This format lasted until April 8, 1987, when new owner WEAZ Inc. discontinued locally originated music programming in favor of Transtar's " Oldies Channel ," a satellite-delivered service.

The Oldies Channel format continued with minimal success and listenership until 1989, when WFIL quietly began simulcasting sister station Easy 101. 1 WEAZ ( which had a soft adult contemporary format by then ).

Soon thereafter, the FM became WEAZ-FM so that WFIL could become WEAZ.

Then on May 26, 1993, WEAZ became WBEB while WEAZ-FM became WBEB-FM.

Previously called WDVR ( Delaware Valley Radio ) and WEAZ, the station pioneered the Beautiful Music format beginning in 1963.

Original staff included Rich Franklin and Dave Shayer, both broadcast veterans, and were two of the original air staff hired by WDVR / WEAZ / WBEB 101. 1 FM when they first went on the air May 13, 1963.

Also in 1980, WDVR changed its call letters to WEAZ, and began using the slogan EAZY 101 with Patrick O ' Neal ( later Robert Urich ) as its spokesperson.

WEAZ ( soon WBEB ) dominated in the ratings.

The '52 Cards were 6-7 on May 1 but ended with 88 triumphs, the club's top since 1949.

It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.

88, 89, and 98 Aquarii represent Fou-youe, the axes used as weapons and for hostage executions.

Naturally occurring with a half-life of 1. 25 years, decays to stable ( 11. 2 %) by electron capture or positron emission, and also to stable ( 88. 8 %) via beta decay.

* 1988 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo ' 88 in Brisbane, Australia.

: 65 years and over: 0. 88 male ( s )/ female

: female: 6. 88 deaths / 1, 000 live births ( 2009 )

There was more chopping and changing in the teams, given that there was no official board of selectors for each country ( in 1887 – 88, two separate English teams were on tour in Australia ) and popularity with the fans varied.

Jack Hobbs establishing himself as England's first-choice opening batsman with three centuries, while Frank Foster ( 32 wickets at 21. 62 ) and Sydney Barnes ( 34 wickets at 22. 88 ) formed a formidable bowling partnership.

He decreased the silver purity of the denarius from 89 % to 83. 5 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 2. 88 grams to 2. 68 grams.

In 88 BC, there was a revolution under the philosopher Athenion, who persuaded the Assembly to agree to elect whoever he might ask to office.

Perhaps the easiest way to envisage an acre is as a rectangle measuring 88 yards by 55 yards ( of 880 yards by of 880 yards ), about the size of a standard American football field.

The International Astronomical Union subsequently adopted it as one of the 88 modern constellations.

Abadan had suffered serious damages during Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), including Saddam's deadly chemical weapons.

* A 750 ml bottle of 14. 5 % ABV wine contains 10. 88 units.

Carlos Beltrán, with 286 steals, has the highest career success rate of all players with over 300 stolen base attempts, at 88. 3 %.

Tin, which was $ 8. 72 a pound in 1980, was down to $ 3. 88 a decade later.

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9 No. 3 in G major, WK 88

Other notable works include Workers Union ( 1975 ), a melodically indeterminate piece " for any loud sounding group of instruments "; Mausoleum ( 1979 ) for 2 baritones and large ensemble ; De Tijd ( 1979 – 81 ) for female singers and ensemble ; De Snelheid ( 1982-3 ), for 3 amplified ensembles ; De Materie ( 1984 – 88 ), a large four-part work for voices and ensemble ; collaborations with filmmaker and librettist Peter Greenaway on the film M is for Man, Music, Mozart and the operas Rosa: A Horse Drama ( 1994 ) and Writing to Vermeer ( 1998 ); and the recent La Passione ( 2000 – 02 ) for female voice, violin and ensemble.

Ambrose ( De virginitate 3, 14 ; 4, 15 ) and John Chrysostom ( Matthew, Homily 88 ) have suggested that Mary Magdalene was a virgin after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Low male-to-female ratios are usually the result of a war, but these figures were lower than the sex ratio of 88. 3 males per 100 females recorded for 1953, the last year of the Korean War.

Color information was added to the black-and-white image by adding a color subcarrier of 4. 5 × 455 / 572 = 315 / 88 MHz ( approximately 3. 58 MHz ) to the video signal.

The 968 was powered by an updated version of the 944's straight-4 engine, now displacing 3. 0 L with 104 mm bore, 88 mm stroke and producing 240 PS ( 236 hp / 177 kW ).

Clemens ' overall postseason record with Boston was 1 – 2 with a 3. 88 ERA, and 45 strikeouts and 19 walks in 56 innings.

Ariel Shidlo and Michael Schroeder found in " Changing Sexual Orientation: A Consumer's Report ", a peer-reviewed study of 150 respondents published in 2002, that 88 % of participants failed to achieve a sustained change in their sexual behavior and 3 % reported changing their orientation to heterosexual.

It concluded on December 31, 2011, having raised a total of $ 6. 23 billion and breaking the previous campaign fundraising record of $ 3. 88 billion held by Yale.

Before being knocked out of the game, Unitas completed 3 out of 9 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown, with 2 interceptions.

Kosovo is a largely ethnic-Albanian nation ( Albanians 88 %, Serbs 6 %, Bosniaks 3 %, Roma 2 %, Turks 1 %), which seeks independence on territories long held by ethnic Serbs, including as part of Yugoslavia.

* If I Should Fall from Grace with God ( 1988 ): No. 3 UK, No. 88 US, No. 15 NO

** Chirac ( 19. 88 %), Le Pen ( 16. 86 %), Jospin ( 16. 18 %), Bayrou ( 6. 5 %), Lauguiller ( 5. 72 %), Mamere ( 5. 25 %), Chevenement ( 5. 32 %), Besancenot ( 4. 5 %), Saint-Josse ( 4. 0 %), Hue ( 3. 6 %).

In 20346 AD, it will again be the pole star, that year reaching a maximum declination of 88 ° 43 ' 17. 3 ", RA 19h 08m 54. 17s.

The nation is 88 % Muslim ( mostly Sunni, with a 5 % Shi ' a minority ), 9 % Eastern Orthodox and 3 % other faiths ( which include small communities of Korean Christians, other Christian denominations, Buddhists, Baha ' is, and more ).

* December 23 – In the Slovenian independence referendum, 88. 5 % of the overall electorate ( 94. 8 % of votes ), with the turnout of 93. 3 %, supported independence of the country.

With C-message weighting, a one-milliwatt, 1000 Hz tone will read + 90 dBrn, but the same power as white noise, randomly distributed over a 3 kHz band will read approximately + 88. 5 dBrn, because of the frequency weighting.

The geocentric gravitational constant GM ( which is μ ) for Mars has the value of 42, 828 km < sup > 3 </ sup > s < sup >− 2 </ sup >, and the known rotational period ( T ) of Mars is 88, 642. 66 seconds.

The current distance and duration record recognised by the FAI was achieved on 23 April 1988 from Heraklion on Crete to Santorini in a MIT Daedalus 88 piloted by Kanellos Kanellopoulos: a straight distance of in 3 hours, 54 minutes.

The racial makeup of the county was 88. 82 % White, 1. 68 % Black or African American, 0. 84 % Native American, 3. 21 % Asian, 0. 37 % Pacific Islander, 1. 99 % from other races, and 3. 08 % from two or more races.