FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of better sound quality than AM broadcasting, the chief competing radio broadcasting technology, so it is used for most music broadcasts. Theoretically wideband AM can offer equally good sound quality, provided the reception conditions are ideal. FM radio stations use the VHF frequencies. The term "FM band" describes the frequency band in a given country which is dedicated to FM broadcasting.
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, CHR most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term contemporary hit radio was coined in the early 1980s by Radio & Records magazine to designate top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into adult contemporary, urban contemporary and other formats.
Elizabeth is a town in, and the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 823 as of the 2010 census.
My 95 is one of six radio stations owned by Results Radio's Parkersburg, WV cluster. Its sister stations include WGGE, WHBR-FM, WRZZ, WLYQ, and WVNT.
WGGE is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, serving the Mid-Ohio Valley. WGGE is owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Company.
WHBR-FM is an Active Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, serving the Mid-Ohio Valley. WHBR-FM is owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Company.
WRZZ is a Classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States, serving the Parkersburg/Marietta area. WRZZ is owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Co.
Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Marion County.
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The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 95.0 MHz:
