Whois & Analysis for 971thefan.com

WBNS-FM (97.1 FM, 97.1 The Fan) is a radio station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, airing a sports radio format.

The station is locally owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, along with WBNS (1460 AM) and WBNS-TV (channel 10).

WBNS-FM's studios, offices and transmitter are located west of Downtown Columbus, near the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers.

Columbus is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio.

It is the 15th largest city in the United States, with a population of 850,106 as of 2015 estimates.

This makes Columbus the fourth most populous state capital in the United States, and the third largest city in the Midwestern United States.

It is the core city of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses a ten county area.

With a population of 2,021,632, it is Ohio's third largest metropolitan area.

A radio station is a set of equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves.

Generally, it is a receiver or transmitter, an antenna, and some smaller additional equipment necessary to operate them.

Radio stations play a vital role in communication technology as they are heavily relied on to transfer data and information across the world.

Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.

A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both s and callers.

Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play of local sports teams as part of their regular programming.

Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM).

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Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and are subject to frequent change.

Music radio, old time radio, all-news radio, sports radio, talk radio and weather radio describe the operation of different genres of radio format and each format can often be sub-divided into many specialty formats.