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from WRKS, who, at the time, was a fill-in DJ for "DJ Red Alert" when Red Alert was out on tour or making appearances, thus competing directly with WRKS. WRKS responded by adding "The Bomb Squad Mix Show", hosted by "The N.O." (also known as "The Native One") featuring "DJ Enuff", "DJ Ace", and "Supernatural the Freestyle Fanatic". The Bomb Squad began "breaking" hot new hip-hop artists and ushering in the "Golden Era of Hip Hop". The Bomb Squad was the first hip-hop mix show in the country to play the records of

1357: 27: 844:) prevented the call letter change from happening. Still, Kelly attempted to make the station the same adult contemporary format he had in Chicago. These changes did not gain any new listeners for WXLO, and ratings sank even lower. Later, Kelly adjusted the music and very slowly and gradually began mixing more disco and soul into the format. In the fall of 1980, Kelly, in consultation with RKO General, decided to go after 682: 1116:. The Bomb Squad introduced its signature "bomb dropping" whistle sound effect as they played exclusive new hip-hop music and produced fresh remixes not heard on other urban stations across the country. Leaning towards a younger demographic, the station formulated a new morning show featuring Wendy Williams, who was replaced by "The Native One" during her former 6 p.m.-10 p.m. weeknights shift. 1421:—an operator of ESPN Radio affiliates in other markets—announced that it would acquire operational control of WEPN-FM from Disney/ESPN, with Good Karma assuming the remainder of Disney's lease agreement with Emmis Communications; Emmis maintains ownership of the station's license. In the same transaction, Good Karma purchased full ownership of WEPN (AM) and ESPN Radio-owned stations in 652:, became interested in the newly developed technology of FM radio. In the summer of 1939, WOR engineers, working with Bell Telephone engineers, set up an experimental 1,000-watt transmitter in Carteret, New Jersey, with the call sign W2XWI. In June 1940 experimental operations were moved to 444 Madison Avenue in New York City, now operating under the call sign W2XOR. 1159:". The shift in format resulted in notable personalities associated with the previous format, such as Wendy Williams and Red Alert, moving from WRKS to WQHT. The new sound on WRKS was introduced by the station during its annual "Twelve Days of Kiss-mas" promotion during the Christmas holiday, and was fully implemented in January 1995. Soul music legend 909: 802:, a reference to the WXLO frequency's close proximity on the FM dial to 99 MHz. This was a version of what was known as the "Q" format, so named because it was modeled after station KCBQ in San Diego. The format featured about 15-20 currents, with a heavy emphasis on constant contests and promotions. 1347:

system to monitor ratings around 2010, which caused the station to often fall into the bottom half, or out of New York City's top ten stations entirely. In addition, an increasing debt load at Emmis's corporate level which forced the company to sell 80 percent of WRXP to Merlin Media in 2011 was also

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music by adding Dahved Levy to do a Sunday night reggae show with Sting International. The battle between WRKS and WBLS continued into the 1990s, but a major turning point occurred in the spring of 1994, when WQHT changed formats from dance music to primarily hip-hop by luring "Funk Master Flex" away

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to conduct a weekend rap show, which helped WBLS reach number-three in the ratings that year, beating out WRKS. Nevertheless, the station had made such strides in its first two-and-a-half years that it resulted in Barry Mayo being promoted as general manager, the first African-American to hold such a

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Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC updated its call letter policy to allow FM stations to have call signs similar to those used on the AM band. The station initially chose WOR-FM, but six weeks later changed it on December 14 to WBAM. In 1945 the FM band was moved to higher frequencies, and WBAM was

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that it would not renew the LMA with Emmis when it expires and would thus relinquish the 98.7 FM frequency on August 31, 2024. GKB had made an offer to acquire WEPN-FM outright, but talks with Emmis were unproductive. The original plan was to consolidate WEPN-FM's local programming onto 1050 AM, and

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After the expiration of the LMA, WEPN-FM's operations would be returned to Emmis; it planned to carry a music-based format on 98.7 in the interim, pending the search for a new operator or the outright sale of the station. Shortly before the expiration, Emmis would reach an agreement with syndicator

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In early September 2010, the slogan for the station, "Old School & Today's R&B", changed to "'80s, '90s & Today's R&B", which included dropping most pre-1979 titles. This would later change to "Classic Soul & Today's R&B", which would last until the station's demise in 2012.

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WRKS's playlist for its first year consisted almost exclusively of songs from the 1960s and 1970s; after 1996, the station began reintroducing current R&B back into rotation. But in 1999, WRKS switched from a classic soul-based Urban AC format to a mostly current R&B format. That same year,

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WXLO evolved to a younger skewing Top 40 format and the "99X" moniker remained until late 1979, when it became "FM 99 WXLO". This iteration had decent ratings for a while, but by the spring of 1980, the ratings fell dramatically. RKO General phased out the Top 40 format, and brought in new program

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launched WQHT (then at 103.5 FM), which had an early emphasis on dance music, forcing WRKS and WBLS to add more dance music to their playlists again. In 1988, Mayo left to organize a new broadcasting company with Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson, and RKO appointed Charles Warfield (former general

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in July 2009. Emmis planned to syndicate the show, but after a dispute between Emmis and a proposed distributor over who would pay his salary, Hughley left the station and the program was cancelled on August 7, 2010. The station picked up Joyner's program again in 2011. In 2003, author and

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director Don Kelly from successful sister soft adult contemporary WFYR in Chicago in an attempt to duplicate that format's success on WXLO. The station at first attempted a call letter change back to WOR-FM, but an FCC challenge from competing crosstown WRFM (now

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In June 1981, the station was known on-air as "FM 99 WXLO making its move to 98.7". By the middle of July, the station had changed its call sign to WRKS-FM (the meaning of which originally referred to its being an RKO Station) and adopted the on-air brand

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in January 1981. The evolution was gradual, and by May 1981, WXLO was nearly all rhythmic, playing almost all disco, soul, and rhythmic-friendly pop. Almost all the rock and AC crossovers were gone. By today's standards, this station would be called

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Amid RKO General's exit from the broadcasting industry in the late-1980s, the station was sold to Atlanta-based Summit Communications Group in 1989. WRKS was, in turn, acquired by Emmis Communications in 1994, forming the first

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in Boston, RKO was left with no choice but to break up its broadcasting unit. In New York City, RKO's three stations were sold to different companies during a two-year period beginning in 1987. Two years after WOR-TV went to

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manager of WBLS) as the new general manager of WRKS. With Vinny Brown as the station's program director, WRKS became the No. 1 radio station in the largest media market in the world for six years right through the mid 1990s.

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album. Another weekend they held a "No Bee Gees" weekend, where they asked their listeners to request Bee Gee songs that they didn't want played. "I'll be sure to not get that on the air for you" a DJ said on that weekend.

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While WRKS had a long-standing repertoire among listeners in the African-American community alongside WBLS, it suffered an advertising revenue setback in later years. This was due in part to Arbitron switching to the

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ordered AM stations in large markets to end continuous simulcasting on co-owned FM frequencies, a move made to spark development of FM stations as individual entities. On July 30, 1966, WOR-FM began running a

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in regular rotation. Also that year, non-R&B dance music and disco were phased out, as the station played strictly music catering mainly to an African-American audience. WBLS responded by hiring

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In December 1994, WQHT's parent Emmis Communications took advantage of newly relaxed FCC ownership regulations and agreed to purchase WRKS from Summit, forming the market's first FM

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full-time. After the closure of ESPN Deportes Radio in 2019, the AM station became a passthrough for overflow programming, including the national ESPN Radio weekday schedule.

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By the late 1980s, however, RKO General was forced out of the broadcasting business when the FCC began revoking its licenses to its radio and television stations in New York,

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songs blended together in a sound montage. The Beatles montage was about three seconds in duration and contained one or two notes of each of the songs. They were "Hey Jude", "

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direct users to the ESPN New York digital platform for overflow programming. However, on August 12, 2024, GKB instead announced that it would enter into an LMA with

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Beginning in December 1980, after further declines in ratings under the format, the station began to transition to a format focused primarily on

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and Emmis Communications agreed to a 12-year-lease of the 98.7 FM frequency for an undisclosed price. YMF Media (which acquired WBLS' parent

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to provide interim programming for WEPN-FM; the station's on-air imaging and programming was developed in around a week, and would be

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was caught off-guard by the sudden rise of the new station, which represented its first direct competition in that format.

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On October 23, 1972, RKO General changed the station's call sign to WXLO, and starting in April 1974, it became known as

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The station's call sign changed to WEPN-FM on May 14, 2012, to match the AM call sign. YMF Media then transferred the

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using the Radio.Cloud platform to integrate localized content. Plans were made for the programming to be anchored by

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At midnight on August 31, 2024, WEPN-FM abruptly ended its ESPN Radio programming (to the point that it joined "

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became the station's imaging voice and promotional face, and would remain in this role until his death in 2003.

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format for most of its broadcast day, though the station continued to simulcast WOR radio's morning program

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WBAM changed its call sign to WOR-FM on June 13, 1948. Like most early FM stations, the station initially

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and Los Angeles because of gross misconduct and lack of candor on the part of its corporate parent, the

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was hired as an announcer and a weekend DJ. The station slowly began to reintroduce rap in 2000. When

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Magazine, November 2004, "Hip Hop Iconz Volume 9: Chuck Chillout Breaking The Ice," pp. 78–80.

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The station originally began operations as an experimental FM station in 1939, spun off from 710

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RKO General, Inc. v. FCC (1981)-II. Invalid Bases of the FCC Decision; III. RKO's Lack of Candor

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became host of the afternoon show, which later became syndicated nationally in January 2005.

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in New York City radio; prioritizing the urban contemporary format of new sister station

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with the Walt Disney Company. Inner City/YMF also moved WBLS and its AM sister station

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initially reassigned to 96.5 MHz, before moving to 98.7 MHz in October 1947.

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Based on WRKS's success, several radio stations in other markets began to use the "

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airing twice-daily during morning and afternoon drive. It is not yet known if the

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In 1976, WXLO held a contest in which listeners had to guess the identity of six

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briefly returned as general manager for WRKS, WQHT and jazz-formatted WQCD (now

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was launched in March 2002, the station shifted back to classic soul. In 2003,

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into WRKS's former office/studio space at Emmis' New York broadcast facility.

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weekend. Listeners had to count how many Elton songs were played and win his

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In April 2001, WRKS became the New York home for the nationally syndicated

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and Rubber Company. Having already been stripped in 1982 of its license to

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in 1969); Joe McCoy (who would later become general manager of WCBS-FM);

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format was completed by that August. The first song on "Kiss FM" was

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for a time afterwards. Under the leadership of legendary disc jockey

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Ross, Sean; Rosen, Craig; Stark, Phyllis (May 12, 1990). "Vox jox".

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jukebox stocked with Beatles 45s. The station also once held an all-

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format. Amid declining listenership, the station briefly adopted an

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Notable station personalities during the KISS-FM years included:

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in Los Angeles, whose "KIIS" name was trademarked by prior owner

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in 1952. General Tire reorganized its broadcasting division into

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Not to be confused with Fitchburg, Massachusetts radio station

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lured on-air personality Mike Love (formerly of the original

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On September 19, 2023, GKB owner Craig Karmazin told the

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brand came to an end when Emmis leased the station to

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format using the slogan "Smooth R&B and Classic

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The station switched to 36:needs additional citations for 2140:"Ed Lover Joins KISS FM - XXL" 1683: 1664: 1638: 1613: 1601: 1585: 1569: 1553: 1531: 1462:United Stations Radio Networks 1228:The D. L. Hughley Morning Show 16:Radio station in New York City 1: 3205:by frequency & subchannel 2537:History of Urban Contemporary 2531:FCC History cards for WEPN-FM 1598:, December 20, 1943, page 68. 1539:"Facility Technical Data for" 1524: 1391:The 98.7 frequency simulcast 1813:. New York. 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