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WQHT. / 40.748444°N 73.985694°W / 40.748444; -73.985694. WQHT (97.1 FM, Hot 97) is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund, and operated by Emmis Corporation under a shared ...
The Breakfast Club is an American syndicated radio show based in New York City. It is hosted by DJ Envy, Charlamagne tha God and Jess Hilarious. [ 1] The Breakfast Club ' s flagship station is WWPR-FM Power 105.1 and it currently airs in over 90 radio markets around the U.S., including Chicago, Houston, Atlanta and Miami.
WBHJ – 95.7 Jamz – Rhythmic contemporary hit radio ( Urban contemporary hit radio) WBHK – 98.7 Kiss FM – Urban adult contemporary. WMJJ-HD2 – 104.1 The Beat – Mainstream urban. WUHT – Hot 107.7 – Urban adult contemporary. WERC-HD2 – Hallelujah 105.1 – Urban contemporary gospel. WERC-HD3 – B106.5 – Urban adult contemporary.
In 1983, KDAY-AM became the first radio station to play wall-to-wall rap music, thanks to an ambitious new music director and some soon-to-be famous DJs. When L.A. invented rap radio: The rise of KDAY
The classic hip-hop format dates back to 2004, when KZAB, a Spanish-language FM station serving the Los Angeles area, was re-launched as KDAY.The re-launched station served to capitalize on the heritage of the original KDAY on the AM dial (now KBLA), which in the 1980s was the first radio station in the United States to play hip-hop music on a full-time basis.
For most of the 1980s, New York City, the birthplace of hip hop, [14] remained the rap genre's dominant scene. [15] Los Angeles County was secondary. [16] Until 1988, the Los Angeles hip hop scene, retaining more of hip hop's dance and party origin, prioritized DJs and DJ crews as the central players in hip hop; [17] the prevailing style at the time was electro rap and "funk hop", [18] similar ...
The following is a list of radio stations owned by Audacy, Inc. As of June 2023, Audacy (then known as Entercom) operates 227 radio stations in 45 media markets across the United States . On February 2, 2017, Entercom announced that it had agreed to acquire CBS Radio. The purchase gave Entercom operations in 23 of the top 25 markets, making it ...
While heading to school as a seventh grader in 1979, E-40 heard a new rap tune on a local radio station that normally played R&B and soul music in Northern California.