move was coupled with a decrease in daytime power from 5,000 watts to 4,100 watts. The move allowed WQAM to use only one tower for its broadcasts instead of multiple towers on expensive South Florida real estate. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (now Audacy, Inc. ). The merger

5382-420: Was defined as equal to 10 units of power in the practical system of units. The "international units" were dominant from 1909 until 1948. After the 9th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1948, the international watt was redefined from practical units to absolute units (i.e., using only length, mass, and time). Concretely, this meant that 1 watt was defined as the quantity of energy transferred in

5460-455: Was doing one of the voices in the TV cartoon series, Transformers . One week, the script featured an evil character named Abdul, King of Carbombya. He was like all the other cartoon Arabs. I asked the director, 'Are there any good Arabs in this script for balance?' We looked. There was one other — but he was no different than Abdul. So, I told the show’s director that, in good conscience, I couldn't be

5538-548: Was granted temporary conservatorship over her father, despite her stepmother's objection. The court ordered an investigation into Casey Kasem's whereabouts after his wife's attorney told the court that Casey was "no longer in the United States". He was found soon afterward in Washington state . On June 6, 2014, Kasem was reported to be in critical but stable condition in hospital in Washington state, receiving antibiotics for bedsores and treatment for high blood pressure. It

5616-888: Was honored as "Man of the Year" by the American Druze Society. Kasem campaigned against the Gulf War , advocating non-military means of pressuring Saddam Hussein into withdrawing from Kuwait , was an advocate of Palestinian independence , and arranged conflict-resolution workshops for Arab Americans and Jewish Americans . A political liberal , Kasem narrated a campaign ad for George McGovern 's 1972 presidential campaign , hosted fundraisers for Jesse Jackson 's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 , supported Ralph Nader for US president in 2000 , and supported progressive Democrat Dennis Kucinich in his 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns . Kasem supported

5694-673: Was inspired by a Who's Who in Pop Music, 1962 magazine he found in the trash. He created a show that mixed biographical tidbits about the artists he played, and attracted the attention of Bill Gavin , who tried to recruit him as a partner. After Kasem joined KRLA in Los Angeles in 1963, his career began to blossom and he championed the R&;B music of East L.A. Kasem acted in a number of low-budget movies and radio dramas. While hosting "dance hops" on local television, he attracted

5772-533: Was on the decline as DJs preferred to play album-oriented progressive rock . Loosely based on the TV program Your Hit Parade , the show counted down from No. 40 to No. 1 based on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart. Kasem mixed in biographical information and trivia about the artists, as well as flashbacks and "Long-Distance Dedication" segments in which he read letters from listeners wishing to dedicate songs to distant loved ones. Frequently, he mentioned

5850-522: Was reported in the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang that Kasem was going to be buried in Oslo . Jean Kasem had him interred at Oslo Western Civil Cemetery on December 16, 2014, more than six months after his death. In November 2015, three of Kasem's children and his brother sued his widow for wrongful death . The lawsuit charges Jean Kasem with elder abuse and inflicting emotional distress on

5928-467: Was revealed he had been bedridden for some time. A judge ordered separate visitation times for Kasem's wife and his children from his first marriage. Judge Daniel S. Murphy ruled that Kasem had to be hydrated, fed, and medicated, as a court-appointed lawyer reported on his health status. Jean Kasem claimed he had been given no food, water, or medication the previous weekend. Kerri Kasem's lawyer stated that she had him removed from artificial food and water on

6006-636: Was sold to Beasley Broadcasting in 1996. At first, WQAM aired programming from the Yahoo! Sports Radio network. On January 2, 2013, the station switched its affiliation to CBS Sports Radio for after-hours programming. On October 2, 2014, Beasley Broadcast Group announced that it would trade five radio stations in Philadelphia and Miami (including WQAM) to CBS Radio in exchange for 14 stations located in Tampa , Charlotte and Philadelphia. The swap

6084-486: Was then known as "56 Country WQAM" in the mid 80's and was successful in the ratings under the direction of program director Jon Holiday. WQAM had many veteran DJ's for the country format like Mike Bell, Mitch Lewis, Johnny Dolan, and George Sheldon- who had his start in radio at WQAM in 1986, WQAM shared studios with then- WKQS at 9881 Sheridan Street in Cooper City . In 1986, WQAM would add sports talk programming in

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