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WPRV (790 AM, "AM 790") is a radio station located in Providence, Rhode Island. [1]

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.

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All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news.

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AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.

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Andy Gresh

Andrew "Andy" F. Gresh III (born October 26, 1974 in Brownsville) is an American sports broadcaster in New England.

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Bloomberg Radio

Bloomberg Radio provides global business news programming 24 hours a day and is a service of Bloomberg L.P. The format is general and financial news, offering local, national and international news reports along with financial market updates and interviews with corporate executives, economists and industry analysts.

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Business journalism

Business journalism is the part of journalism that tracks, records, analyzes and interprets the business, economic and financial activities and changes that take place in societies.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Entercom and iHeartMedia, Inc. As of July 1, 2017, Cumulus lists ownership of 446 stations in 90 media markets.

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Cumulus Media Networks

Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media.

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Dave Ramsey

David L. Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American businessman and author.

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East Providence, Rhode Island

East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Imus in the Morning

Imus in the Morning was a long-running radio show hosted by Don Imus.

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John Rooke

John Rooke (born c. 1959) is an award-winning broadcaster, and an inductee into the Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame.

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Middle of the road (music)

Middle of the road (MOR) loosely describes any type of music that falls between popular music and art music, and includes the work of serious composers who write in a lighter style than normal.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Oldies

Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on rock and roll and pop music from the latter half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1970s or 1980s.

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Providence metropolitan area

The Providence metropolitan area is a region extending into eight counties in two states, and is the 39th largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

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Radio station

A radio station is a set of equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves.

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Red Eye Radio

Red Eye Radio is a talk radio program currently hosted by Eric Harley and Gary McNamara.

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Scott Shannon

Michael Scott Shannon (born July 25, 1947) is a radio disc jockey presently hosting the morning show for WCBS-FM in New York City as well as syndicated nationally with United Stations and CBS.

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Scott Zolak

Scott David Zolak (born December 13, 1967) is a broadcaster and retired American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons.

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Seekonk River

The Seekonk River is a tidal extension of the Providence River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Sports radio

Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company"daughter company.

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Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.

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The Providence Journal

The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island, and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island.

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The True Oldies Channel

Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel (also known more recently as The True Oldies Channel: Greatest Hits) is a radio network begun in the spring of 2004.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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WEAN-FM

WEAN-FM (99.7 FM, "News Talk 99.7 FM & AM 630 WPRO") is a radio station licensed to Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island.

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Westwood One

Westwood One, owned and operated by Cumulus Media, is an American mass media company headquartered in New York, New York, specializing in radio syndication and audio content.

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WMAL (AM)

WMAL (630 kHz) — branded 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL — is a commercial AM news/talk radio station licensed to Washington, D.C. and serving the Washington metro area.

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WPRO (AM)

WPRO (630 AM) is a talk station in Providence, Rhode Island.

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WPRO-FM

WPRO-FM (92.3 MHz "92 PRO-FM") is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) radio station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States owned by Cumulus Media.

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WRKO

WRKO (680 AM) is a talk radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by iHeartMedia.

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WWKX

WWKX (106.3 FM, "Hot 106") is a Rhythmic Contemporary station serving the Providence area.

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WWLI

WWLI (105.1 FM) is an adult contemporary radio station in Providence, Rhode Island owned Cumulus Media.

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1922 in radio

1922 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1922.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPRV

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