KZJK, the Glossary
KZJK (104.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market.[1]
Table of Contents
105 relations: Adult contemporary music, Adult hits, Adult standards, Album-oriented rock, Alternative rock, American Broadcasting Company, Audacy, Inc., Automation, Beat It, Bob Seger, Broadcast syndication, Call sign, CBS Radio, Central, Minneapolis, City of license, Classic country, Classic hits, Classic rock, Clear-channel station, Commercial broadcasting, Contemporary hit radio, Country music, Dallas, Disco, Drake-Chenault, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Effective radiated power, Fastball (band), Federal Communications Commission, FM broadcasting, Free-form radio, Get the Party Started, Hard rock, HD Radio, Heavy metal music, IDS Center, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Jack FM, Jacor, KEEY-FM, KFMX-FM, KFXN-FM, KMNB, KMSP Tower, KMSP-TV, KQRS-FM, KTCZ-FM, KTLK, KTNF, ... Expand index (55 more) »
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Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
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Adult hits
Adult hits (sometimes also called variety hits) is a radio format drawing from popular music from the late 1960s to the present.
Adult standards
Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Audacy, Inc.
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Automation
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines.
Beat It
"Beat It" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
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Bob Seger
Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Broadcast syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.
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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 identifier for a transmitter station.
CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.
Central, Minneapolis
Central is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core.
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City of license
In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.
Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format.
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s.
Clear-channel station
A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals.
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Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts.
See KZJK and Contemporary hit radio
Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
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Drake-Chenault
Drake-Chenault Enterprises (originally American Independent Radio Inc.) was a radio syndication company that specialized in automation on FM radio stations.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Eden Prairie is a city southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County and the 16th-largest city in the State of Minnesota, United States.
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Effective radiated power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter.
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Fastball (band)
Fastball is an American rock band.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.
Free-form radio
Free-form, or free-form radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given wide or total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests.
Get the Party Started
"Get the Party Started" is a song by American singer Pink, released on October 16, 2001, as the lead single from her second album, Missundaztood (2001).
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Hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.
HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology.
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
See KZJK and Heavy metal music
IDS Center
The IDS Center is an office skyscraper located at 80 South 8th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation was a radio company that existed from 1972 until 2005.
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It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" is a song by American rock band R.E.M., which first appeared on their 1987 album, Document.
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Jack FM
Jack FM is a radio network brand that is licensed by Sparknet Communications, with the exception of the European Union where it is licensed by Oxis Media. KZJK and Jack FM are Jack FM stations.
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Jacor
Jacor Communications was a media corporation, existing between 1987 and 1999, which owned many radio stations in the United States.
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KEEY-FM
KEEY-FM (102.1 MHz, "K102") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to St. Paul, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul radio market.
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KFMX-FM
KFMX-FM (94.5 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format.
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KFXN-FM
KFXN-FM (100.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk format.
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KMNB
KMNB (102.9 MHz, "The Wolf") is an American commercial FM radio station in Minneapolis-St. Paul that carries a country radio format.
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KMSP Tower
The KMSP Tower is a high aerial guyed mast used for the transmission of FM radio and over-the-air television in Shoreview, Minnesota.
KMSP-TV
KMSP-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the Fox network outlet for the Twin Cities area.
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KQRS-FM
KQRS-FM (92.5 MHz, KQ92 or 92 KQRS) is a classic rock radio station in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. KZJK and KQRS-FM are radio stations established in 1962.
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KTCZ-FM
KTCZ-FM (97.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market and Western Wisconsin.
See KZJK and KTCZ-FM
KTLK
KTLK (1130 kHz) – branded News/Talk AM 1130 – is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
See KZJK and KTLK
KTNF
KTNF (950 kHz, "AM 950") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to St. Louis Park, Minnesota that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. KZJK and KTNF are Nationwide Communications and radio stations in Minnesota.
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KXXR
KXXR (93.7 FM) is an active rock/mainstream rock radio station broadcasting to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content.
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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Modern rock
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations.
Music of Your Life
Music of Your Life is an American syndicated music radio format featuring adult standards music.
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Nationwide Communications
Nationwide Communications Inc., originally known as Peoples Broadcasting Corporation, was a media subsidiary of the Nationwide Insurance Company, which operated from 1946 until 1997.
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Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry (particularly in North America, and even more in the United States), a network affiliate or affiliated station is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or all of the lineup of television programs or radio programs of a television or radio network.
See KZJK and Network affiliate
New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Nielsen Audio
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences.
Old Time Rock and Roll
"Old Time Rock and Roll" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, with uncredited lyrics by Bob Seger.
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
See KZJK and Oldies
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer and songwriter.
Playlist
A playlist is a list of video or audio files that can be played back on a media player, either sequentially or in a shuffled order.
Progressive talk radio
Progressive talk radio is a talk radio format devoted to expressing left-leaning viewpoints of news and issues as opposed to conservative talk radio.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.
Roy H. Park
Roy Hampton Park (15 September 1910 – 25 October 1993) was an American entrepreneur and media mogul.
Shoreview, Minnesota
Shoreview is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.
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Sign-on and sign-off
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day.
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Simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously).
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a term used to describe commercially oriented crossover jazz music.
Somerset, Wisconsin
Somerset is a village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, along the Apple River.
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St. Louis Park, Minnesota
St.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
The St.
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Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective.
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Stunting (broadcasting)
Stunting is a type of publicity stunt in radio broadcasting, where a station—abruptly and often without advance announcement—begins to air content that is seemingly uncharacteristic compared to what is normally played.
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Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.
The Way (Fastball song)
"The Way" is a song by American alternative rock band Fastball.
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Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre.
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Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
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⋅m2⋅s−3.
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WCCO (AM)
WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis.
WDGY
WDGY (740 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hudson, Wisconsin, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market.
See KZJK and WDGY
WGVX
WGVX (105.1 MHz), WLUP (105.3 MHz) and WWWM-FM (105.7 MHz) are three separate radio stations that make up a trimulcast serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. KZJK and WGVX are radio stations in Minnesota.
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Word of mouth
Word of mouth is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day.
Z Rock
Z Rock was a nationally syndicated radio network based in Dallas, Texas, United States that, from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, played heavy metal and hard rock music.
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1968 in radio
The year 1968 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
1969 in radio
Significant events in radio broadcasting in the year 1969 included the debuts of two documentaries on rock and roll.
1973 in radio
The year 1973 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
1978 in radio
The year 1978 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
1980 in radio
1980 in radio involved some significant events.
1980s in music
This article includes an overview of the famous events and trends in popular music in the 1980s.
1981 in radio
The year 1981 in radio involved some significant events.
1987 in radio
The year 1987 in radio involved some significant events.
1988 in radio
The year 1988 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
1990 in radio
The year 1990 in radio involved some significant events.
1992 in radio
The year 1992 in radio involved some significant events.
1995 in radio
The year 1995 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
1998 in radio
The year 1998 in radio involved some significant events.
2000 in radio
The year 2000 in radio involved some significant events.
2005 in radio
The year 2005 in radio involved some significant events.
See also
Nationwide Communications
- KCAU-TV
- KDMX
- KEGL
- KHMX
- KISW
- KMXP
- KMYI
- KRQQ
- KSSX
- KTBZ-FM
- KTNF
- KZJK
- KZZP
- Nationwide Communications
- WATE-TV
- WBAY-TV
- WCOL-FM
- WFTC
- WGAR-FM
- WHKW
- WMJI
- WMMS
- WNCI
- WPOC
- WRIC-TV
- WYTS
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KZJK
Also known as KJJO-FM, KMJZ, KMJZ-FM, KZJK-FM, WXPT-FM.
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