WHQT

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WHQT
City of license	Coral Gables/Miami/Fort Lauderdale
Broadcast area	South Florida
Branding	"Hot 105FM"
Slogan	Today's R&B Hits and Oldies
Frequency	105.1 (MHz)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	Simply translates to the brand name HoT
Owner	Cox Radio, Inc.
Website	http://hot105fm.com/

WHQT, Hot 105FM, is the top-rated Urban Adult Contemporary-formatted radio station owned by Cox Radio, Inc. that serves the South Florida region. WHQT is licensed to Coral Gables, but its studios are located in Hollywood along with its sister stations WEDR, WFLC, and WHDR. It broadcasts on the class C0 105.1 MHz frequency with an ERP of 100,000 watts (100 kilowatts) from a transitter that is shares with sister station WEDR near Opa Locka. According to Arbitron, WHQT has been the top-rated radio station in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale radio market since late 2004.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Line-Up 3 Station Management 4 External links

[edit] History

In mid 1985, low-rated AC station, E-Z 105 changed format and calls to urban contemporary WHQT, Hot 105FM. It started out as a Top 40 CHR, but with fierce competition from Y-100, 96X, and I-95, Hot 105 dropped Top 40 in favor of urban hip hop in 1988. Its main competitor was future sister station, 'WEDR, 99 Jamz, and the two stations competed over the 18-49 African American demographic until the mid-1990's. Around that time Cox purchased both stations which led to the end of their competition. WHQT was then skewed more urban AC towards the 25-54 demograhic with a more current R&B and soul-heavy playlist. For some time it was the only R&B/Soul station in the market until October 2006 when it gained competition from WMIB, a Urban/Hip Hop-turned-AC station.

[edit] Current Line-Up

Weekdays

• Tom Joyner Morning Show 6-10AM
• Karen Vaughn 10AM-3PM
• Ken James 3-8PM
• The Quiet Storm with Freddie Cruz 8PM-1AM
• Michael D'Angelo 1-6AM

Saturdays

• Michael D'Angelo 1-6AM
• Kevin Powell 6-8AM
• Tom Joyner's Rightbackatcha 8-10AM
• Heather Martinez 10AM-2PM
• Terry Alexander 2-6PM
• Old School House Party with Rob O'Snap 6-10PM
• Reggae Runnin' with Tanto Irie 10PM-1AM

Sundays

• Michael D'Angelo 1-5AM
• Hot Mix 2-4AM
• Walt Baby Love's Gospel Traxx 5-7AM
• Sunday Morning Joy with Paula 7AM-Noon
• Chico Plays the Blues Noon-5PM
• Old School Sunday with Michael D'Angelo 5-8PM
• Old School Quiet Storm with Freddie Cruz '8-11PM
• Hot Talk with Chief Jimmie Brown 11PM-1AM

[edit] Station Management

• Market Manager Richard Reis
• Vice President/General Manager Jerry Rushin
• Program Director Phil Michaels-Trueba
• Asst. Program Director Karen Vaughn
• Music Director Ken James
• Public Affairs Director Traci Cloyd
• Promotions Director Janine Dupont
• Production Director Marc Young
• Chief Engineer Mitch Wein
• General Sales Manager Mumball
• Local Sales Manager Donna Mairs

[edit] External links

• Hot 105FM Website