WCFB, the Glossary
WCFB (94.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, serving the Greater Orlando area.[1]
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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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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.
Astronaut in the Ocean
"Astronaut in the Ocean" is a song by Australian rapper Masked Wolf.
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Bastille (band)
Bastille are an English indie pop band formed in 2010.
Beam tilt
Beam tilt is used in radio to aim the main lobe of the vertical plane radiation pattern of an antenna below (or above) the horizontal plane.
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 North American radio from the late 1950s through the 1980s.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or transponds) the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station.
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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.
Central Florida
Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida.
Christian adult contemporary
Christian adult contemporary, also known as Christian AC or CAC, is a radio format.
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Christmas, Florida
Christmas is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Orange County, Florida, United States.
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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.
Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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 Christian music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music.
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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.
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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.
CMG Media Corporation (doing business as Cox Media Group) is an American media conglomerate principally owned by Apollo Global Management in conjunction with Cox Enterprises, which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
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DeLand, Florida
DeLand is a city in and the county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States.
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network.
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.
Glass Animals
Glass Animals are an English indie rock band formed in Oxford in 2010.
Greater Orlando
The Orlando metropolitan area (officially, for U.S. Census purposes, the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area) is an inland metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida.
Grouplove
Grouplove (often typeset as GROUPLOVE) is an American alternative rock band that was formed in 2009 by Christian Zucconi (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Hannah Hooper (lead vocals, keyboards), Sean Gadd (bass), Andrew Wessen (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Ryan Rabin (drums).
HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology.
Heat Waves
"Heat Waves" is a song by British indie rock band Glass Animals, released as a single from their third studio album Dreamland on 29 June 2020.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
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Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian was a deadly and extremely destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, which was the third-costliest weather disaster on record worldwide, the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Michael in 2018.
I Ain't Worried
"I Ain't Worried" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic, released on May 13, 2022, through Mosley Music Group and Interscope Records.
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
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List of North American broadcast station classes
This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Masked Wolf
Harry Michael (born 12 February 1991), known professionally as Masked Wolf, is an Australian rapper from Sydney, New South Wales.
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Greater Miami area.
Newcleus
Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s.
Ocala, Florida
Ocala is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Florida, United States.
OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2002.
Orange City, Florida
Orange City is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.
Pine Lakes, Florida
Pine Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States.
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Pompeii (song)
"Pompeii" is a song by British pop rock band Bastille.
Quiet storm
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style.
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.
Revolution (Beatles song)
"Revolution" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.
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Rhythmic adult contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format.
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Rhythmic contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits.
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Rickey Smiley
Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls.
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).
Spanish Broadcasting System
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) is an American media company specializing in Spanish-speaking audiences.
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Spreading Rumours
Spreading Rumours is the second studio album by the indie rock band Grouplove.
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St. Augustine, Florida
St.
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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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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Daytona Beach News-Journal is a Florida daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler Counties.
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The Steve Harvey Morning Show
The Steve Harvey Morning Show is a national radio program which is currently broadcast from Los Angeles.
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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.
Urban adult contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format.
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Urban contemporary gospel
Urban/contemporary gospel is a modern subgenre of gospel music.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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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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WDBO (AM)
WDBO (580 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. WCFB and WDBO (AM) are cox Media Group.
WFTV
WFTV (channel 9) is a television station affiliated with ABC in Orlando, Florida, United States. WCFB and WFTV are cox Media Group.
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WMMO
WMMO (98.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Orlando, Florida. WCFB and WMMO are cox Media Group.
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WNDB
WNDB (1150 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. WCFB and WNDB are radio stations in Florida.
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WOEX
WOEX (96.5 MHz "Éxitos 96.5") is a commercial radio station in Orlando, Florida. WCFB and WOEX are cox Media Group.
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WPOZ
WPOZ (88.3 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported FM radio station licensed to Orlando, and serving all of Central Florida.
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WPYO
WPYO (95.3 FM), is a radio station licensed to Maitland, Florida.
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WQMP
WQMP (101.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Daytona Beach serving the Orlando and Space Coast areas of Central Florida. WCFB and WQMP are radio stations in Florida.
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WREH
WREH (Reach FM) was a 100,000-watt FM station, broadcasting on 90.5 MHz. WCFB and WREH are radio stations in Florida.
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WRUM
WRUM (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Orlando, Florida, known as "Rumba 100.3".
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WWKA
WWKA (92.3 MHz "K92-3") is a commercial FM radio station in Orlando, Florida. WCFB and WWKA are cox Media Group.
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2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak
The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCFB
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