WWHT

For the former Newark, New Jersey television station that used the WWHT calls, see WFUT-TV.

WWHT

City	Syracuse, New York
Broadcast area	Central New York
Branding	"Hot 107.9"
Slogan	"Today's Hit Music"
Frequency	107.9 MHZ (also on HD Radio) 107.9 HD-2 for Gen-X Radio
First air date	1956 (as WONO)
Format	Mainstream Top 40
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	B
Former callsigns	WONO (1956-1979) WRRB (1979-1988) WRHP(1988-1993) WHEN-FM (1993-1996)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Hot 107.9's website

WWHT is an FM Mainstream Top 40 radio station licensed to Syracuse, New York. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts at 107.9 MHz, WWHT airs a contemporary hit radio format branded as "Hot 107.9".

History

The station signed on the air as WONO in 1956, with a classical music format. That format and call letter assignment remained in place until 1979, when new owner Roy H. Park broadcasting changed the station's format and call letters. Since that time, 107.9 FM has had several different formats and call signs ranging from Adult Contemporary, rock, country as WRRB, easy listening/classical as WRHP, and lastly Hit Country 108 WHEN-FM.

In 1996, 107.9 FM was sold again, this time to Cox Communications the owners of country format competitor WBBS (B104.7). It was then that it switched to its current format and the WWHT call letters on June 10 of that year.^[1] Although its music and direction is heavily focused on Rhythmic and Dance hits, it does plays a few mainstream Pop/Rock acts, which they primarily target towards young adults.

In 2010, WWHT increased the Rhythmic content while reducing the non-Rhythmic product, a trend that several Top 40/CHRs have been adopting, and by January 2011 made the shift to Rhythmic Top 40 altogether. The move to Rhythmic resulted in WWHT being moved from both BDS and Mediabase's Top 40/CHR panels to their Rhythmic panels in November 2011. As of October 2012, WWHT returned to mainstream top 40, dropping almost all rhythmic-only content, but because most of their programming is voice-tracked, Nielsen BDS did not include the station's playlist in their Top 40/CHR panel. Hot 1079's main competition is WNTQ, the market's other mainstream top 40/CHR outlet and for whom WWHT had battled since its 1996 debut.

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-06-14.pdf

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WWHT

Radio-Locator information on WWHT

Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York market

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By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9

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Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of New York

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iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 42°57′22″N 76°06′36″W / 42.956°N 76.110°W / 42.956; -76.110

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