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WFIL, the Glossary

WFIL (560 AM) is a radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs.^[1]

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Radio stations in Philadelphia
Telecommunications buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

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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Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.

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American Bandstand

American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.

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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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Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County.

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Blue Network

The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of a now defunct American radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945.

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Bob Horn (broadcaster)

Donald Loyd "Bob" Horn (February 20, 1916 in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania – July 31, 1966 in Houston) was an American radio and television personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for being the original host of Bandstand (which later became American Bandstand).

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Capital Cities/ABC

Capital Cities/ABC Inc. was an American media company.

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Christian radio

Christian radio refers to Christian media radio formats that focus on Christian religious broadcasting or various forms of Christian music.

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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.

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

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Delaware Valley

The Delaware Valley, sometimes referred to as Greater Philadelphia or the Philadelphia metropolitan area, is a major metropolitan region in the Northeast United States that centers around Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, and spans parts of four U.S. states: southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, northern Delaware, and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Dick Clark

Richard "Dick" Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.

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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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Federal Radio Commission

The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government agency that regulated United States radio communication from its creation in 1927 until 1934, when it was succeeded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Fresno, California

Fresno is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States.

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General Order 40

The Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40, dated August 30, 1928, described the standards for a sweeping reorganization of radio broadcasting in the United States.

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George Howard Earle III

George Howard Earle III (December 5, 1890December 30, 1974) was an American politician and diplomat from Pennsylvania.

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George Michael (sportscaster)

George Michael (March 24, 1939 – December 24, 2009) was an American broadcaster best known nationally for The George Michael Sports Machine, his long-running sports highlights television program.

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Gimbels

Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987.

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Hayloft Hoedown

Hayloft Hoedown is an early American country music program on local, and then national, radio and television from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Helpline

A helpline, or switchboard, is a telephone service which offers help to those who call.

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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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Hollywood, Los Angeles

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, mostly within the city of Los Angeles.

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J. Hampton Moore

Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was the 108th and 111th Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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J. J. Jeffrey

J.J. Jeffrey (born Joseph Noyes Jeffrey, Jr. on 29 May 1940 in Portland, Maine.) is an American radio executive and a former prominent Top 40 disc jockey.

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Jim O'Brien (reporter)

James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster.

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KFSN-TV

KFSN-TV (channel 30) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet.

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KYNO

KYNO (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fresno, California and is owned by John Ostlund and Katrina Ostlund.

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KYW (AM)

KYW (1060 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WFIL and KYW (AM) are radio stations in Philadelphia.

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Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

Lafayette Hill is an unincorporated community, which is situated primarily within Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Lebanon (Lebnen) is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania.

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LIN Media was an American holding company founded in 1994 that operated 43 television stations.

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Lit Brothers

Lit Brothers was a moderately-priced department store based in Philadelphia. WFIL and Lit Brothers are commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania and national Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia.

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Mutual Broadcasting System

The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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North American Numbering Plan

The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean.

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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.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philadelphia Art Alliance

The Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts was a multidisciplinary arts center located in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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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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Salem Radio Network

Salem Radio Network is a United States-based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian political talk, music, and conservative secular news/talk programming.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Strawbridge's

Strawbridge's, formerly Strawbridge & Clothier, was a department store in the northeastern United States, with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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Terry Cashman

Terry Cashman (born Dennis Minogue; July 5, 1941) is an American record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball".

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Tommy West (producer)

Thomas Picardo Jr. (August 17, 1942 – May 2, 2021), known professionally as Tommy West, was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.

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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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Triangle Publications

Triangle Publications Inc. was an American media group based first in Philadelphia, and later in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

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Utica, New York

Utica is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Walter Annenberg

Walter Hubert Annenberg (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and diplomat.

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Wanamaker's

Wanamaker, originally known as John Wanamaker Department Store, was one of the first department stores in the United States. WFIL and Wanamaker's are national Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia.

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WBEB

WBEB (101.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WFIL and WBEB are radio stations in Philadelphia.

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WBNG-TV

WBNG-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus.

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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation (later CBS Corporation) was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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WFBG

WFBG (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult top 40/CHR radio format in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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WFGY

WFGY (98.1 FM, "Froggy 98.1") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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William Cameron Sproul

William Cameron Sproul (September 16, 1870 – March 21, 1928) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1897 to 1919 and as the 27th governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.

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WIOQ

WIOQ (102.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WFIL and WIOQ are radio stations in Philadelphia.

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WMCA (AM)

WMCA (570 AM) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York. WFIL and WMCA (AM) are Salem Media Group radio stations.

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WNBF

WNBF (1290 AM) is a commercial radio station in Binghamton, New York.

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WNTP

WNTP (990 AM) is a commercial radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WFIL and WNTP are radio stations in Philadelphia and Salem Media Group radio stations.

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WOGL

WOGL (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WFIL and WOGL are radio stations in Philadelphia.

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WOO (Philadelphia)

WOO was an AM band radio station, which was operated by the Wanamaker Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from early 1922 until mid-1928. WFIL and WOO (Philadelphia) are radio stations established in 1922 and radio stations in Philadelphia.

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References

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

Also known as WFIL Studio, WFIL-AM, WLIT (Philadelphia).

, Staten Island, Strawbridge's, Telephone numbering plan, Terry Cashman, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tommy West (producer), Top 40, Triangle Publications, Utica, New York, Walter Annenberg, Wanamaker's, WBEB, WBNG-TV, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, WFBG, WFGY, William Cameron Sproul, WIOQ, WMCA (AM), WNBF, WNTP, WOGL, WOO (Philadelphia), WPLR, WPVI-TV, WTAJ-TV, WTEL (AM), WTNH, WUSL, WWMB, WXBU, WYBC (AM).

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Radio stations in Philadelphia

Telecommunications buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

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