Talk:WAXQ

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The station claims to be the most listened to rock station in the United States. They cite Arbitron; if this can be confirmed then it certainly belongs in the article.128.237.246.138 21:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't having a high rating on Arbitron mean that they receive more money, from advertisers and whatnot? Is this why they can play so much music and have such short commercials? --69.120.63.248 03:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] history of WNCN becoming WAXQ

Some of the early history is a bit inaccurate. It actually changed from WNCN (classical) to WAXQ in 1996, having a mainly alternative format (I was working there at the time). Howard Stern noted this and called it his favorite station (no other commercial station was playing alternative yet). Then after about a year, when bought by Viacomm, it changed to Classic Rock and Stern's station (K-Rock) changed to alternative. And I don't believe Adam Curry ever worked there. Can anyone help find some references for this? x 21:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Ha! I take back my memory of the year, I have a t-shirt from when we changed over, and it says December 1993. But yeah, it was bought by Viacomm in 1996. And the rest I said is correct, WAXQ was the first commercial alternative-music station in NYC, maybe in the U.S. x 20:10, 12 April 2007 (UTC)