WQHT
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WQHT (97.1 FM, Hot 97) is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by MediaCo Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund.
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- Instance of
- radio station
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Owned by
- Emmis Communications
- Official website
- www.hot97.com
- Motto
- Where Hip-Hop lives
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- licensed to broadcast to
- New York City
- inception
- 1940-01-01
- radio format
- urban contemporary
- social media followers
- 1198413
- Commons category
- WQHT
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- WNBC-FM / WRCA-FM / WNWS-FM (1946–1977)
- WYNY (1977–1988)
- WQHT (1988–present)
- From dance to hip-hop and R&B
- Sale to Standard General
- HD radio operations
- Controversies
- 2004 Indonesia tsunami parody
- Fights and shootings
- Concerts
- On-air
- Violence and drill music controversy
- Other Media Ventures
- Hot 97 TV
- Affiliates
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
WQHT (97.1 FM, Hot 97) is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by MediaCo Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund.
WQHT's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WQHT” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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