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WXTB (97.9 FM) – branded 98 Rock – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Clearwater, Florida, serving the Tampa Bay Area. [1]

68 relations: AC/DC, Active rock, Album-oriented rock, All-news radio, Analog transmission, Beautiful music, Bubba the Love Sponge, CBS, Classic rock, Clearwater, Florida, Compass Media Networks, Florida, FM broadcasting, Fort Myers, Florida, Guavaween, Guns N' Roses, Halloween, HD Radio, Hed PE, Hells Bells (song), Hertz, Holiday, Florida, Hot for Teacher, IHeartMedia, IHeartRadio, Impotent Sea Snakes, Kickstart My Heart, Led Zeppelin, Levy County, Florida, List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia, Live Aid, Marion County, Florida, Mötley Crüe, MTV, Nielsen Audio, Nikki Sixx, Paradise City, Pink Floyd, Premiere Networks, Radio broadcasting, Skratch 'N Sniff, Soundgarden, South Tampa, Stairway to Heaven, Stunting (broadcasting), Taft Broadcasting, Talk radio, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Area, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ..., Tampa, Florida, Tesla (band), The Big Guava, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Watt, WBTP, WDAE, WFLA (AM), WFLZ-FM, WFUS, WHNZ, WMTX, Woodstock, WRXK-FM, Ybor City, ZZ Top, 1967 in radio. Expand index (18 more) »

AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.

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Active rock

Active Rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada.

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Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.

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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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Analog transmission

Analog transmission is a transmission method of conveying information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude, phase, or some other property in proportion to that information.

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Beautiful music

Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, B/EZ or BM/EZ for "beautiful music/easy listening") is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the late 1950s through the 1980s.

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Bubba the Love Sponge

Bubba the Love Sponge Clem (born Todd Alan Clem, April 23, 1966) is an American radio personality best known as the host of the Bubba the Love Sponge Show.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s.

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Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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Compass Media Networks

No description.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.

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Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers or Ft.

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Guavaween

Guavaween is an annual Latin-flavored Halloween celebration which takes place on the last Saturday of October in the historic neighborhood of Ybor City on Tampa, Florida.

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Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses, often abbreviated as GNR, is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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HD Radio

HD Radio is a trademarked term for iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data by using a digital signal embedded "on-frequency" immediately above and below a station's standard analog signal, providing the means to listen to the same program in either HD (digital radio with less noise) or as a standard broadcast (analog radio with standard sound quality).

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Hed PE

Hed PE (also known as (hed) Planet Earth and stylized as (həd) p.e.) originally stood for Hed Planetary Evolution, is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California.

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Hells Bells (song)

"Hells Bells" is the first track of Australian hard rock band AC/DC's first album without Bon Scott, Back in Black.

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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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Holiday, Florida

Holiday is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States.

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Hot for Teacher

"Hot for Teacher" is a song by the American rock band Van Halen, taken from their sixth studio album, 1984.

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IHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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IHeartRadio

iHeartRadio is a free broadcast and internet radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.

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Impotent Sea Snakes

The Impotent Sea Snakes were an American rock'n'roll band from Tampa, Florida known for their sexually explicit lyrics and performances and probably best known for their most high profile, publicized, and prolific touring period which lasted roughly from 1996-2004.

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Kickstart My Heart

"Kickstart My Heart" is a song by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Levy County, Florida

Levy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.

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List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia

The majority of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia is distributed through its subsidiary, Premiere Networks.

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Live Aid

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative.

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Marion County, Florida

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe was an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1981.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Nielsen Audio

Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences.

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Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.; December 11, 1958) is an American musician, songwriter, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Mötley Crüe.

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Paradise City

"Paradise City" is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987).

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Premiere Networks

Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, or PRN) is an American radio network.

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Radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is transmission by radio waves intended to reach a wide audience.

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Skratch 'N Sniff

Skratch 'N Sniff is a nationally syndicated American radio program.

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.

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South Tampa

South Tampa is a region in the city of Tampa that includes the neighborhoods of Beach Park, Ballast Point, Bayshore Beautiful, Bayshore Gardens, Bayside West, Belmar Shore, Davis Islands, Port Tampa, Fair Oaks-Manhattan Manor, Golfview, Hyde Park, New Suburb Beautiful, Virginia Park, Palma Ceia, Rattlesnake Gandy-Sun Bay South, South Westshore, parts of Sunset Park and Courier City-Oscawana.

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Stairway to Heaven

"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971.

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Stunting (broadcasting)

In radio broadcasting, stunting occurs when a station abruptly airs content that is seemingly uncharacteristic compared to what they normally play.

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Taft Broadcasting

The Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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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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Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.

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Tampa Bay Area

The Tampa Bay Area is a major populated area surrounding Tampa Bay on the west coast of Florida in the United States.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Tesla (band)

Tesla is an American rock band formed in Sacramento, California in late 1981 by bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon as Earthshaker, and later City Kidd.

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The Big Guava

The Big Guava is a nickname for Tampa, Florida, United States.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.

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Watt

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

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WBTP

WBTP is an urban contemporary radio station that serves the Tampa Bay area that plays hip-hop, R&B, and soul music that aims towards the African American community.

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WDAE

WDAE (620 kHz, "Sports Radio 620 WDAE") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay area.

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WFLA (AM)

WFLA 970 AM ("Newsradio 970 WFLA") is talk-formatted AM radio station in Tampa, Florida, serving the Tampa Bay media market.

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WFLZ-FM

WFLZ-FM (93.3 FM, "93-3 FLZ") is a Top 40 (CHR) station broadcasting in the Tampa Bay area, Florida, United States.

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WFUS

WFUS (103.5 FM, "US 103-5") is a country music radio station in Tampa, Florida.

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WHNZ

WHNZ (1250 kHz, "Impact Radio") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Tampa, Florida.

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WMTX

WMTX is a Hot AC radio station in Tampa, Florida known as "Mix 100.7".

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Woodstock

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000.

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WRXK-FM

WRXK-FM is a commercial radio station with studios located in Estero, Florida and licensed to Bonita Springs, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers-Naples-Marco Island, Florida area on 96.1 MHz FM.

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Ybor City

Ybor City is a historic neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, United States, located just northeast of downtown.

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ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas.

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1967 in radio

The year 1967 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

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References

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

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