WCSP-FM, the Glossary
WCSP-FM, also known as C-SPAN Radio, is a radio station owned by the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) in Washington, D.C. The station is licensed to C-SPAN's corporate owner, the National Cable Satellite Corporation, and broadcasts on 90.1 MHz 24 hours a day.[1]
Table of Contents
63 relations: American University, Book TV, C-SPAN, Cambridge, Maryland, Capitol Hill, Carrier current, Catholic University of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, COVID-19 pandemic, District of Columbia Financial Control Board, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Federal Communications Commission, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free clinic, Front Royal, Virginia, General Motors, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Hanover, Pennsylvania, HD Radio, Healy Hall, Hertz, Hughes Memorial Tower, John A. Wilson (politician), Leo Hindery, Lyndon B. Johnson, Media Access Project, Miranda v. Arizona, Multicast, NPR, Oval Office, Party conference, Progressive rock (radio format), Public affairs (broadcasting), Radio, Richard Nixon, Robert J. Henle, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Salem Media Group, Satellite radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius XM, Sunday morning talk show, Supreme Court of the United States, Texas v. Johnson, The Hoya, Timothy S. Healy, United States Air Force, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, ... Expand index (13 more) »
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American University
American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. American University was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that would promote public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism.
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Book TV
Book TV is the name given to weekend programming on the American cable network C-SPAN2 airing from 8 a.m. Eastern Time Sunday morning to 8 a.m. Eastern Time Monday morning each week.
C-SPAN
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.
Cambridge, Maryland
Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
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Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in both Northeast D.C. and Southeast D.C..
Carrier current
Carrier current transmission, originally called wired wireless, employs guided low-power radio-frequency signals, which are transmitted along electrical conductors.
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Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is an American publicly funded non-profit corporation, created in 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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District of Columbia Financial Control Board
The District of Columbia Financial Control Board (officially the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority) was a five-member body established by the United States Congress in 1995 to oversee the finances of the District of Columbia.
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts (established 1974) is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education.
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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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Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Free clinic
A free clinic or walk in clinic is a health care facility in the United States offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost.
Front Royal, Virginia
Front Royal is the only incorporated town in Warren County, Virginia, United States.
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General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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George Washington University
The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction.
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Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
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Hanover, Pennsylvania
Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology.
Healy Hall
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States.
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.
Hughes Memorial Tower
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW.
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John A. Wilson (politician)
John Augustus Wilson (September 29, 1943 – May 19, 1993) was an American politician.
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Leo Hindery
Leo J. Hindery Jr. is a serial entrepreneur, fund manager, former public-company chairman and CEO, author, political activist and philanthropist.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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The Media Access Project (or MAP) was a non-profit group that promoted the public's interest before Congress and the US court system.
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Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that law enforcement in the United States must warn a person of their constitutional rights before interrogating them, or else the person's statements cannot be used as evidence at their trial.
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Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is a type of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. WCSP-FM and NPR are Sirius XM Radio channels.
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Oval Office
The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States.
Party conference
The terms party conference (UK English), political convention (US and Canadian English), and party congress usually refer to a general meeting of a political party.
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Progressive rock (radio format)
Progressive rock (sometimes known as underground rock) is a radio station programming format that emerged in the late 1960s,Thomas Staudter,, The New York Times, March 24, 2002.
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Public affairs (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, public affairs radio or television programs focus on matters of politics and public policy.
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Radio
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Robert J. Henle
Robert John Henle (September 12, 1909 – January 20, 2000) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and philosopher who was the president of Georgetown University from 1969 to 1976.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
The Archdiocese of Washington (Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Vashingtonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church for the District of Columbia and several Maryland counties in the United States.
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Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what it describes as "family-themed content and conservative values".
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Satellite radio
Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a broadcasting-satellite service.
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Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings.
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Sirius XM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States.
Sunday morning talk show
A Sunday morning talk show is a television program with a news/talk/public affairs–hybrid format that is broadcast on Sunday mornings.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Texas v. Johnson
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
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The Hoya
The Hoya, founded in 1920, is the oldest and largest student newspaper of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., serving as the university’s newspaper of record.
Timothy S. Healy
Timothy Stafford Healy (April 25, 1923December 30, 1992) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who straddled the religious and secular life, serving as the vice chancellor of the City University of New York, the president of Georgetown University, and the president of the New York Public Library.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
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University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland.
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University of the District of Columbia
The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and is the only public university in the city.
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WAMU
WAMU (88.5 FM) is a public news–talk station that services the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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Washington Journal
The Washington Journal is an American television series on the C-SPAN television network in the format of a political call-in and interview program.
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Washington metropolitan area
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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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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WDCW
WDCW (channel 50), branded on-air as DCW 50, is a television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the local outlet for The CW.
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WETA (FM)
WETA (90.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C., broadcasting a classical music format.
WOOK (AM)
WOOK was a radio station that operated on 1340 AM in Washington, D.C., United States, from 1940 to 1978.
WSBN
WSBN (630 kHz) is a commercial AM sports radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metro area.
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XM Radio Canada
XM Radio Canada was the operating name of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (or CSR), a Canadian communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in Canada.
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XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings.
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See also
C-SPAN
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCSP-FM
Also known as C-SPAN Radio, WCSP (FM).
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