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Wesco was founded in 1952 by Bud Westgate. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company expanded by acquiring Rengo Oil (15 stores) and Weaver Oil (19 stores). Wesco now owns and operates a bulk fuel and propane business under the name Wesco Energy, along with six Subway locations and six Wesco Deli locations. [2]
In June 1998, CD&R sold Wesco to The Cypress Group for USD 1.1 billion, which formed WESCO International Inc., the current owner of Wesco Distribution. [6] In the same year, Wesco acquired the Bruckner Supply Company Inc., a provider of integrated supply management solutions [buzzword] and MRO products to Fortune 500 customers. [4] On May 12 ...
Wesco is the name of several companies in the United States: WESCO International, an electrical distribution company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Wesco Financial, a diversified financial corporation based in Pasadena, California; West Coast Shoe Company, maker of Wesco work boots, based in Scappoose, Oregon
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment.
WLAW-FM (97.5 MHz, "97.5 Nash Icon") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Whitehall, Michigan , the station serves the Muskegon, Michigan market. The station's programming was derived from Cumulus Media Networks ' Hits & Favorites format until Westwood One took over.
MP3.com was a website operated by Paramount Global publishing tabloid-style news items about digital music and artists, songs, services, and technologies. It is better known for its original incarnation as a legal, free music-sharing service, named after the popular music file format MP3, popular with independent musicians for promoting their work.
In 1996, Goodrich would move WMHG's calls and format to 1600 AM as "Magic 1600" (which later moved to Grand Rapids as WJNZ 1680AM Jamz, also the WKBZ calls would resurface on 95.3 as "Power 95.3" who would pick up the R&B format while 1600 AM continued for several years afterward with an adult standards format), and 107.9 FM would become WSHZ ("Z108"), with a satellite-fed hot AC format.
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) was a landmark case of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning the unauthorized copying of copyrighted materials on the Internet.