The Beat (Sirius)
The Beat was a Dance Music radio station, one of ten Dance/Electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, which in turn operates as part of SIRIUS Satellite Radio's five Dance formatted offerings, broadcasting on channel 36 and DISH Network channel 6036.
The Beat offered a hybrid of current-based and mostly remixes of Rhythmic Top 40 and Dance music product, as well as Club classics from the 1990s and early 2000s. All of which is presented in a Top 40-like direction. Like XM Satellite Radio's BPM, this channel also featured guest and house DJs. Also, like XM, the content was delivered commercial-free.
The Beat signed on the same day as Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002. In the fall of 2005, after eliminating several channels to incorporate new ones such as the Howard Stern and Martha Stewart channels, the Beat moved from Channel 66 to Channel 36, along with the other dance-oriented channels (with the exception of Remix, which was eliminated).
There was speculation that with the merger of XM and Sirius now being official, The Beat and BPM could merge into one channel due to both channels airing the same format. On November 12, 2008, it was confirmed that Sirius XM would merge The Beat and BPM. The move was in part due to Sirius XM's decision to make cutbacks in the number of music channels with the same format on both Sirius and XM channels.
WBTT
WBTT (105.5 The Beat) is a Rhythmic Top 40 radio station serving Southwest Florida—primarily Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts at 105.5 MHz with an ERP of 23.5 kW and its COL is Naples Park, Florida. The station's current slogan is "SW Florida's #1 Party Station," complemented by their on-air guarantee of "30 minutes of non-stop hip-hop."
History
Prior to its flip to Rhythmic Top 40 in the Spring of 2000, WBTT's previous format was Country, when it was WQNU.
They are also the third FM station in the United States to use the WBTT call letters; the other two were WRNW/Milwaukee, Wisconsin and WYDB/Dayton, Ohio, both also owned by Clear Channel.
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The !!!! Beat
The !!!! Beat is an American television program which aired in syndication for 26 episodes in 1966. It was hosted by the Nashville, Tennessee based disc jockey Bill "Hoss" Allen, and featured a house band led by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. The show was recorded in color at WFAA, the ABC affiliate in Dallas, which had color facilities, and recorded and syndicated episodes of the program. At that time, none of the Nashville stations had color capability.
Guests included: Otis Redding, Little Milton, Esther Phillips, Joe Tex, Etta James, Lattimore Brown, Roscoe Shelton, Carla Thomas, Freddie King, Barbara Lynn, Johnny Taylor, The Radiants, Louis Jordan, The Mighty Hannibal, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Robert Parker, Joe Simon, Mitty Collier, Jamo Thomas, Z. Z. Hill, Lou Rawls, Bobby Hebb, Willie Mitchell, Don Bryant, The Ovations, The Bar-Kays, Percy Sledge, Garnet Mimms, and Sam & Dave all appeared. Some of the artists would also chart well into the 1970s.
DVD release
In 2005, Bear Family Records released all 26 episodes of the show on Region 1 DVD in the United States.
CFBT-FM
CFBT-FM is a Canadian contemporary hit radio (CHR) radio station in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 94.5 MHz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 90,000 Watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver. Owned by Bell Media, with studios located at Robson and Burrard in Vancouver, the station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as 94.5 Virgin Radio. The station's main competitors are CKKS-FM and CKZZ-FM.
History
The 94.5 FM frequency was originally assigned by a low-power temporary FM radio station to provide information on traffic conditions between Vancouver and Coquitlam, which received approval in 1998.
The CRTC began the application process for a new Vancouver FM station in the fall of 2000. There were eleven prospective applicants, reflecting the fact that the 94.5 MHz frequency was the last remaining high-power FM slot in the Vancouver market. On June 5, 2001, Focus Communications was granted a licence to operate an Urban format. The station's call letters, CFBT-FM, were assigned in November of the same year, and an official launch date was set for March 4, 2002 as the second urban station in Canada. Test transmissions began in mid-February 2002. The station adopted a "soft start" launch wherein announcers and programming were gradually introduced over a period of several weeks. By mid-2003, the station changed to more of a rhythmic top 40 format.
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