Some articles on stations, station:
... late 1960s, Turner used the profits to buy Southern radio stations ... In 1969, he sold his several radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta on Channel 17 ... At the time, UHF stations did well only in markets without VHF stations, like Fresno, California, or in markets with only one station on VHF ...
... Dover has one local commercial radio station, KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country, broadcasting to Dover on 106.8FM ... The station was founded in Dover as Neptune Radio in September 1997 but moved to Folkestone in 2003 and was consequently rebranded after a takeover by the KM Group ... Dover is also served by the county-wide stations Heart, Gold and BBC Radio Kent ...
... In the 1990s the train station was rebuilt by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava ... The station building from 1894 was preserved and the surroundings were completely redone in a fancy twist of modern art, thus forming a striking combination of the new and the old ... Both station building and platforms are inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance ...
... XHA-FM or La Invasora 94.5 is a Spanish radio station ... that owns and programs various Spanish-language radio stations ... The station plays Regional Mexican music ...
... in his career, starting with the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the war ... bivouacked his cavalry troopers, mostly near Brandy Station, screening the Confederate Army against surprise by the enemy ... mounted troopers and 4 batteries of horse artillery, charging in simulated battle at Inlet Station, about two miles (3 km) southwest of Brandy Station ...
More definitions of "station":
- (noun): (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
- (noun): A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose.
Example: "He started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station"
- (noun): Proper or designated social situation.
Example: "The responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
Synonyms: place
Famous quotes containing the word station:
“With boys you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane. It’s all there. The fruit flies hovering over their waste can, the hamster trying to escape to cleaner air, the bedrooms decorated in Early Bus Station Restroom.”
—Erma Bombeck (20th century)
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.”
—Sarah Ellis (1812–1872)