WXPK
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| City of license | Briarcliff Manor, New York |
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| Branding | 107.1 The Peak |
| Frequency | 107.1 MHz |
| Format | Adult Album Alternative |
| ERP | 1,900 watts |
| HAAT | 180 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 50056 |
| Owner | Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBNR, WBPM, WGHQ, WHUD, WLNA, WSPK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.1071thepeak.com |
WXPK-FM, known on-air as The Peak, is a rock radio station in White Plains, New York. It is owned by Pamal Broadcasting. It broadcasts to New York's northern suburbs at 107.1 FM and online at www.1071ThePeak.com
The Peak adopted the moniker “World Class Rock for New York’s Backyard” in April 2004. Staffed by veteran broadcasters from New York City and around the country, The Peak is the only commercial Triple A radio station in the New York area. The Program Director is Chris Herrmann (WHJY/Providence, WCSX/Detroit, WBOS/Boston) who doubles as the midday host. The morning show host and music director is Rob (Lipschitz) Arrow (WCOZ/Boston, WAAF, Boston, WHJY/Providence). Legendary New York radio personality Jimmy Fink (WHFS/Bethesda, WXRK/New York, WPLJ/New York) is the afternoon host. Nights (The Peak After Hours) is hosted by newcomer Mike Batiste who also is the Peak Promotions Director.
The weekend staff includes:
- Paul Marszalek (VH-1, KFOG/San Francisco, WXRT/Chicago)
- Caroline Corley (WZGC/Atlanta, KBCO/Denver, WLIR/New York)
- Bruce Figler (WAPP/New York, WRNW/New York, WTFM/New York)
- Carl Mayer (WMUB/Miami University) brother of musician John Mayer
- Chris Bro (WZGC/Atlanta, WRNR/Baltimore) weekend DJ, host of The Peak’s new music show “Next” and husband of Good Morning America anchor Kate Snow
The "Peak Performance Series" brings artists to what the station calls "the world’s most intimate performance venue," the Acme Recording and Mastering studio Mamaroneck, New York. Select members of the Peak Listener Advisory Board are invited to attend. The sessions are recorded and played back on the air. The resulting tracks are exclusive to The Peak and are not available for purchase or download.
Like format leaders KBCO in Denver and KFOG in San Francisco, The Peak airs a locally produced "10 at 10" weekdays at 10 am and 10 pm. The program features 10 songs from a single year peppered with snippets of popular movies, television shows and commercials from that year. In 2006, the editors of Westchester magazine named "The Peak’s 10 at 10 hosted by Rob Arrow" the Best Local Radio Show. In the annual Best of Westchester issue, readers voted The Peak best radio station.
[edit] History
In the early 1970's WRNW got its start in an attic on Lexington Avenue in Mount Kisco NY. In the late 1970s, it was the station that gave Howard Stern his first paying radio job. Stern later served as the station's program director. At the time, the radio station was in a garage in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
The station was also known as WZFM in the 1980s up until 1991. It changed calls to WXPS and known as "The Express," then from adult contemporary music to alternative. Right up until the flip to country the station was known as "Today's Rock: X-107" with the WRGX call letters. In December 1996 it would switch formats to country as Y-107.
In 2007 the station's call letters were used on The Daily Show as part of a skit of Oklahoma City television station KWTV weather promo. WXPK was used as the rival station to KWTV even though few television stations west of the Mississippi River begin with "W" & none in Oklahoma.
[edit] External links
- WXPK Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXPK
- Radio Locator information on WXPK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WXPK
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