The RKO Radio Network was commercial radio network that operated in the USA from 1979 to 1985. The network was a subsidiary of the RKO General broadcasting...
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RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five"...
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RKO General Inc. (previously General Teleradio Inc. and RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.) was an American broadcasting company that, from 1952 through 1991...
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company for General Tire and Rubber Company up to 1981 RKO Radio Network, a subsidiary of RKO General Rutten Komt Op, a football team of Rutten, Flevoland...
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Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.) RKO Radio Network (absorbed by Westwood One, see also Transtar) Rural Radio Network (operated 1948-1960 in New...
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late-1950s, Hughes Tool owned the RKO companies, including RKO Pictures, RKO Studios, RKO Theatres, and the RKO Radio Network. In 1946, Hughes gave Noah Dietrich...
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to be broadcast on the RKO Radio Network. At around 5 p.m., Lennon and Ono, delayed by a late limousine shared with the RKO Radio crew, left their apartment...
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Howard Hughes (category Amateur radio people)
ownership of the RKO companies, which included RKO Pictures, RKO Studios, a chain of movie theaters known as RKO Theatres and a network of radio stations known...
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The Bott Radio Network is a network of Christian radio stations in the United States, broadcasting Christian talk and teaching programs. Programs heard...
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WRKO (category RKO General)
radio network it organized, the RKO Radio Network. The FCC license hearings culminated in the loss of the company's license to operate WNAC-TV; RKO General...
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WWWX (category Articles using infobox radio station)
this time to contemporary hit radio under the moniker SuperHit 97; the station was affiliated with the RKO Radio Network and competed with WIXX. WAHC kept...
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named "United Stations Radio Network" (singular), also founded by Clark, Verbitsky, and Salamon in 1980, bought the RKO Radio Networks in 1985 and eventually...
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WEPN-FM (redirect from ESPN Radio New York 98.7 FM)
At that time, the station—by then owned by RKO General—flipped to one of New York's first free-form radio formats, focusing on progressive rock. In 1974...
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RKO Pictures (also known as RKO Productions, Radio Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and RKO Teleradio Pictures) is an American film production and distribution...
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Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network (also known as the NBC Red Network from 1927 to 1942) was an American commercial radio network which was in continuous...
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the company merged with the United Stations Radio Network (which had already bought the RKO Radio Networks in 1985). The new company was named Unistar...
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Charley Steiner (category American radio sports announcers)
sportscaster, while working simultaneously as the sports director for the RKO Radio Network. He was also the play-by-play voice for the USFL's New Jersey Generals...
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the radio network and the record company were suffering huge financial losses and General Tire divested both of them: Mutual was sold to 3M, while RKO/Unique...
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communication. Olbermann began his professional career at UPI and the RKO Radio Network before joining then-nascent CNN in 1981. Among the early stories he...
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Dick Clark (category American radio DJs)
over the National Music Survey. Clark's United Stations purchased RKO Radio Network in 1985 and, when Clark left Mutual, he began hosting USRN's "Countdown...
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Mutual Broadcasting System (redirect from Mutual Radio Network)
Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the golden age of U.S. radio drama...
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House, St. Louis, MO, and the performance was recorded live for the RKO Radio Network. The band's album Looks Like Trouble was produced by Spencer Proffer...
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acquisition of RKO Radio Pictures from Howard Hughes in 1955 for $25 million. The General Tire & Rubber Company was interested mainly in using the RKO film library...
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Calvary Radio Network is a network of Christian radio stations in the Midwestern United States, broadcasting Christian talk and teaching programs as well...
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WABC (AM) (category Articles using infobox radio station)
WABC as staff announcers and producers. McKay left WABC in 1984 for RKO Radio Network and Donovan stayed at WABC until his retirement in 2015. Monday, May...
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WBZ-FM (category RKO General)
Sports Radio; the flagship station for the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, and New England Revolution radio networks; and the radio home...
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Westwood One (1976–2011) (redirect from Westwood One Radio Network)
managing competing Unistar Radio Networks (formerly known as the RKO Radio Networks and later as United Stations Radio Networks, which merged with Transtar...
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Broadcast syndication (redirect from Off-network)
their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States...
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WRSF (category Articles using infobox radio station)
overnight show Nighttime America and Solid Gold Saturday Night from The RKO Radio Network. In 1986, the station moved its studios and offices to Kill Devil...
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Westwood One (redirect from Classic Country (radio network))
of Transtar, RKO, Waitt, Jones, BPI, Watermark, and Drake-Chenault. The company's numerous acquisitions prompted rival Talk Radio Network to file an antitrust...
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