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| Broadcast area | CentralNew York |
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| Frequency | 107.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Hot 107.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBBS,WHEN,WSYR,WSYR-FM,WYYY | |
| History | |
First air date | 1956; 69 years ago (1956) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Hot" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 57842 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | hot1079.iheart.com |
WWHT (107.9FM, "Hot 107-9") is aradio station that islicensed toSyracuse, New York. The station is owned byiHeartMedia and broadcasts acontemporary hit radio (CHR) format. The studios and offices are located on Plum Street in Syracuse while itstransmitter is located near Sentinel Heights south of Syracuse.
It broadcasts inHD Radio.
The station signed on the air as WONO in 1956, with aclassical music format. In 1979, the station's new owner,Roy H. Park Broadcasting, changed itscall sign to WRRB and installed acountry music format. Over the next decade and a half, 107.9 FM has changed formats and call letters several times; these formats includedadult contemporary,album-oriented rock,easy listening/classical (as WRHP), and country (as WHEN-FM, "Hit Country 108").
In 1996, WHEN-FM was sold toCox Communications, owners of country format competitorWBBS (B104.7). On June 10 of that year, the station flipped tocontemporary hit radio (CHR) with new call letters WWHT.[2] WWHT was one of a group of five stations included in a trade between Cox andJacor Communications in 1999 when Cox exited the Syracuse market.[3] Clear Channel Communications (nowiHeartMedia) subsequently acquired Jacor in April 1999.[4] While classified as a mainstream CHR and playing mainstreampop androck, WWHT focused heavily onrhythmic and dance hits.
In 2010, WWHT added more rhythmic songs and reduced non-rhythmic content, a trend that several Top 40 stations were adopting at the time, and by January 2011 had shifted completely to Rhythmic Top 40. This resulted in WWHT being moved from the Mainstream Top 40 reporting panels of bothNielsen BDS andMediabase panels to their respective rhythmic panels in November 2011. In October 2012, WWHT returned to MainstreamTop 40, dropping almost all rhythmic-only content, but because most of the station's programming wasvoice-tracked, Nielsen BDS did not include its playlist in itsTop 40/CHR panel. The station airsElvis Duran and the Morning Show originating fromZ100 InNew York City every weekday morning,On Air with Ryan Seacrest,On the Move with Enrique Santos,Most Requested Live with Romeo, andAT40 from iHeartMedia'sPremiere Networks.
WWHT broadcasts inHD Radio and had up to three subchannels until the other two were turned off:
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